Bernard Schultze Art

German, 1915-2005

Bernard Schultze (1915-2005) was a painter, a leading figure in German Informal Art. He was born in Schneidemühl (East Prussia) and was 6 years old when he moved to Berlin, where his father held judicial office. When he was 19, he enrolled at Berlin’s Academy of Art Education and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. After graduating in 1939, he was sent to the front, in Russia and Africa, where he was to say until the end of the war. After spending two years in Flensburg as a refugee, he joined his father, who had been appointed senior judge at the Frankfurt court. In autumn 1949, he made the acquaintance of the artist Ursula Bluhm at the Franck Gallery, whom he married 6 years later. In 1951, Bernard Schultze, whose early works had been destroyed when Berlin was bombed in 1944, produced his first informal paintings and paid his first visit to Paris, where he later stayed at regular intervals. He was one of Europe’s leading practitioners of gestural abstraction. In1952, he founded the Quadriga group of artists along with Karl Otto Götz (1914-2017), Otto Greis (1913-2001) and Heinz Kreutz (1923-2016), inaugurating “Informal Art” in Germany. In the early years of his career, he adopted André Breton’s point of view, according to which creative processes must be guided by the unconscious, which led him to develop a unique pictorial vocabulary in resonance with other artistic practices prevalent in the first half of the 20th century and an existential aesthetic of destruction reflected in tattered, distorted structures and colours evocative of wounds and decomposition, certainly connected with his own experience of war. In 1972, he was elected to Berlin’s Academy of Fine Arts. For two years (1980-1981), a major retrospective of his work made the rounds in Germany (Düsseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt and Saarbrucken). In the 1980s and beyond, the painter was awarded numerous prizes and held numerous exhibitions, including one devoted to his works on paper at the Albertina in Vienna (1984). The end of the decade also saw his first large-format oil paintings, which could reach sizes of up to 15 m2, in which he soon introduced (1991) “tabuskri”, intersections of painting and graphic structures. During the years that followed, the artist worked on developing large-format bronzes and etchings. In 1995, he moved to Rue du Cygne in Paris, which became his second home. Thenceforth, he divided his life between Paris and Cologne, where he died on 14 April 2005, a few weeks before his 90th birthday. Bernard Schultze’s works feature in a great many collections across the world, including at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, the Museum of Modern Art in Céret, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Tate Collection in London, the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam and the MoMA in New York.

Artist: Bernard Schultze

Bernard SchultzeCarnival Etching by Bernard Schultze, Contemporary, Signed, 1964, 1964

$583

Carnival Etching by Bernard Schultze, Contemporary, Signed, 1964

By Bernard Schultze

Located in Roma, IT

Carnival is a beautiful etching, realized in 1964 by the German painter and engraver Bernard Schultze (1915–2005) a leading exponent of abstract painting and an enormously prolific artist. Hand-signed on the lower right. Good conditions. The artwork represents a spirit of carnival through intrigued lines in which figures are combined, the strongness of strokes makes a unique feeling of the carnival scene, the chaotic carnival sounds visualized through aesthetic features, by the sharp imagination of the artist. Bernard Schultze (1915–2005) was one of the largest German painters of the Abstraction in the middle of the 20th century. a painter who co-founded the Quadriga group of artists along with Karl Otto...

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1960s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching

Bernard SchultzeHommage a Picasso, Etching by Bernard Schultze, 1973

$850

Hommage a Picasso, Etching by Bernard Schultze

By Bernard Schultze

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Bernard Schultze, German (1915 - 2005) Title: Hommage a Picasso Year: 1973 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75/90 Image Size: 21.5 x 17.5 Size: 30 x 21...

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1970s Modern Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching

Graham FransellaFigure By Window, Art print, Figures, Modern, Contemporary

$3,378

H 34.65 in W 55.12 in D 0.04 in

Figure By Window, Art print, Figures, Modern, Contemporary

By Graham Fransella

Located in Deddington, GB

Figure By Window is a hand made limited edition print by Graham Fransella, displaying a black figure on a orange background. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Figure By Window Graham Fransel...

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2010s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching

Salvador DalíSalvador Dalí, "Le dos divin de Gala", original etching, hand colored, signed, 1974

$3,500

H 26 in W 19.75 in

Salvador Dalí, "Le dos divin de Gala", original etching, hand colored, signed

By Salvador Dalí

Located in Chatsworth, CA

Salvador Dalí "Le dos divin de Gala" (The divine back of Gala) from After 50 Years of Surrealism Original etching with hand coloring, hand sig...

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1970s Modern Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching

Tomas Gondi¨Sospecha¨ 2006 signed limited edition original art print aquatint, 2006

$85

H 6.5 in W 7.5 in

¨Sospecha¨ 2006 signed limited edition original art print aquatint

Located in Miami, FL

Tomas Gondi (Mexico, 1948) 'Sospecha', 2006 aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 6.5 x 7.5 in. (16.5 x 19 cm.) Hand-signed by author Unframed ID: GON-102

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Early 2000s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Dan McClearyPortrait, etching of a young woman by Dan McCleary, 2016

$1,040Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.5 in W 11.5 in

Portrait, etching of a young woman by Dan McCleary

By Dan McCleary

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching and aquatint Year: 2016 Image Size: 15.5 x 11.5 inches Edition of 25, signed and titled by the artist McCleary was born in Santa Monica, California. He graduated fro...

