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Born 1936 Heppenheim, Germany. Known for: Expressionist painting.
THe following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Horst Antes was born in 1936 in Heppenheim, Germany. He studied from 1957-59 at... Read full biography
THe following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Horst Antes was born in 1936 in Heppenheim, Germany. He studied from 1957-59 at the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe under H.A.P. Greishaber, who was an important influence on him. In one... Read full biography
THe following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Horst Antes was born in 1936 in Heppenheim, Germany. He studied from 1957-59 at the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe under H.A.P. Greishaber, who was an important influence on him. In one aspect of his work, Antes represents an up-to-date version of German Expressionism, linking the spirit of Max Beckmann with modern figurative abstraction. He was best known for his "Gnome" paintings:... Read full biography
THe following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Horst Antes was born in 1936 in Heppenheim, Germany. He studied from 1957-59 at the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe under H.A.P. Greishaber, who was an important influence on him. In one aspect of his work, Antes represents an up-to-date version of German Expressionism, linking the spirit of Max Beckmann with modern figurative abstraction. He was best known for his "Gnome" paintings: clumsy, heavily stylized figures, usually represented in profile, with eyes set one above the other and over-large hulking hands and feet. Sometimes the limbs and head build up the figure without torso. In his paintings from the late 1960s he often... Read full biography
THe following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:. Horst Antes was born in 1936 in Heppenheim, Germany. He studied from 1957-59 at the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe under H.A.P. Greishaber, who was an important influence on him. In one aspect of his work, Antes represents an up-to-date version of German Expressionism, linking the spirit of Max Beckmann with modern figurative abstraction. He was best known for his "Gnome" paintings: clumsy, heavily stylized figures, usually represented in profile, with eyes set one above the other and over-large hulking hands and feet. Sometimes the limbs and head build up the figure without torso. In his paintings from the late 1960s he often depicted a single head offset by some symbolic object such as a cock's comb or a letter.... Read full biography
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THe following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:
Horst Antes was born in 1936 in Heppenheim, Germany. He studied from 1957-59 at the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe under H.A.P. Greishaber, who was an important influence on him. In one aspect of his work, Antes represents an up-to-date version of German Expressionism, linking the spirit of Max Beckmann with modern figurative abstraction.
He was best known for his "Gnome" paintings: clumsy, heavily stylized figures, usually represented in profile, with eyes set one above the other and over-large hulking hands and feet. Sometimes the limbs and head build up the figure without torso. In his pa...But wait, there's more...
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