Berlin - Art

This artwork I call "Creek" because of its colours and the suggestion of a small creek in the back ground. I saw this scene in a small park, it was enchanting, the cool freshness of...

"Fleur" is an abstract landscape in winter. With touches of light which reminds of spring. Not quite here yet. I painted "Fleur" on a self-stretched cotton canvas, unbleached and u...

"Cosmic Cloud" is a very atmospheric painting, done as a diptych. There are two canvases, each is 90 cm x 30 cm. In cm the work is 60 x 90 x 1.5 if both canvases are hung directly ne...

done on location in Berlin, canvas on panel :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No ::...

a landscape from Balchik, a small bulgarian town on the balck sea coast, oil on linen :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity si...

"Above Vinci" is a memory of my last Tuscan vacation. The olive trees were glowing in the sun. This work is done with acrylic colors on canvas. The sides of the canvas are painted...

"Pop" is the third artwork I did on the theme "Snap, Crackle and Pop", also known from the Kellog's Rice Crispies advertisement. These words seemed very suggestive to me, but I canno...

My subject is nature. For me, nature is overwhelming, the richest thing there is, and even dangerous. It is something to embrace but it is also something that can swallow you whole. ...

After having painted "Snap" I worked on this new one which I call "Crackle". "Crackle" is a dynamic gestural artwork on a large square canvas. I worked in a dynamic way to put down ...

"Snap" is a dynamic, snappy, gestural artwork on a large square canvas. I worked in a dynamic way to put down the lines using my whole body to create the movement. The work is se...

Johannes Heisig (*1953 Leipzig), "My treasure, my sanctuary" - To the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. Lithograph on strong yellowish laid paper with watermark, 53 x 39.5...

Franz Xaver Graessel (1861 Oberasbach/Baden - 1948 Emmering). In the forest of Durlach. 1881. Pencil drawing, heightened with white, on grey-green paper. 33 x 41.7 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist himself: 'Franz Graessel. Durlach, 12 April 1881". About the artwork The drawing depicts a view of the woods which, as if sharpening the visual focus, remains diffuse at the edges and does not allow the viewer to locate himself in the picture. As a result, the landscape appears to be an apparition, but at the same time it is given real substance by the solidity of the massive arched bridge made of quarry stone. As the main motif of the painting, the bridge, which blends in with nature like an archaic relic, also acts as a visual guide, drawing attention to the white, raised waters of the stream and the surrounding vegetation. The diffusion of perception that takes place there, however, draws the eye back to the bridge and thus to the overall view. This movement initiating a constant alternation of diffusion and concretion, which is the specific tension of the painting that brings the landscape to life. The materialisation and dematerialisation, however, does not take place solely through the eye's wandering through the picture; it is simultaneously linked to the viewer's approach to and distance from the picture, which loses its richness of detail precisely in the close-up, only to reconfigure itself with increasing distance. In this work, which dates from Graessel's studies in Karlsruhe, the artist reflects on the emergence of pictorial objectivity. Here, however, nature is more than a mere motif. The real connection between culture and nature is symbolically expressed by the choice of green paper. The drawing is an impressive testimony to Graessel's mastery of the sprezzatura with which he skilfully applies the most abstract of strokes, which visibly merge towards the centre of the picture. The signature and the exact date prove that Graessel gave this work more than the character of a mere sketch. About the artist Franz Graessel grew up in an environment that was to nourish his later key motifs: his parents' house was a mill. After attending the Karlsruhe Academy of Art from 1878 to 1884, where he studied under Carl Hoff, Graessel continued his training at the Munich Academy from 1886 to 1890 as a pupil of Wilhelm von Lindenschmidt. Trained primarily in genre and portrait painting, he initially portrayed the life of Black Forest farmers. From 1894 he turned increasingly to animal painting, concentrating on the depiction of ducks and geese, which earned him the nickname 'Enten-Graessel'. Graessel's work thus parallels that of Alexander Koester...

Gérard Edelinck (1640 Antwerp - 1707 Paris), Joan of Austria, 1707. Copperplate engraving, 51.2 cm x 29.8 cm, inscribed below the image: "Jeanne d'Autriche Grande Duchesse de Toscane...

Klaus Fußmann (*1938 Velbert), Gladiolen, 1983. Color etching, WVZ 116.5, 14.5 cm x 18.5 cm (depiction), 20 cm x 21 cm (sheet size), signed “Fuß[mann]” in pencil lower right and insc...

Painting, 20th century, charcoal drawing "Venice - Venezia" by Paul Kuhfuss Original drawing. Signed and dated. Title "Venezia". Framed, behind glass. Dimensions with frame 65.5cm x 51cm. Age-related condition. For magazines from the publishers Scherl, Mosse, Ullstein, youth (Munich) he worked as an illustrator. In October 1935, he was denounced to the Gestapo by a member of the artist association "Berlin North" for "expressionist impact" and "resistance to Nazi cultural propaganda" and the defense of Jewish colleagues after an exhibition opening in the castle Niederschönhausen. After that, participation in art exhibitions in Berlin was no longer possible. From 1945 he was until January 1960 lecturer at the Volkshochschule Berlin. From 1949 to 1954 he was in charge of the class "Act, Set Design and Costume Design" at the Textile and Clothing School Berlin. From 1912 to 1960 he participated in 173 exhibitions, in particular the Great Berlin Art Exhibitions...

Otto Theodore Gustav Lingner, Oriental female nude dancing with a sword, Dimensions without frame 80 cm x 136 cm Measures with frame 102cm x 157cm An outstanding work of art by Ott...

Antique oil painting by "Jordan". Oil on canvas. Portrait of an old gentleman. Dimensions with frame 55 cm x 61 cm. Dimensions without frame 34 cm x 4...