Pham An Hai is a wonderful abstract artist born in Hanoi, Vietnam. in the year 1967.
An Hai attended the Hanoi Institute of Fine Arts.
Though best known for his abstract works the artist has also experimented with Expressionist and figure painting.
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Pham An Hai has a great sense of color. The artist seems to apply paint using many different ways of applying paint giving the surface a wonderful variety texture that is a visual feast for the eyes.
In this clip a short documentary on Pham An Hai:
A favorite subject matter for Pham An Hai is the lotus plant. An Hai sees the flower as a great symbol for his beloved hometown of Hanoi.
Jorg Immendorff was a fantastic painter and sculptor born in Bleckede, Lower Saxony, Germany in the year 1945. Immendorf was perhaps better known for his left wing political ideas than for his Surrealist paintings.
Immendorf attended the Academy of Art located in Dusseldorft, Germany and also with Joseph Bueys.
Immendorf studied with a theater set designer named Teo Otto. Immendorf designed many stage sets over his lengthy career.
The artist would go back to teach at the Academy of Art as a professor.
In the early 2000s Immendorf with several prostitutes and cocaine. In Germany small amounts are okay for personal use but he surpassed this amount. He was put on probation and given a large fine.
In this clip from 1987 we visit the studio of Jorg Immendorff:
Jorg Immendorf developed A.L.S. otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. This disease came to the forefront of the media earlier this year with many celebrities and C.E.O.s including Bill Gates taking the ice bucket challenge. Immendorf passed away in 2007 at the age of 61 years of age.
The disease forced him to paint with his right hand after being a lefty. Eventually he was wheelchair bound and unable to paint.
Price range information: Works range from $5,000 to $300,000.
What an extraordinary painter and in incredible life. Another American painter who died from A.L.S. was the American artist Wilson Hurley renown for his paintings of the American West.
To close we look at many paintings by Jorg Immendorff:
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