Picture "Bouquet of Tulips" (1995) (Unique piece) New
Picture "Bouquet of Tulips" (1995) (Unique piece) New
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unique piece | signed | dated | watercolour on cardboard | framed | size 68 x 52 cm
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Picture "Bouquet of Tulips" (1995) (Unique piece)
Watercolour on cardboard, 1995, signed and dated. Motif size/sheet size 32 x 24 cm. Size in frame 68 x 52 cm as shown.
About Oskar Koller
1925-2004
Oskar Koller is one of the great watercolourists of the 20th-century. He received many awards and became internationally known for his light and airy paintings. Oskar Koller's great strength was his seemingly effortless handling of colour: he used blobs and splashes to great perfection, achieving a particularly lifelike delicate dynamic. Koller found inspiration and ever new impulses on his travels in Buddhist-influenced cultures. It is no coincidence that the radiance of his works is reminiscent of the works of Zen Buddhism.
Paintings with glazing watercolours, that are characterised by their transparency, which let deeper layers and painting surfaces shine through.
Often the paper surface is omitted. This contributes significantly to the effect of the work. The aquarelle painting requires skilful use of colour, as it dries quickly and corrections are almost impossible.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.