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2010s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Julian OpieJulian Opie Standing Couples Relief Print, Lydia and Garrett, Signed, Modern, 2024

$17,000

H 44.5 in W 35 in

Julian Opie Standing Couples Relief Print, Lydia and Garrett, Signed, Modern

By Julian Opie

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Julian Opie Title: Lydia and Garrett Portfolio: Standing Couples Medium: Relief print with collage on archival Museum Board, presented in a sprayed white frame specified by t...

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2010s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching, Screen

Louise Bourgeoisfrom "Ode à ma Mère" (Sheet 7) - Contemporary, Etching, Black, White, Spider, 1995

$20,320

H 11.82 in W 11.89 in

from "Ode à ma Mère" (Sheet 7) - Contemporary, Etching, Black, White, Spider

By Louise Bourgeois

Located in Köln, DE

Etching by Louise Bourgeois from 1995 from the portfolio "Ode à ma Mère": book with a text by Louise Bourgeois (English & French) and 9 etchings. The present copy (sheet 7 from ...

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1990s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Black and White, Etching

Salvador DalíSalvador Dalí, "Le musée de genie et du caprice", etching, hand colored, signed, 1974

$3,750

H 26 in W 19.75 in

Salvador Dalí, "Le musée de genie et du caprice", etching, hand colored, signed

By Salvador Dalí

Located in Chatsworth, CA

Salvador Dalí Le Musée de genie et du caprice (The Museum of Genius and Whim) from After 50 Years of Surrealism Original etching with han...

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1970s Modern Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching

Louise Bourgeoisfrom "Ode à ma Mère" (Sheet 8) - Contemporary, Etching, Black, White, Spider, 1995

$20,320

H 11.74 in W 11.82 in

from "Ode à ma Mère" (Sheet 8) - Contemporary, Etching, Black, White, Spider

By Louise Bourgeois

Located in Köln, DE

Etching by Louise Bourgeois from 1995 from the portfolio "Ode à ma Mère": book with a text by Louise Bourgeois (English & French) and 9 etchings. The present copy (sheet 8 from ...

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1990s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Black and White, Etching

Paul CadmusArabesque, 1947/1979

$6,000

H 18 in W 14.5 in

Arabesque

By Paul Cadmus

Located in New York, NY

Paul Cadmus, Arabesque 1947/1979 Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, recto; Also blindstamped, l.l. Etching (Edition of 35) 18 x 14.5 inches, sheet

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1970s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Etching

Tracey EminNo Substitute For Your love, 2003

$7,486

H 18.31 in W 19.89 in

No Substitute For Your love

By Tracey Emin

Located in London, GB

2003 Soft-ground etching on Hahnemühle paper 46.5 x 50.5 cm Edition of 300 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil Tracey Emin (born 1963) is best known for her intimate, authentic,...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Paper, Etching

Marc ChagallMarc Chagall (1887–1985) - Elijah on Mount Carmel - Etching on paper - 1956, 1956

$2,335

H 17.52 in W 13 in

Marc Chagall (1887–1985) - Elijah on Mount Carmel - Etching on paper - 1956

By Marc Chagall

Located in Varese, IT

Etching on Montval paper, edited in 1956. Limited edition of 275 copies plus 20 horse commerce - unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Signed in plate in lower right corner. Plate siz...

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1950s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

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Paper, Etching

Miguel Castro Leñero"Battle Horse I" 2019 Original Signed Engraving Etching 30x47 in Mexican Art, 2019

$2,300

H 29.7 in W 47.2 in

"Battle Horse I" 2019 Original Signed Engraving Etching 30x47 in Mexican Art

By Miguel Castro Leñero

Located in Miami, FL

Miguel Castro Leñero (Mexico, 1956) 'Caballo de Batalla I', 2019 Engraving on paper Intaglio 300 g. 29.8 x 47.3 in. (75.5 x 120 cm.) Edition of 30 ID: CAM-101

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2010s Contemporary Bernard Schultze Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Previously Available Items

Bernard SchultzeGerman Art Informel LOOKING IN THE LIGHTS, Assemblage, Collage Drawing, 1967

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H 20.75 in W 25.75 in

German Art Informel LOOKING IN THE LIGHTS, Assemblage, Collage Drawing

By Bernard Schultze

Located in Surfside, FL

What lies at the root of Schultze's great abstraction is Surrealist nature, mainly the woods, the roots, the undergrowth. Without being depictive at all, Schultze refers in his image...

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1960s Surrealist Bernard Schultze Art

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Mixed Media, Charcoal, Tissue Paper, Carbon Pencil

Bernard SchultzeUntitled, 1953, 1953

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H 19.5 in W 25.5 in D 0.25 in

Untitled, 1953

By Bernard Schultze

Located in Summit, NJ

Great oil on paper by Bernard Schultze. Great energy and colors on this 1953 piece. It is signed and there are additional notations on the back, country of origins, address. The piec...

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1950s Abstract Bernard Schultze Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

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