Picture "Impressions of Summer I" (1997) (Original / unique piece), on stretcher frame
Picture "Impressions of Summer I" (1997) (Original / unique piece), on stretcher frame
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original painting | signed | mixed media on canvas | on stretcher frame | size 100 x 100 cm
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Picture "Impressions of Summer I" (1997) (Original / unique piece), on stretcher frame
Original painting 1997, signed. Mixed media on canvas, stretched on stretcher frame. Size 100 x 100 cm.
About Michael Nonn
Michael Nonn, born in 1962, is a border crosser in a different sense. He studied geosciences and economics, and it was not until he was 32 years old that he finally decided to pursue art as a career. At that time, he had already been active as an artist for many years, especially during his studies. The step into art, therefore, did not signify a completely "new" path, but merely the final crossing of a border.
Much of this courage to cross borders can also be felt in his aesthetics. He is, therefore, a crossover artist. Nonn combines drawing and painting, delicate brushstrokes with large-scale texture and overpainting. In his work, he mainly reflects on people and their actions. His motifs are often based on contours of faces or bodies, which he modifies through drawing elements and overpainting. This results in multi-layered and colourful works with an intense, harmonious aesthetic.
Graphic artwork in the making of which the artist combines at least two graphic techniques.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.