Horst Antes, Figur mit Vogel, 1965, Felt-Tip Pen Drawing on Paper, Framed

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Horst Antes

Heppenheim 1936 - lives in Karlsruhe

Figure with Bird, 1965

Felt-tip pen and ink on Fabriano laid paper … Read more Horst Antes

Heppenheim 1936 - lives in Karlsruhe

Figure with Bird, 1965

Felt-tip pen and ink on Fabriano laid paper (watermark)
Signed, dated, and inscribed "Paris" lower right
Size: 58 x 44 cm
Frame: 71 x 57 cm
Good condition (see photos)
Elaborately framed, museum glass

The drawing is registered with the Horst Antes Foundation under number "PA 217/65".

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Horst Antes was born on October 28, 1936, in Heppenheim an der Bergstraße. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe from 1957 to 1959 under the renowned wood engraver HAP Grieshaber, who, contrary to the prevailing trends, adhered to figuration. Nevertheless, Antes's starting point is primarily to be found in Art Informel and its gestural expressiveness. In Willem de Kooning, who combined informal and figurative elements, Antes found a role model that allowed him to forge his own path. Around 1960, he gradually developed the figure of the "Head-Foot Figure" from vehemently applied color structures—a form that has occupied him ever since in countless variations and modifications, as well as with various artistic techniques. By 1963, his "Head-Foot Figure" was fully developed with new conceptual and stylistic premises and also became the defining element of his sculptural work that began that year. In 1962, the artist received the Villa Romana Prize in Florence, and the following year, a fellowship at the Villa Massimo in Rome. During this period, the profile view, which he later abandoned, became entrenched, and color became subordinate to form. from 1965 to 1971, Antes taught at the Karlsruhe Academy, interrupted by a visiting professorship in Berlin in 1968. In 1984, he again took up a teaching position at the Karlsruhe Academy. The state capital of Stuttgart awarded him the Hans Molfenter Prize in 1989. Since 1990, Antes has lived and worked in Karlsruhe, Florence, and Berlin. In addition to paintings and prints, his oeuvre also includes sculptures in public spaces. His works are exhibited worldwide and are represented in the largest collections in Germany, including the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the National Gallery in Berlin. This piece has an attribution mark,
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