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| Birthdate: | 1936 |
| Gender: | Male |
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Friedrich Einhoff (b.1936-2018) is one of the most renowned contemporary German Expressionist artists, known as "the man who put Hamburg on the map of German art" and "the wanderer between genres ". Born in pre-World War II Germany, his childhood experiences of war and disease profoundly led him to imagine a world of oppositions (Gegenwelten), or parallel worlds, which for him was an unexplored area between human "manifest" and "latent" aspects. Therefore, the characters depicted in Einhoff's paintings have a captivating quality of being constrained, with indistinct facial features and incomplete bodies. The artist uses alienation as a technique to create figures that resemble still-life objects, thereby giving them a sense of separation from the pictorial space. Dr. Werner Hofmann, an eponymous art historian, has called Einhoff one of the most innovative and experimental artists, for he opened up new territories for a view on human boundaries. His works exhibit a unique rigor and intensity, and he employs various media to "alienate" the facial features of his characters, rendering them "unrecognizable". However, if one looks beyond the blurry, translucent veil, the perfect proportions of the characters' facial features, the meticulous lines and forms, and the composition of color, the works reveal Einhoff's profound academic background and extremely high level of artistic skill. |
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| Curator: | Thomas Eller |
| Artist: | Friedrich Einhoff |
Figur für A. | Friedrich Einhoff
Painting
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Acrylic, charcoal and sand on canvas
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150 × 120 cm
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2013
Figur mit meinem Gesicht | Friedrich Einhoff
Painting
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Acrylic, charcoal and sand on canvas on wood
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40 × 40 cm
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2004 - 2006
Figurengruppe 90/02 | Friedrich Einhoff
Painting
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Acrylic,charcoal and soil on paper
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44 × 30 cm
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1990
| Birthdate: | 1936 |
| Gender: | Male |
| About: | |
Friedrich Einhoff (b.1936-2018) is one of the most renowned contemporary German Expressionist artists, known as "the man who put Hamburg on the map of German art" and "the wanderer between genres ". Born in pre-World War II Germany, his childhood experiences of war and disease profoundly led him to imagine a world of oppositions (Gegenwelten), or parallel worlds, which for him was an unexplored area between human "manifest" and "latent" aspects. Therefore, the characters depicted in Einhoff's paintings have a captivating quality of being constrained, with indistinct facial features and incomplete bodies. The artist uses alienation as a technique to create figures that resemble still-life objects, thereby giving them a sense of separation from the pictorial space. Dr. Werner Hofmann, an eponymous art historian, has called Einhoff one of the most innovative and experimental artists, for he opened up new territories for a view on human boundaries. His works exhibit a unique rigor and intensity, and he employs various media to "alienate" the facial features of his characters, rendering them "unrecognizable". However, if one looks beyond the blurry, translucent veil, the perfect proportions of the characters' facial features, the meticulous lines and forms, and the composition of color, the works reveal Einhoff's profound academic background and extremely high level of artistic skill. |
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| Curator: | Thomas Eller |
| Artist: | Friedrich Einhoff |
Figur für A. | Friedrich Einhoff
Painting
|
Acrylic, charcoal and sand on canvas
|
150 × 120 cm
|
2013
Figur mit meinem Gesicht | Friedrich Einhoff
Painting
|
Acrylic, charcoal and sand on canvas on wood
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40 × 40 cm
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2004 - 2006
Figurengruppe 90/02 | Friedrich Einhoff
Painting
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Acrylic,charcoal and soil on paper
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44 × 30 cm
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1990
