Friday, June 26, 2009

Christoph Ruckhaeberle

Christoph Ruckhaeberle is an artist of the Neue Leipziger Schule who studied under its founding Guru, Arno Rink. The Neue Leipziger Schule uses old master techniques inherited from Marxist Social Realism and influences from Surrealism and German Expressionism. Ruckhaeberle approaches figurative painting from a purely formalist standpoint using the technique of glazing over a monochromatic underpainting. His paintings are a compositional jigsaw puzzle, each element an individually delineated shape filling a gap in the whole with a strong sense of rhythm. Notice the similarity between the first picture and the early work of di Chirico -- the empty buildings, the strong patterns of light and shade. More about him at Sutton Lane Gallery and Nicolai Wallner Gallery.



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