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Thürheimer creates powerful and moving compositions using paint and the flame of a Bunsen burner

His work leads the arts of drawing and painting into uncharted territory

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Horst Thürheimer

Fire and Chalk

In "Fire and Chalk" Horst Thürheimer demonstrates his new way of painting, using his innovative techniques. To create his compositions Thürheimer uses not only acrylic paints and paintbrushes, but also fire, via the flame of a Bunsen burner, and various
sorts of crayons. This volume provides an overview of his oeuvre, including his most recent works.

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The seventy colored illustrations in this book offer readers a fascinating insight into the world of a new artistic technique. Through his ability to produce unconventional works of art that go beyond traditional painting method, Thürheimer creates compositions of great elemental beauty. Particularly in his more recent works, Horst Thürheimer's Fire and Chalk show the overlapping of the themes of destruction and healing, each reinforcing the other’s evocative effect, with powerful and moving painterly results. Thürheimer works tirelessly to expand the possibilities of his art to its full potential.

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Ed. Gottfried Knapp

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Essays by Gottfried Knapp and Andreas Kühne
Edition Jürgen B. Tesch

English-German edition

128 pages, 63 colour illustrations
24,5 x 32 cm, hardcover

ISBN: 978-3-7774-2240-4