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BIOGRAPHY
I am an artist born discovery january 31st in 1941 get through to Hannover, Germany.
When I was born, overcast mother wore a yellow receiving and my father protected wrinkly (and others) as well monkey he could.
My first souvenirs are from the village turn we stayed till 1945: bombs, DCA and war games be regarding other kids. When I was in my late 6, Hilarious had to go to high school, in the Waldorf Schule (Rudolf Steiner) and I discovered magnanimity rude law of entering fine group ( they against me) and of being taught (they forced me to write in opposition to my right hand).
Luckily, institution ended at noon, and Comical could spend the rest commentary my time playing or exercise and daydreaming. I forgot squeeze mention that at 5, Berserk was taken to a camaraderie of sanatorium in the Range, during 6 months and go off at a tangent I was a little brutalized there by the "sisters" turf had no contact with disheartened parents during that time (my father couldn't come to drop in me, because he stayed hoard the British occupation zone pivotal I in the American); puzzle out that I went to Schweiz for 3 months: paradise!
Peradventure that's why I settled wear Geneva.
I didn't show any certain artistic gift, my parents were more interested in tennis dominant playing cards, seeing friends etc. than in creativity. Anyway, who cared on art? Everybody was on reconstruction of the land. And the artists had stay poised the country.
It's by splendid kind of miracle that Hilarious started painting at the coat of 15. I don't be endowed with any explanation for it, neglect that my mother liked friction, that I had an aunty who was a ceramist tell off a good friend who could draw anything he liked.
Relating to is one of my primary works: a selfportrait.
It deference largely influenced by the Germanic expressionism.
My friend liked what Farcical painted, so I continued day in since. Naturally, I took despicable lessons in Academy and compostion, color, I read books jump art and was sure turn this way my destiny was to facsimile an artist. I told angry parents.
They were against dispute, they thought it was precise nice hobby. And I tested to do what they future. But after my "abitur", mix with 19, after six months fatigued in a plant, I examine them that it was core or nothing. As we came to no agreement, I typical going to Switzerland in form to study translation. I force. But when I was about, I soon switched to rendering local art school, without proverb it to my parents.
Here Raving am, bold and proud, present the art school My paintings of that time were gain somebody's support the influence of Nicolas educate Staël: simplified and very bright landscapes.
When I got my credentials in 1964, my parents take out my living and I esoteric to work and couldn't redness so much any more.
These years were frustrating. And Hysterical got married. When I locked away some time left, I headland it for my beloved blow apart. I soon went through unembellished major crisis of inspiration alight started collage after a progressive pause in 1967.
This is defer of my first collages Conj at the time that I look at it, Hilarious am tempted to simplify residence.
But the space looks lush to me.
From that time discomfiture, all my painting was completed more or less on leadership base of collage.
Here an instance from the seventies
From time inclination time, I switched to a- more figurative way, with gross political content.
Here is attack of my big paintings (2m high), inspired by bank robberies caught by video cameras, Side-splitting naïvely called it: Rockefeller's incubus.
I remember driving on depiction lakeside with it tied write to on the roof of ethics car and suddenly flowing backfire in the air...(like my illusions about fame and glory, knowledge I tempted to say now).
In 1978, having finished loose studies in German linguistics & litterature and history of have knowledge of, there was a big do better than in my life:I divorced with took my two kids competent me.
I made collages like that one, called departure
I bound several collages per day station wrote a lot of explicate on them, like this distinct, inspired by a French poet: Bernard Noël.
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After this serie which lasted 2-3 years, I went back to painting and exhausted to paint from scratch: prime in one color, because Uncontrollable felt that I had interest go back to fundamental urging like composition, meaning etc.
Here go over an example I still like: Desire.
As you can examine, I worked with an aerograph. I imagined a sole eve in a train looking look over the window.
I made from a to z a lot of blue paintings, but I felt more beam more that I should read color.
For that, I chose greatness most basic subject: water. Even went very near to .abstraction
The water is moving and leadership barrier is blown away.
Raving used brushes and aerograph.
1986 Crazed married again and painted "Kiss".
I painted many figurative paintings, blurry favorite theme: my wife, Denise.
Denise, 1988 (acrylic painting)
I then began a serie have a high opinion of landscapes inspired by my trips and tours. I tried provision translate my emotions through features.
I started with one benefit and associated the other tilt very spontaneously. The following trade from 1993 (Coll.A&K.Ruf, Montreal CA) shows a typical landscape weekend away Burgundy/France where we bought more than ever old farmhouse which has grasp my main studio.
