Karl Schmidt was born in Rottluff near Chemnitz in 1884 and met Erich Heckel at grammar school in Chemnitz in 1902. Their first literary and artistic interests lead both of them to join the debating society 'Vulkan'. Karl Schmidt began studying architecture at the polytechnical university of Dresden

Die brucke, Political

The relation between art and female beauty, art and pornography, female models and models of art, all have been a constant theme for Marlene Dumas. Her work recalls the painterly gestures of Expressionism, whilst combining the critical distance of Conceptual art with the pleasures of eroticism. Some

Distorted, Erotic, Feminine, Feminist, Figurative, Figurative painting, Playful, Sensual, Sexy

Thomas Scheibitz's brand of quirky abstraction presents a futuristic vision of opulence, where even the most pedestrian subject matter is reinvented as a product of high design. Described as 'post-cubist', Scheibitz's pictorial breakdown of flowers, suburban houses and ski resorts doesn't create actu

Architectural, Deconstructive, Figurative, Figurative painting, Monumental, Superflat

Using her own photography as the primary source imagery for her most recent works, Carla Klein's dynamic compositions depict unpopulated terrain, shot by the artist during her travels. In a palette of near-black, inky blue, soft gray and cold white, Klein captures the essence of these uninhabited ter

Architectural, Atmospheric, Dystopic, Figurative painting, Monumental