United States, Switzerland. 1949 - 1996
Abstraction
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Born 1957 Fritzlar, Germany. Known for: Figure and portrait painting, drawing and sculpture.
Balkenhol was born in 1957 in Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany, and studied art at the Hamburg School of Fine Arts (197682). He became known for its Minimalist and Conceptualist artwork, but his early... Read full biography
Balkenhol was born in 1957 in Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany, and studied art at the Hamburg School of Fine Arts (197682). He became known for its Minimalist and Conceptualist artwork, but his early sculptures consisted of single male or female nudes attached to pedestals, echoing the tradition of... Read full biography
Balkenhol was born in 1957 in Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany, and studied art at the Hamburg School of Fine Arts (197682). He became known for its Minimalist and Conceptualist artwork, but his early sculptures consisted of single male or female nudes attached to pedestals, echoing the tradition of classical Egyptian, Roman, and Greek statues. From the mid-1980s to the present, Balkenhol continued to depict the human figure, but now as ordinary looking men or women in simple clothing. In addition,... Read full biography
Balkenhol was born in 1957 in Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany, and studied art at the Hamburg School of Fine Arts (197682). He became known for its Minimalist and Conceptualist artwork, but his early sculptures consisted of single male or female nudes attached to pedestals, echoing the tradition of classical Egyptian, Roman, and Greek statues. From the mid-1980s to the present, Balkenhol continued to depict the human figure, but now as ordinary looking men or women in simple clothing. In addition, during the early 1990s, he began to make animal figures alone or in combination with humans, as well as their hybrids. Balkenhol's sculptures of commonplace people are not narrative in any explicit way, but are rather suggestive of a certain story,... Read full biography
Balkenhol was born in 1957 in Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany, and studied art at the Hamburg School of Fine Arts (197682). He became known for its Minimalist and Conceptualist artwork, but his early sculptures consisted of single male or female nudes attached to pedestals, echoing the tradition of classical Egyptian, Roman, and Greek statues. From the mid-1980s to the present, Balkenhol continued to depict the human figure, but now as ordinary looking men or women in simple clothing. In addition, during the early 1990s, he began to make animal figures alone or in combination with humans, as well as their hybrids. Balkenhol's sculptures of commonplace people are not narrative in any explicit way, but are rather suggestive of a certain story, which, with its recognizable characters or situations, seems at once familiar and strange. To put it in Balkenhol's own words: "I'm perhaps... Read full biography
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Mann und Frau, 1983. (2)
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Five male nudes, 1999
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United Kingdom. Born 1951
Painting
New York. Born 1951
Decorative and figurative sculpture, design
New York / Spain. Born 1972
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California / Australia. 1954 - 2019
Sculptor-large-scale abstraction
France. 1904 - 2001
Expressive abstract painting, stained glass window design, illustrations
New York / Germany. Born 1949
Mod city genre, figure-nude, interiors
Denmark, France. 1912 - 1993
Abstract, geometric sculpture, mixed-media painting
California, New York. Born 1967
Large scape abstract painting on photographs, teaching
Italy. 1920 - 2005
Large scale abstract sculpture, public site installations, jewelry design
France, Europe. Born 1953
Conceptual, installation and performance art, teaching, photography
Italy. 1929 - 2008
Mixed media work on boards, concrete sculptures
Belgium, France. 1922 - 2005
Kinetic sculptor, surrealist painting, film making
United States, Germany, Netherlands. 1889 - 1957
Abstract landscape with animals, figures and portrait painting, teaching
Germany, Spain. Born 1931
Painting and sculpture, effiects of light and color
Germany. 1930 - 2025
Painting, assemblage, sculpture
Italy. 1927 - 2005
Abstract painting, architecture
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania / Germany. 1928 - 2014
Light kinetics, illumination, abstract painting, teaching
California / England. Born 1972
Fragmented mixed-media figurative sculpture
Germany. 1870 - 1938
Sculpture, printmaking
Austria. Born 1929
Abstract painting, prints, photography
Italy. 1935 - 2013
Illustration, caricature and portrait painting
Italy. 1925 - 2003
Mixed-media abstraction, light installations
New York. Born 1936
Non objective painting, installations, etcher
Switzerland, Germany. 1952 - 2013
Painting, graphic design, sculpture, photography, teaching
Germany. 1945 - 2007
Painting and sculpture-political themes, teaching
Germany. Born 1932
Non-objective, photo painting
Born 1981
Artwork style and medium not provided.
Germany. 1921 - 1986
Cartoons, sculpture, installation and performance art, drawing
Italy, Belgium. 1930 - 2017
Monochromatic, geometric design painting, relief surfaces
New York. 1933 - 1996
Multimedia sculptor, light images
Belgium, China. Born 1965
Neo-conceptual painting and sculpture, installation