The artist studied education in Wuppertal, art history and philosophy in Cologne, and began studying painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1972. He opened a studio near Wuppertal and took part in documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977. His artistic work is attributed to analytical painting, a reductionist variant of abstract, non-representational painting that aims to let the material of a pictorial work, i.e. canvas and paint or paint application, speak for themselves without wanting to depict or express anything else. The artist's name is Edgar Hofschen....