Oil on canvas. Signed and dated on the reverse. 122 x 100.5 cm. , visible area, not unframed. [JS].

• Since the 1970s, Hitzler has depicted existential emotional worlds—ranging from death and suffering to joy—in his characteristic style of painting, executed with spontaneity and impulsiveness.
• In this painting, Hitzler uses powerful brushstrokes and a vibrant color palette to condense signs and symbols into artistic shorthand on the canvas.
• Rembrandt/Rubens/Titian: Franz Hitzler’s painting is strongly influenced by the themes and motifs of Old Master history painting, whose existential messages he translates into a modern, almost abstract visual language.
• Hitzler studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1967 to 1972.

Private collection, Rhineland

In good condition. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the aid of a UV light source, and to the best of our knowledge and belief.