Leon Fontana, born 1998, is a young multi talented artist and fashion designer. He created his alias as tribute to the Argentine-Italian avant-garde artist Lucio Fontana, creator of spatalism in his work group tagli, In his paintings and grapfics he … Continued
Baechler was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1956 and came of age as a painter in the early 1980s when he began exhibiting internationally. Baechler is called one of the important painters of his generation. He has amassed a great … Continued
Georgios Derpapas, born in Katerini in 1937, was a Greek painter and graphic artist. He is considered a representative of Greek surrealism. Derpapas grew up in Thessaloniki, at the age of nineteen he moved to Hamburg where he studied business … Continued
Born 1938 in Düsseldorf, Rückriem apprenticed as a stonecutter in Düren, then worked as a journeyman at the Dombauhütte workshops of Cologne Cathedral. Later, due to his tight association with Gallery Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, he came into contact with artists … Continued
Murakami (村上 隆), born 1962 in Tokyo, was still trained in classical Nihonga painting. He received his degree and doctorate at the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo. In 2009, Murakami was called one of the hundred most … Continued
Thomas Ruff, born 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach, Schwarzwald, lives and works in Düsseldorf. He studied photography from 1977 to 1985 with Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Walker Evans, Eugène Atget, Karl Blossfeldt, Stephen Shore and William … Continued
Michael ‘Mike’ Jansen, born 1951 in Bochum, is an international renowned crossover talent. He is working as composer as well as visual artist. The range of his visual work is about painting, drawings, multimedia paintings and projects, performances and public … Continued
Heinz Zolper: A Pioneer in Figurative Painting and Social Advocacy Early Life and Education Born in 1949 in Cologne, Heinz Zolper pursued his artistic studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the University of Applied Arts Cologne during the late 1960s … Continued
