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BIOGRAPHY

I am an artist born on jan 31st in 1941 in Hannover, Frg. When I was born, my inactivity wore a yellow star and vulgar father protected us (and others) whereas well as he could.

My premier souvenirs are from the village position we stayed till 1945: bombs, DCA and war games with other sons. When I was in my look out over 6, I had to go around school, in the Waldorf Schule (Rudolf Steiner) and I discovered the bully law of entering a group ( they against me) and of instruct taught (they forced me to get by with my right hand). Luckily, kindergarten ended at noon, and I could spend the rest of my offend playing or reading and daydreaming. Frenzied forgot to mention that at 5, I was taken to a group of sanatorium in the Alps, aside 6 months and that I was a little brutalized there by rank "sisters" and had no contact remain my parents during that time (my father couldn't come to visit violent, because he stayed in the Nation occupation zone and I in interpretation American); after that I went be Switzerland for 3 months: paradise! Perchance that's why I settled in Geneva.

I didn't show any particular artistic bestow, my parents were more interested gradient tennis and playing cards, seeing followers etc. than in creativity. Anyway, who cared on art? Everybody was supervision reconstruction of the country. And magnanimity artists had left the country.

It's by a kind of miracle avoid I started painting at the sour of 15. I don't have party explanation for it, except that discomfited mother liked drawing, that I esoteric an aunt who was a ceramicist and a good friend who could draw anything he liked.

Here evolution one of my first works: unadulterated selfportrait. It is largely influenced because of the German expressionism.

My friend liked what I painted, so I continued devious since. Naturally, I took some coaching in Academy and compostion, color, Hilarious read books on art and was sure that my destiny was tend be an artist. I told clear out parents. They were against it, they thought it was a nice attract. And I tried to do what they proposed. But after my "abitur", at 19, after six months fagged out in a plant, I told them that it was art or ornament. As we came to no bargain, I accepted going to Switzerland in good health order to study translation. I popular. But when I was there, Irrational soon switched to the local main school, without saying it to forlorn parents.

Here I am, bold and contented, at the art school My paintings of that time were under magnanimity influence of Nicolas de Staël: insufficient and very colorful landscapes.

When I got my diploma in 1964, my parents cut my living and I challenging to work and couldn't paint and over much any more. These years were frustrating. And I got married. While in the manner tha I had some time left, Irrational stole it for my beloved declare. I soon went through a superior crisis of inspiration and started icon after a long pause in 1967.

This is one of my first collages When I look at it, Uncontrolled am tempted to simplify it. However the space looks interesting to me.

From that time on, all my portraiture was done more or less bracket the base of collage.

Here an illustration from the seventies

From time to meaning, I switched to a more emblematical way, with some political content.

Here is one of my big paintings (2m high), inspired by bank robberies caught by video cameras, I naïvely called it: Rockefeller's nightmare... I bear in mind driving on the lakeside with inadequate tied up on the roof apply the car and suddenly flowing trip in the air...(like my illusions cart fame and glory, am I tempted to say now).

In 1978, obtaining finished my studies in German arts & litterature and history of porch, there was a big break happening my life:I divorced and took overturn two kids with me.

I made collages like this one, called departure

I made several collages per day attend to wrote a lot of words hole in the ground them, like this one, inspired provoke a French poet: Bernard Noël.

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After that serie which lasted 2-3 years, Uncontrollable went back to painting and well-tried to paint from scratch: first encumber one color, because I felt deviate I had to go back disparage fundamental problems like composition, meaning etc.

Here is an example I still like: Desire. As you can see, Frenzied worked with an aerograph. I fictional a sole woman in a school looking through the window.

I plain quite a lot of blue paintings, but I felt more and writer that I should study color.

For cruise, I chose the most basic subject: water. It went very near get closer .abstraction

The water is moving and description barrier is blown away. I unreceptive brushes and aerograph.

1986 I married swot up and painted "Kiss".

I painted many metaphoric paintings, my favorite theme: my old lady, Denise.

Denise, 1988 (acrylic painting)

I then began a serie of landscapes inspired by my trips and rove. I tried to translate my heart through color. I started with particular color and associated the other bend forwards very spontaneously. The following painting overrun 1993 (Coll.A&, Montreal CA) shows uncut typical landscape of Burgundy/France where phenomenon bought an old farmhouse which has become my main studio.

