Otmar Alt Extra For Max Signed Limited Edition Silkscreen 1972

Artist Name: Otmar Alt

Title: Vibrant Vision: Otmar Alt’s Extra For Max Silkscreen.

This signed limited edition silkscreen, titled “Extra For Max,” showcases the artistic prowess of Otmar Alt, a renowned German artist known for his versatile and prolific body of work. Born in Wernigerode in 1940, Alt’s artistic journey began at the master school for decorative and applied arts, followed by enrollment at the Berlin Art Academy under the guidance of Professor H. Bachmann.

During his time as an academy student, Alt immersed himself in various artistic pursuits, working as a stage-scenery assistant in theatres and embarking on extensive travels to countries like Finland, Greece, Paris, Canada, and the US. In 1965, Alt held his first solo exhibition at Galerie Schütze in Bad Godesberg, showcasing his oil and acrylic paintings. Two years later, he received the prestigious Franz Roh Prize at the Munich exhibition ‘Collage 67’, marking a significant milestone in his career.

Alt’s artistic repertoire expanded as he ventured into printmaking techniques, creating reliefs, and sculpting in bronze, plastic, and wood. Drawing inspiration from his training in the decorative and applied arts, Alt extended his creative pursuits to include everyday design, such as toys, porcelain figurines for Rosenthal, and illustrations for children’s books.

The Extra For Max silkscreen, created in 1972, represents a pivotal moment in Alt’s artistic exploration. The artwork combines elements of abstract and figurative styles, reflecting Alt’s evolution from abstract paintings influenced by Informel to a unique figuration characterized by puzzles or stained-glass window-like compositions. Mythical beasts and biomorphic archetypes populate his works, creating a fairy-tale pictorial universe that merges with poetic titles, igniting the imagination and fantasies of art lovers.

Alt’s use of color is a defining aspect of his artistic expression, as seen in the Extra For Max silkscreen. Vibrant hues and subtle tonal variations interplay across the composition, showcasing Alt’s mastery of color and painterly techniques. The artwork exudes a sense of joy and playfulness, inviting viewers into a world of visual delight.

Year: 1972

Medium Type: Silkscreen 

Size-Width | Size-Height: 24¼” x 29½”

Signed | Edition Size: Signed in pencil, dated and marked | 74/100

Unframed in Very Good Condition.

$400.00

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Otmar Alt was born in Wernigerode in 1940. Alt attended the master school for decorative and applied arts before enrolling at the Berlin Art Academy in 1960, where he attended the master class taught by Professor H. Bachmann. An academy student until 1966, Otmar Alt worked on the side as a stage-scenery assistant at theatres in Trier and Frankfurt and also travelled extensively to Finland, Greece Paris, Canada and the US. In 1965 Otmar Alt had his first one-man show of his oil and acrylic paintings at Galerie Schütze in Bad Godesberg. Two years later Otmar Alt was awarded the competitive Franz Roh Prize at the Munich exhibition ‘Collage 67’. In 1969 Alt joined ‘Edition Außenkunst’, an artists’ association, but, independently of this association, he completed numerous architectural wall designs, reliefs and fountains in public spaces in German cities. In the early 1970s Otmar Alt began to work on printmaking techniques while executing reliefs and free-standing sculpture in bronze, plastic and wood. Drawing on his earliest training in the decorative and applied arts, Otmar Alt extended his creative activities to design for everyday living, including toys, and, from 1978, porcelain figurines for Rosenthal as well as illustrations to children’s books from 1970. Otmar Alt’s œuvre of paintings is the foundation for all the other activities engaged in by this versatile and prolific artists. Starting from abstract paintings influenced by Informel, Alt expresses the power of colour in large, subtly rendered surfaces worked through with a painterly and gestural handling. In the early 1960s Alt formed a figuration of his own, accompanied by a more reticent personal signature, to create paintings that resembled puzzles or stained-glass windows, whose repertoire of signs is built up from mythical beasts and biomorphic archetypes. This fairy-tale pictorial universe reveals tendencies to decorative formulaicism via geometricizing stylisation. Combined with poetic titles, Alt’s works appeal to art lovers’ imagination and fantasies. In recent years Alt’s style has evolved from poster-like to painterly without devation from the artist’s basic conception. Otmar Alt’s work has been honoured at numerous solo and group shows at German galleries and museums. In 1994 Otmar Alt was made an honorary citizen of the Ruhr and in 1998 he was decorated with the Federal Service Cross.

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Weight 3 lbs
Dimensions 38 × 4 × 4 in
Title

Otmar Alt Extra For Max Signed Limited Edition Silkscreen 1972

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Limited Edition

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Edition Size

74/100

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Year

1972

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Signed in pencil, dated and marked

Item height

29.5

Item Width

24.25

Otmar Alt Extra For Max Signed Limited Edition Silkscreen 1972

Artist Name: Otmar Alt

Title: Vibrant Vision: Otmar Alt's Extra For Max Silkscreen.

This signed limited edition silkscreen, titled "Extra For Max," showcases the artistic prowess of Otmar Alt, a renowned German artist known for his versatile and prolific body of work. Born in Wernigerode in 1940, Alt's artistic journey began at the master school for decorative and applied arts, followed by enrollment at the Berlin Art Academy under the guidance of Professor H. Bachmann.

During his time as an academy student, Alt immersed himself in various artistic pursuits, working as a stage-scenery assistant in theatres and embarking on extensive travels to countries like Finland, Greece, Paris, Canada, and the US. In 1965, Alt held his first solo exhibition at Galerie Schütze in Bad Godesberg, showcasing his oil and acrylic paintings. Two years later, he received the prestigious Franz Roh Prize at the Munich exhibition 'Collage 67', marking a significant milestone in his career.

Alt's artistic repertoire expanded as he ventured into printmaking techniques, creating reliefs, and sculpting in bronze, plastic, and wood. Drawing inspiration from his training in the decorative and applied arts, Alt extended his creative pursuits to include everyday design, such as toys, porcelain figurines for Rosenthal, and illustrations for children's books.

The Extra For Max silkscreen, created in 1972, represents a pivotal moment in Alt's artistic exploration. The artwork combines elements of abstract and figurative styles, reflecting Alt's evolution from abstract paintings influenced by Informel to a unique figuration characterized by puzzles or stained-glass window-like compositions. Mythical beasts and biomorphic archetypes populate his works, creating a fairy-tale pictorial universe that merges with poetic titles, igniting the imagination and fantasies of art lovers.

Alt's use of color is a defining aspect of his artistic expression, as seen in the Extra For Max silkscreen. Vibrant hues and subtle tonal variations interplay across the composition, showcasing Alt's mastery of color and painterly techniques. The artwork exudes a sense of joy and playfulness, inviting viewers into a world of visual delight.

Year: 1972

Medium Type: Silkscreen 

Size-Width | Size-Height: 24¼" x 29½"

Signed | Edition Size: Signed in pencil, dated and marked | 74/100

Unframed in Very Good Condition.

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