Julian Schnabel
When the New York Stock Market was booming in 1979, Julian Schnabel (born in 1951) earned a fortune with a pile of broken ceramics – the "Plate Paintings". These are works, which Schnabel created from overpainted broken ceramic plates set onto large-scale paintings. This art made him one of the most expensive and popular painters of his generation in the 1980s.
The unconventional choice of materials, which he assembles fragmentarily, creates an exciting structure that makes Schnabel's works unmistakable. As one of the main representatives of Neo-Expressionism, Schnabel dared to use unusual painting surfaces such as velvet and animal skins.
In addition to his work as an artist, the American is also a successful director. With his portrait of the editor of the French ELLE, Jean-Dominique Bauby, he won the directing prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, and in 2008 he was awarded a Golden Globe. "I am married to painting. Filmmaking is my mistress," says Julian Schnabel.
