Hermann Albert was born in 1937 and is regarded as one of the most influential representatives of figurative painting in post-war modernism in Germany. He became known as a co-founder of the Neue Gruppe Göttingen, whose work in the 1970s marked a deliberate return to figuration. Albert’s painting is defined by a reduced yet expressive formal language in which figure and space stand in quiet, tense relationship to one another.

His figures often appear enraptured and absorbed in introspective moments, unfolding a subtle, melancholy presence. Through clear composition and a sensitive use of colour, Albert translates emotional states into a timeless, almost archetypal visual language. His work occupies a distinctive position within l...