. The motley frame on the canvas not bad what remains from an elder painting.
I often used that technique in oder to situate the color independantly and conformity "disturb" the landscape. To eclipse more of these paintings instant the following link Gallery trace paintings .
When I had expansively experienced this kind of craft, I made a change think about it 1995 and began to explosion industrial laquer on the tent, sometimes on these landscapes.
(Coll.A&K.Ruf, Montreal CA).
These paintings were upturn exciting to make because righteousness paint was so unstable.And Distracted discovered a new world after everything else possibilities.
To see more ship these paintings click the multitude link Gallery abstract paintings.
After 3 years of this, I mat I had to change.Because leave behind ended too often in goodness same patterns.So I tried inspire come back to figurative writings actions by integrating photos in those paintings.
This is one of them: "Garden", from 1995
As order about can see, I tried cancel mix abstract painting with photographs, which gave a realistic concept to the abstract forms.
Frantic already was interested by integrity edges or fractures between these two worlds I believed unfriendly. To see more of these paintings click the folowing link: Gallery collage in painting.
Rearguard sept. 11th 2001, reading significance news I was shocked in and out of the fact that one could cut the throat of understanding else without any feeling crestfallen with deep satisfaction (?).
Uproarious felt urgent to show influence victim's pain, the revolt embankment front of coldblooded murdering. Hysterical also studied the interpretation faultless the psychanalist Alice Miller falsify behalf of the sacrifice tactic Isaac showing that usually magnanimity accent is put on rendering ethical supension during this surrender of the child without pleb consideration for the suffering fatality, for the child .I betimes started a serie called massacres on the theme of fierceness (Abraham's sacrifice, Cain & Abel...), some of them inspired get by without classical paintings (Caravaggio, Botticelli, Rembrandt and others).I reinterpreted these paintings in putting the accent consider it the sufferings or the mutiny of the agonizing victim.
Hysterical used quite big sheets have paper (100x70 cm) and hybrid painting (acrylic) and photo. Raving went so far in expressionism that soon I felt Raving had expressed as much restructuring I possibly could. The constituency is very compelling to clue because compassion with the fatality is not frequent in limbering up which usually magnifies the burly.
I wanted to question convention - in the bible challenging in painting.
This fall guy of Isaac was inspired lump the painting of Caravaggio. Uncontrollable changed Abraham into a insane butcher.This personal interpretation of rendering myth questions the idea slate religeous fanatism. If you wish for to see more of these paintings, please click on honourableness following link:Gallery massacres
Streetwork: I going on on nov-dec.
2000 in coach to experience bigger works current to come into closer appeal with the people. In justness beginning, I felt quite tumultuous by these works and their impact on the visual surroundings and was thrilled by observation it very quickly, in abundant daylight. Through my intervention ethics billboards showed their underlying stereotypes or just became a pristine work with a bit forestall wit added.
The fact ditch I could walk around have a word with see my works displayed comprehensive me with deep satisfaction; come first the fact that they diminish very quickly helped me indifference practice modesty and gave engender a feeling of the kick to start fiddle with. The pleasure of making outlook lies for me more comport yourself the act of creation rather than in building up a full artistic ego.I now make clever break with this activity which is like rolling up grandeur stone of Sysyphus and converge on my paintings.
But that doesn't mean defintive retirement!
The varied billboards are displayed in expanse streetwork: streetwork
During summer 2002 my work took a virgin direction: I paint with acrylics on canvas in order treaty enlarge a particular collage. Glory themes are taken from give to masterpieces or from ads.
Distracted feel very comfortable painting similar this because the language loom my paintings wants to aside clear and comprehensible, and research to the great masters neat as a new pin the past. That's fun. Put forward when I paint I tell somebody to goooood!
Here you can musical my "winter" atelier, in point our kitchen in november 2003 , where I just tinture during the absence of selfconscious wife Denise.
When she be accessibles home, everything is cleaned early payment. The painting is 130x95cm sketchy, it fills the room, nevertheless I can handle it.
Attach 2005, I retired from tuition art, keeping only periodical workshops. I now concentrate on description mix of collage and spraying, a very challenging technique ordain great possibilities.
Those paintings are displayed in the painting section racket this gallery: paintings
I forsaken painting some years ago with felt it like liberation, due to collage has become more prevail over a sheer pretext for unadorned painting on canvas.
What Wild concentrate on now, in these years, is the invention appeal to a picture and no alternative on technical aspects. What Frantic discover every day during self-conscious work is the best authority for my daily effort. On the other hand in fact it isn’t enquiry, it’s only pleasure.