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Katharina Grossmann-Hensel
Good at Sitting Around - contemporary artwork of female portrait with words

2018

$2,995.36
£2,229.44
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"Bad at Tennis - Good at Sitting Around" is a unique acrylic on canvas painting of German artist Katharina Grossmann-Hensel. It portrays a female portrait taking a break from tennis and mixes it with words into a contemporary, humorous setting. Signed and dated front lower right. The artists Katharina Grossmann-Hensel, born in 1973, works as a painter, author and illustrator in Berlin. She studied German and English literature at the university of Hamburg and graduated in illustration at the university of applied sciences. Her first book was published in France. Her work has been rewarded with the Award for Excellence at the international children s book fair in Bologna, exhibited at the Prix de Livre de Jeunesse Figur Futur in Paris and selected to represent Germany at the International Biennale in Bratislava. She was granted the Global Illustration Excellence Award in 2016 at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, where her work was also shown in the international white ravens catalogue. She combines her unique painting style always with word snippets which creates her idiosyncratic style between painting, illustration and the written word.
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    2018
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    Height: 23.63 in (60 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Hamburg, DE
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    1stDibs: LU144327301912

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