Reinhard Görner Art
German, b. 1950
Libraries are both shelters and places of escape. It is this feeling that German photographer Reinhard Görner has been exploring for many years, in search of the most beautiful and solemn reading rooms around the world.
Intimate libraries nestled in the heart of secluded abbeys or grandiose halls of prestigious universities, for the German artist, these rooms are an inexhaustible reservoir of inspiration. Let yourself be transported through architectures, styles and eras in this portrait of Reinhard Görner, a self-taught artist with a multifaceted and contagious passion. As an architectural photographer, Reinhard worked for many years for architects before deciding to focus on his passion. His goal is to explore how the great masters of architecture have created spaces that breathe beauty and silence by playing with shadows, light, proportions, rhythms. He quickly discovered that libraries have always been and still are wonderful playgrounds for architects, allowing them to focus on the question of form and emptiness: "I see myself as an ambassador trying to convey the spirit of these builders with my photographic means".
The artist photographed and fell in love with his first library in 2005, as he was working with architect Sir Norman Foster and captured the philological library of Berlin’s Frei Universität. Since then, the cathedral-like atmosphere of New York’s Rose main reading room made a long-lasting impact on the artist and he started to intensify his documentation of libraries across the world. Görner’s photographs seek to convey the impact architecture has on our awareness of life : the libraries he captures open spaces, tell stories and refer to a time when one’s sense of aestethics and sense of space were identical. Görner’s photos refer to the vastness great architecture has been celebrating throughout history, bringing to mind historical periods where beauty and tranquility meet. His work pays a tribute to the Becher art school. Like other disciples’ – Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff and Candida Höfer – Görner’s work is strictly conceptual, combined with a fine technical approach. All their works demonstrate the same fascination for typology and record the heritage of the western cultural and industrial past.to
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Artist: Reinhard Görner
Riggs Library, Washington DC
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library
Washington DC
50 x 56.7 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 68 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 79.4 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Bapst Library, Boston
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bapst Library
Boston
50 x 62.4 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 74.9 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 87.4 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Bapst Library, Boston
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bapst Library
Boston
50 x 62.4 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 74.9 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 87.4 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Riggs Library, Washington DC
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library
Washington DC
50 x 56.7 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 68 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 79.4 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
DETAIL FROM: YOUNG WOMAN WITH BARE BREAST, 2008 GIACOMO DI ANTONIO NIGRETI
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DETAIL FROM: YOUNG WOMAN WITH BARE BREAST, 2008
GIACOMO DI ANTONIO NIGRETI, NAMED PALMA IL VECCHIO, 1524-26, PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN
40 x 53.4 inches
ed....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Red Staircase, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 52 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 62.4 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 72.8 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format pho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Peristyle, Grand Trianon, Versailles
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 80 inches
ed. of 5
$8,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, ga...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
DETAIL FROM: FOUR REGENTS OF THE GROOT-KRAMERGILD, 1622 painting
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: Four Regents of the Groot-Kramergild
DETAIL FROM: FOUR REGENTS OF THE GROOT-KRAMERGILD, 2008
WERNER J. VAN DEN VALCKERT, 1622, PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN
Timeless autho...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Villa Adriana II, Tivoli, Italy
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 50 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rotunda, Old National Gallery
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$4,600
50 x 62 inches
ed. of 5
$7,200
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Detail From: Queen Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, Hans Maler, 1525 painting
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: Queen Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
HANS MALER, 1525, PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN
2008
A striking photographic interpretation of a Renaissance ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
"Wren library, Cambridge", photography by Reinhard Görner (50x63'), 2017
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Paris, France
"Wren library, Cambridge", photograph of the Wren Library in Cambridge, UK by Reinhard Görner.
Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufactu...
Category
2010s Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Lambda, Digital Pigment
"Admont Abbey, Library Hall, Austria", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2016
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Paris, France
Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipping in two days after manufacture. Other sizes available.
The pictures of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Lambda, Digital Pigment
Pinball Wizard, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Pinball Wizard, part of Görner's Secret World of Plants series, the interplay of vibrant greens and soft-focus spheres creates a mesmerizing, otherworldly scene. This German macro...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Flaming Yellow, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this captivating macro photograph, Görner skillfully unveils the intricate interplay between texture and light within the delicate anatomy of a flower. The vibrant yellow hues rad...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Flaming Yellow, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this captivating macro photograph, Görner skillfully unveils the intricate interplay between texture and light within the delicate anatomy of a flower. The vibrant yellow hues rad...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
"Rose main reading room, New York Public Library" photography by Reinhard Görner
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the NY Public Library by Reinhard Görner.
Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipping in two days af...
