Synopses & Reviews
Through his superb technical mastery of unconventional media, Munich-based visual artist Horst Thand#252;rheimer creates powerful and moving compositions of painterly beauty without recourse to traditional painting techniques. Created with the flame of a Bunsen burner and various types of crayon or chalk, his artworks expand the possibilities of drawing, plumbing the art formand#8217;s full depth.
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Horst Thand#252;rheimer: Fire and Chalk reproduces drawings from among the artistand#8217;s complete body of work, including Thand#252;rheimerand#8217;s most recent works. Themes of destruction and healing overlap in Thand#252;rheimerand#8217;s drawings, each reinforcing the otherand#8217;s evocative effect and resulting in works of great elemental beauty.
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With seventy full-color illustrations, this volume offers readers insight into the development of an intriguing new artistic technique.
About the Author
Gottfried Knapp is a critic of art and architecture at the Sand#252;ddeutsche Zeitung and a member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schand#246;nen Kand#252;nste. He is the author, most recently, of Franz Mayer of Munich, also published by Hirmer Publishers.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Fire and Chalk: The Work of Painter Horst Thand#252;rheimer and#8211; Gottfried Knapp
Works
Mirror of the Beyond: The Glass Painting of Horst Thand#252;rheimer and#8211; Andreas Kand#252;hne
Biography
Solo Exhibitions