Norbert Schwontkowski Bremen, Germany, 1949-2013
Die Frau des anderen Künstlers, 2006
Oil on canvas
55,5 × 46,5 × 2 cm
Further images
Figures in Norbert Schwontkowski’s works seem suspended in an infinite, dreamlike state, caught between solitude and quiet endurance. They navigate a world that feels both familiar and indifferent, their presence...
Figures in Norbert Schwontkowski’s works seem suspended in an infinite, dreamlike state, caught between solitude and quiet endurance. They navigate a world that feels both familiar and indifferent, their presence marked by a sense of fleeting permanence.
"Human existence, the life of the intellect, signifies an experience of this melancholy and the vital capacity to overcome it. We are, as it were, created 'saddened." – Norbert Schwontkowski
Exhibitions
Norbert Schwontkowski. Vertigo, CFA, Berlin. Nov 2006–Jan 2007
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