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Federle Helmut, *1944 (Solothurn, Switzerland) Lives in Vienna, works with painting as well as photography, drawing and architecture. Basics on Composition LII (Snow White),1993 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm © 2006, ProLitteris, Zürich The style of Helmut Federle's compositions in muted hues lies somewhere between symbolism of form and abstraction. Basic geometric forms, Asian calligraphy or simply his initials, H and F, serve as the inspiration and basis for his pictures. He has gradually moved away from the use of the letter H in "Basics on Composition", an extensive series of small-format paintings. What becomes important is the resonance of two equivalent colours in symmetrically positioned squares. |
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Federle Helmut, *1944 (Solothurn, Switzerland) Lives in Vienna, works with painting as well as photography, drawing and architecture. Black Series XI (Bub, 2 Männer, 2 Frauen),,1995 Oil on lined board and oil on board, set of 5, 24 x 18 cm, 30 x 24 cm (2), 32 x 24 cm (2) © 2006, ProLitteris, Zürich |
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Federle Helmut, *1944 (Solothurn, Switzerland) Lives in Vienna, works with painting as well as photography, drawing and architecture. Blue Sisters, Structures of Deviance,1999; 2000 Etching and heliogravure, portfolio of 10, 70 x 62.5 cm © 2006, ProLitteris, Zürich |