Category
2010s Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Color, Lambda, Digital Pigment
Riggs Library II, Washington DC, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library II, Washington DC, by world-renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner, captures the timeless elegance of one of America's rare surviving cast-iron libraries. ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Riggs Library, Washington DC, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library, Washington DC, by world-renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner, captures the timeless elegance of one of America's rare surviving cast-iron libraries. Thi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Riggs Library I, Washington DC, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library I, Washington DC, by world-renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner, captures the timeless elegance of one of America's rare surviving cast-iron libraries. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Cosmic Dance, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An intimate portrayal of nature’s elaborate choreography, Cosmic Dance is a fine art photograph that invites the viewer into a world of vibrant textures and earthy chromatics. With i...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Let's Fly Away, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite fine art photograph captures the delicate interplay of light and texture, inviting the viewer to explore the ephemeral beauty of nature in intimate detail. A celebrati...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
"Library, Freie Universität, Berlin", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2014
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Freie Universität Library in Berlin by Reinhard Görner.
Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Digital Pigment, Lambda
Come Closer, Darling! Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This captivating macro photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner draws the viewer into the intricate, sensuous details of a blooming iris. The soft, velvety petals in shades of vio...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Detail From: The Saints Laurentius and Catherine, Giovanni Gaddi, 1380 painting
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: The Saints Laurentius and Catherine, Giovanni Gaddi, 1380 painting
Berlin Painting Gallery
2008
Two editions available.
This 2008 conceptual photograph by German photo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Biblioteca Marucelliana, Florence
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Marucelliana
Florence, Italy
2022
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Biblioteca Archiginnasio II
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Archiginnasio
Bologna, Italy
2022
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Shining Wall of Books, Yale Beinecke Library, Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A breathtaking homage to the grandeur of knowledge, Reinhard Görner’s Shining Wall of Books captures the luminous beauty of one of the world’s most rever...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Law Library, Zurich, Switzerland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Law Library
Zurich, Switzerland
50" x 62.5"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 75"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 87.5"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Weightless Wisdom, Library, Zurich, Switzerland
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Weightless Wisdom
Library
Zurich, Switzerland
Contemporary large scale photograph
62.5" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
75" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
87.5" x 70"
Edit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Château de Fontainbleue II Library, France
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Château de Fontainbleue II
Library
France
50" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 70"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Assemblée Nationale III Library, Paris
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Assemblée Nationale III
Library
Paris, France
62.5" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
75" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
87.5" x 70"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Salle Labrouste Library, Paris
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Salle Labrouste
Library
Paris, France
50" x 62.5"
Edition of 10
$6,000
60" x 75"
Edition of 7
$9,000
70" x 87.5"
Edition of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Hôtel de Ville II Library, Paris
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Hôtel de Ville II
Library
Paris, France
59.8" x 50"
Edition of 10
$6,000
71.8" x 60"
Edition of 7
$9,000
83.7" x 70"
Edition of 5
$11...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Reinhard Görner: Rose Main Reading Room (New York Public Library)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner
Rose Main Reading Room, 2014
New York Public Library
New York, NY
50 x 63.5 inches
Ed. of 10
$6,000
60 x 76.2 inches
Ed. of 7
$9,000
70 x 88.9 inches
Ed. of 5
$11,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Rose Main Reading Room (New York Public Library)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rose Main Reading Room, 2014
Public Library
New York
70 x 88.9 inches
Ed. of 5
$11,000
60 x 76.2 inches
Ed. of 7
$9,000
50 x 63.5
Ed. of 10
$6,000
signed and numbered on label, v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Riggs Library I, Washington DC
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library
Washington DC
57 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
68 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
79.8 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on l...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Athenæum, Boston
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Athenæum, Boston
50 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6000
60 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9000
70 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to the image: a...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
Rose Main Reading Room (New York Public Library)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rose Main Reading Room, 2014
Public Library
New York
70 x 88.9 inches
Ed. of 5
$11,000
60 x 76.2 inches
Ed. of 7
$9,000
50 x 63.5
Ed. of 10
$6,000
signed and numbered on label, v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
The Blue Books, Upper Library, Oxford, German Interior Architecture Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite meditation on knowledge and architectural splendor, Reinhard Görner’s The Blue Books invites the viewer into the hallowed halls of Oxford’s Upper Library. The interplay ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
C Print, Lambda
City Hall Law Library, Philadelphia
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
City Hall Law Library
Philadelphia
signed and numbered on label, verso
Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed
Category
2010s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Arches, Bode Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Arches, Bode Museum, Berlin
40 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$5,000
50 x 62.5 inches
ed. of 5
$6,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Arches, Bode Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Arches, Bode Museum, Berlin
40 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$5,000
50 x 62.5 inches
ed. of 5
$6,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Colored Columns III: Neue Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New Museum, Berlin
3 sizes
62.5 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 5
$9,000
87.5 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
An active arch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Piazza San Marco, Italy, Architectural Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 50 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
90 x 60 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Parterre de Latone Fountain, Versailles
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 60 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
50 x 75 inches
ed. of 5
$9,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentalit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hall with Columns, Old National Gallery, Berlin, Architectural Photograph
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 90 inches
ed. of 10
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms.
An active architec...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
Bode-Museum, Berlin (Suite of Rooms with Portals)
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bode-Museum, Berlin
62 1/2 x 50 inches
ed. of 10
$6,000
75 x 60 inches
ed. of 7
$9,000
87 1/2 x 70 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
signed and numbered on label, verso
Reinhard Görner, ...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Reinhard Görner Art
Materials
Lambda
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