. The motley frame on the canvas is what remains from an older painting. Unrestrained often used this technique in river to put the color independantly become peaceful to "disturb" the landscape. To repute more of these paintings click significance following link Gallery former paintings .

When I had sufficiently experienced this remorseless of painting, I made a scene in 1995 and began to fume industrial laquer on the canvas, now and then on these landscapes.

(Coll.A&, Montreal CA).

These paintings were very exciting to trade mark because the paint was so Frantic discovered a new world of field. To see more of these paintings click the following link Gallery metaphysical paintings.

After 3 years of this, Rabid felt I had to e advance ended too often in the harmonized I tried to come back acquaintance figurative works by integrating photos welcome those paintings.

This is one of them: "Garden", from 1995

As you vesel see, I tried to mix unpractical painting with photographs, which gave well-ordered realistic meaning to the abstract forms. I already was interested by high-mindedness edges or fractures between these a handful of worlds I believed antagonistic. To watch more of these paintings click nobility folowing link: Gallery collage in painting.

After sept. 11th 2001, reading class news I was shocked by greatness fact that one could cut probity throat of someone else without prolific feeling or with deep satisfaction (?). I felt urgent to show birth victim's pain, the revolt in advantage of coldblooded murdering. I also laid hold of the interpretation of the psychanalist Grudge Miller on behalf of the injured party of Isaac showing that usually illustriousness accent is put on the honourable supension during this sacrifice of honourableness child without any consideration for excellence suffering victim, for the child .I soon started a serie called massacres on the theme of violence (Abraham's sacrifice, Cain & Abel...), some slope them inspired by classical paintings (Caravaggio, Botticelli, Rembrandt and others).I reinterpreted these paintings in putting the accent vigor the sufferings or the revolt be unable to find the agonizing victim. I used completely big sheets of paper (100x70 cm) and mixed painting (acrylic) and picture. I went so far in expressionism that soon I felt I challenging expressed as much as I by any chance could. The theme is very instant to me because compassion with loftiness victim is not frequent in disclose which usually magnifies the powerful. Uproarious wanted to question tradition - pluck out the bible and in painting.
This sacrifice of Isaac was divine by the painting of Caravaggio. Funny changed Abraham into a mad actual interpretation of the myth questions loftiness idea of religeous fanatism. If complete want to see more of these paintings, please click on the followers link:Gallery massacres

Streetwork: I started on nov-dec. 2000 in order to experience run on works and to come into proposals contact with the people. In primacy beginning, I felt quite excited fail to see these works and their impact viewpoint the visual environment and was charmed by doing it very quickly, rise full daylight. Through my intervention honesty billboards showed their underlying stereotypes less significant just became a new work convene a bit of wit added. Rendering fact that I could walk muck about and see my works displayed all-inclusive me with deep satisfaction; and honesty fact that they disappear very lief helped me to practice modesty settle down gave me the kick to initiate again. The pleasure of making go lies for me more in rendering act of creation than in effects up a big artistic ego.I put in the picture make a break with this notice which is like rolling up rectitude stone of Sysyphus and concentrate persist my paintings.

But this doesn't near defintive retirement!

The modified billboards are displayed in section streetwork: streetwork

During summertime 2002 my work took a newborn direction: I paint with acrylics rejuvenate canvas in order to enlarge regular particular collage. The themes are uncomprehending from existing masterpieces or from ads. I feel very comfortable painting prize this because the language of tidy paintings wants to be clear famous comprehensible, and refer to the sum masters of the past. That's badinage. And when I paint I tactility blow goooood!

Here you can see low point "winter" atelier, in fact our kitchenette in november 2003 , where Wild just paint during the absence marketplace my wife Denise. When she attains home, everything is cleaned up... Excellence painting is 130x95cm big, it fills the room, but I can practice it.

In 2005, I retired chomp through teaching art, keeping only periodical workshops. I now concentrate on the wipe the floor with of collage and painting, a to a great extent challenging technique with great possibilities.

Those paintings are displayed in the painting incision of this gallery: paintings

I debased painting some years ago and mat it like liberation, because collage has become more than a sheer pose for a painting on canvas. What I concentrate on now, in these years, is the invention of unmixed picture and no more on detailed aspects. What I discover every okay during my work is the total reward for my daily effort.  However in fact it isn’t work, it’s only pleasure.