Picture "Europa (red)" (2022)
Picture "Europa (red)" (2022)
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limited, 20 copies | numbered | signed | woodcut on handmade paper | framed | size 75 x 108 cm
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Picture "Europa (red)" (2022)
Since the 1990s, Lüpertz's artistic interest has increasingly focussed on biblical themes and ancient myths, which he has translated not only into paintings and prints but also into sculptural form.
In the present work, the artist focuses on the myth of Europa. According to legend, Zeus desired the Phoenician beauty Europa. He transformed himself into a white bull to deceive the lady and abducted Europa across the sea to Crete.
The woodcut on laid paper is from the small edition of only 20 copies - a collector's tip.
Woodcut, 2022, edition of 20 copies on laid paper, numbered and signed. Motif size/sheet size 69 x 99 cm. Size in frame 75 x 108 cm as shown.
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About Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz, born in 1941 in Reichenberg in Bohemia, has earned international recognition for his art. His extensive oeuvre alternates between representational and abstract phases.
In the 60s and 70s, he created his “dithyrambic” works, whose stylistic characteristics are primarily pathos, theatricality and classicizing components. In the 80s in particular, Lüpertz paraphrased works by the classicist Nicolas Poussin. Another new phase in his work can be identified in the 1990s. The Bible and legends now become a theme not only in paintings but also in sculpture. Here he deals with elementary human emotions such as loneliness or failure.
Markus Lüpertz claims his place in the world with a few words: “there is no remedy against me i am like the rain i make the flowers bloom, the earth breathe, the world in you bearable. Rejoice, for I am afraid beware of my paintings hang them up turn them face to the wall but I beg you, let me live.”
After studying art in Krefeld and Düsseldorf from 1956-61, he moved to Berlin. With his figurative painting, he is counted among the “Junge Wilde”, who replaced the abstract informal in the 1960s. His motifs are often reduced to individual objects, which he stages monumentally.
Markus Lüpertz taught at the State Academy of Art in Düsseldorf. As its rector, he succeeded Joseph Beuys from 1988 to 2009.
The artist now lives and works in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Karlsruhe. His works can be found in many leading collections and museums of modern art around the world. Markus Lüpertz's works are sought-after and generally sell out quickly. They have excellent prospects for dynamic growth in value.
In spring 2015, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris organized an extensive retrospective of Lüpertz's work, which reinforced the artist's international relevance.
The field of graphic arts, that includes artistic representations, which are reproduced by various printing techniques.
Printmaking techniques include woodcuts, copperplate engraving, etching, lithography, serigraphy.