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RALPH FLECK(Freiburg/Breisgau 1951 - lives and works
near Freiburg)
Stadion 31 XII. 2014.
Oil on canvas.
Signed double, dated and titled on the
reverse: R. Fleck Stadion 31 XII 14.
123 x 154 cm.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the
artist by the present owner; since then
private collection Switzerland.
Ralph Fleck, born in Freiburg/Breisgau in
1951, still works there today, as well as in
Nürnberg and Portugal. He is an artist and
Professor for painting at the Akademie der
Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg. His works
move between realistic and abstract figu-
ration; from a distance the picture appears
very realistic, but seen up close abstract
forms are revealed. His paintings reveal
themselves to the viewer only after a se-
cond look or after prolongued observation.
In our work one sees a colourful crowd
from a distance, through the expressive
and impasto application of paint however,
abstract forms and colour fields appear in
detail. Patches of color appear superim-
posed and layered, resulting in a relief-like
surface. This play between represen-
tation and abstraction, between colors
and shapes, and in the structures of the
application of the paint and the technique,
contribute decisively to the tension of the
work.
CHF 30 000 / 40 000
(€ 27 780 / 37 040)