Andreas Brandt
Andreas Brandt, "Grau und Blau"
Signed Brandt and dated -79 verso. Canvas 59.5 x 100 cm.
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Andreas Brandt, född 1935, var en tysk målare. 1954 studerade han biologi vid universitetet i Halle. 1955 flyttade han till Västberlin, där han tog examen från Konsthögskolan under Ernst Schumacher fram till 1961. Mellan 1982 – 2001 arbetade Brandt som professor i textildesign vid College of Fine Arts Hamburg. Andreas Brandt var medlem i Deutscher Künstlerbund, vid vars årliga utställningar han deltog åtta gånger mellan 1966 och 1980.
Brandt strävade efter att skapa en konkret, autonom bildvärld utan någon referens- eller avbildningsfunktion med enkla, geometriska former. I slutet av sextiotalet utvecklade Brandt ett mycket personligt, konceptuellt bildspråk med en precist formulerad, harmoniskt balanserad systemstruktur och reducerade färgackord. Han behandlade den systematiska spridningen av färgglada, svarta eller gråa linjer på en vit bakgrund. Till en början bara med vertikaler på liggande format, men senare tillkom även horisontella linjer. Han utforskade balansen mellan ytorna och färgernas proportioner. För många betraktare skapar hans arbete en oväntad rumslighet och elementen får en viss vibration. "Material is the surface, are the colors. The aim is to set the surface - in its limit and extent - in motion through color. To create space, autonomous pictorial space. To find orders. Consider the surface itself as a design tool. Color, independent of the material, free from all associative, all symbolic, as a fundamental artistic value." - Andreas Brandt, 1970
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Andreas Brandt was born in 1935 and was a German painter. In 1954 he studied biology at the University of Halle. In 1955 he moved to West Berlin, where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts under Ernst Schumacher until 1961. Between 1982 – 2001, Brandt worked as a professor of textile design at the College of Fine Arts Hamburg. Andreas Brandt was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, in whose annual exhibitions he participated eight times between 1966 and 1980.
Brandt strove to create a concrete, autonomous visual world without any reference or representational function with simple, geometric forms. In the late sixties, Brandt developed a very personal, conceptual visual language with a precisely formulated, harmoniously balanced system structure and reduced color chords. He dealt with the systematic spread of colorful, black or gray lines on a white background. At first only with verticals on landscape format, but later horizontal lines were also added. He explored the balance between the surfaces and the proportions of the colors.
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