Arnold Böcklin self portrait
Amongother things,Böcklinwasveryfamouswiththis self-portrait.Note thesplitbrush!Symbolism offrailty.Böcklinlisten to themelodyof death asa source of inspirationfor his art.Ipersonally believethatthis...
View ArticlePortrait from imagination with Rötel (red chalk)
Onlythe ear, soI remember, is myown(mirror).And Iwas thinking ofWilhelmLeibl,and Franzvon Defregger.The sketchis unfinished, but sometimes it'sbetterto exercice ChineseWisdom andto let itbe as...
View ArticleItalian illustrators from the past...
Someexamplesof Italian illustration art. Unfortunately,no Names.
View ArticlePlecotus Auritus - My new stamp for the Post of Switzerland
Apopular scientificpresentationof the brownlong-eared bat.The search forphotographicreferences wasextremelydifficult andverytime-consuming.Afragilecreatures of the nightandverydelicate.As a...
View ArticleThe devils bridge/Die Teufelsbrücke - Carl Blechen
Some interesting informations of the location.Carl Blechen.
View ArticleMilchspülersee
TheMilchspülersee is located in thecanton of Glarusin2200 m altitude.I have oftenlookedat him, and one day I wouldlike to painthim.For meone of themost beautiful mountain lakes. Itsblue...
View ArticleThe three-dimensional effect of my bat stamp for the Swiss Post
The techniquemakes it possible:Mybat(as like intheNature)has a three-dimensionalplasticity!Sheis so fine andrealisticthattheycan be seenonly on the second moment.A temptationfor...
View ArticleKarl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect and painter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Schinkel
View ArticleLinda
Oil on canvas,19x26 cmI like to workwith a limitedcolor palette:Ultramarine light, crimson,deepcobaltviolet, ultramarine violet,Indian red, naples yellow, naplesyellowdeep, greenumber, titanium...
View ArticleNot Like Us - ArtRage
Povertyand corruptpower relations ofirresponsiblepoliticiansare the sworn enemies of this peacefulgiants. Homo sapiens(intelligent viable/wise man) calledUs1758 thescientist Carl von Linné. Ideals...
View ArticleYear of the Snake - Stamp Post Liechtenstein
The Post of Liechtenstein has asking me to design the illustrationfor the new Chinese Signs of the Zodiac 2013.Some information on the philatelic site of the Post of Liechtenstein here.
View ArticleHermann Vogel - The great german fairy tale illustrator
This is the firstpostofmanythatI can postfrom todayaboutHermann Vogel!A truetreasure ofillustrations, open to thewhole world.The scansare from the original books.My thanks to thecollectors and...
View ArticleGecko
Again a littleLolitapaintings. 18x27cm, oil on canvas.Somewhere inShanghai? ...maybe a hundred and fiftyyearsago...Vermilion red light, Indian yellow, Naples yellow deep,Primary yellow Lukas, Madder...
View ArticleBergell and Savogno
Memories of thisweek from Monday toThursday when Iwasin Arcadia!And suddenly everything iscovered in snow.Savognois a beautifulmountain villagein the ItalianBergell.noCarriage roadup there.A beautiful...
View ArticleZdenek Burian (part 1)
Some gouache works from 1948.Thanks again to Thomas Kovaks for the scansand the many other works that I can show here in the futureabout Zdenek Burian!Christoph Roos has postet some fabulousKarl May...
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