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Robert Hammerstiel
New York Balkony at Night 4/7
1981

About the Item

The picture shows a Balcony scene at night in the late 1980s. Three figures are standing on the balcony and looking at the enormous buildings. The front of this artwork is dominated by the all black figures. In the background are countless lines and small flats that form the spectacular buildings of New York City. Signed and dated on bottom of the right side by Hammerstiel 1981/17. On the left side he wrote Reibedruck and in the middle is the german original title "New Yorker Balkon bei Nacht" and the edition 4/7. This special method of printing is called "Reibedruck". The process is putting a paper on a painted pattern and to rub against it with a bone folder or a leather bale. It works just by hand without a printing press. ARTIST: Robert Hammerstiel was born on February 18th, 1933 in Vrsac, in former Yugoslavia 1944-1947 Displacement and detention in various internment and concentration camps 1958 Awarded Prize for Painting by the Austrian Trade Union Federation Studied at the Vienna School of the Arts (Wien Kunstschule) 1968 First single exhibition in Vienna 1988 Trip to New York Robert Hammerstiels early childhood was strongly impacted by the events of World War 2. In 1944 his ethnic German family was displaced from the Banat region. Detentions in various internment and concentration camps followed, until in 1947 they succeeded in fleeing to Austria and settled near Ternitz in Lower Austria. Hammerstiel found initial employment as a steel worker in Ternitz. In 1950, he turned his attention to art and painting under the direction of his father. In 1958, he was awarded a Prize for Painting by the Austrian Trade Union Federation, which made it possible for him to complete an art degree at the Vienna School of the Arts (Wien Kunstschule). It is above all the traumatic events of his childhood, which flowed through the work of the young artist and inspired his work into his later years. Dark and dreary color palettes with sporadic color accents were characteristic of these war inspired pictures. In the presentation of the figures, Hammerstiel was limited to basic human forms, lacking individual traits of any kind, whereby the images conveyed an ominous latent tension. His intention was to disorient the observer, to shake and reprove. A stay in New York in 1988 caused a drastic change in his work. The impact of the diverse American art scene caused Hammerstiel to develop a new style: his previously already simple forms were once more radically reduced, and the dreary color palette gave way to strong, bright, flashy colors in red, orange, pink, green, yellow, and blue. A new simplicity emerged. A later trip to New York in the 1990s inspired the artist to a comprehensive series of more than 100 pictures. He created an additional 77 part series entitled Homage, which he dedicated to significant artists of the 19th and 20th centuries from Renoir to de Staal. He skillfully positioned these artists works alongside his own typical Hammerstiel figures. In addition to the general emphasis on the dignity of every man, which is pulled like a red thread through his work, there are topics from the world of work and religion, inspired by his own personal experiences, which give his images an unusual timelessness. His work joins his own life experiences and his lifes conviction with the artistic creation in an inseparable unity. Robert Hammerstiel still lives and works in Ternitz in Lower Austria.

Creator:
Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Austrian)
Creation Year:
1981
Dimensions:
Height: 20.16 in (51.2 cm)Width: 25.36 in (64.4 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
More Editions & Sizes:
64.8cm x 84.6cm passe-partout; Edition of 7: 4/7
Medium:
Paper,Woodcut
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
Late 20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Wien, AT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU50831535273

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