Hey, panzade that's some history you have there! Astonishing: truth more interesting than fiction!
My dad was an artist and met some renowned Australian painters while there.
Friedeberger, Klaus
(b Berlin, 23 Aug 1922). British painter of German birth. He left Germany in 1938, reaching England in 1939 and Australia in 1940. His first works were in a Surrealist manner, for example Shopping Centre (1942; Canberra, N.G.). From 1944 Friedeberger exhibited with the Contemporary Art Society in Australia. He then studied painting at East Sydney Technical College (1947-50). After returning to England (1950) he produced a series of brilliantly coloured paintings, mainly of children at play, characterized by a formalized expressionist intensity. For some years he combined painting with work as a graphic designer and a part-time teacher (Central School of Arts and Crafts, London College of Printing). In 1963 his first one-man show was held (London, Hamilton Gals). In the late 1960s Friedeberger's work changed; figurative representation and the use of colour were eventually abandoned altogether. His new monochrome paintings (exh. 1986, London, Warwick A. Trust) are quite heavily impastoed and exploit the manifold possibilities of black/grey/white. They present an expressive, convincing reality of their own, independent of allusions to anything not inherent in the process and the painting itself. Tonality provides illusionistic scope to create forms and space. A large retrospective (1942-92) was held at Woodlands Art Gallery, London, in 1992. Examples of Friedeberger's work are in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
We're lucky to have a few of his. They are totally brilliant
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Yeah, just when I was thinking how easy it was!
Craven said some sites don't allow you to copy pictures
Oh!
How do you know which ones, I wonder?
Anyway, nice talking to you, panzade. Now I have to go feed a couple of hungry critters for a friend whose away for the weekend. That was fun.
Bye!
well, that's not a image only thread. Maybe you should open a thread in the Original photography categorie like Col man. ;-)
