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Artists from A-Z Helmuth Mahrer

1934–1995
  • Exotisches (1981)
    Exotisches
    Artist: Helmuth Mahrer Dating: 1981 Type: Work on paper Material: Watercolor on paper Measures: 68,6 x 48,1 cm Acces / purchase date: 1981 Inventory number: 0263 Copyright: © Nachlass Helmuth Mahrer
  • Blick vom Bruderholz ins Birseck (1966)
    Blick vom Bruderholz ins Birseck
    Artist: Helmuth Mahrer Dating: 1966 Type: Painting Material: Oil on canvas Measures: 70,5 x 140 cm Acces / purchase date: 1966 Inventory number: 0259 Copyright: © Nachlass Helmuth Mahrer
  • Rotkohl (1963)
    Rotkohl
    Artist: Helmuth Mahrer Dating: 1963 Type: Painting Material: Oil on canvas Measures: 114 x 114 cm Acces / purchase date: 1966/1967 Inventory number: 0260 Copyright: © Nachlass Helmuth Mahrer
  • Webstuhl (1965)
    Webstuhl
    Artist: Helmuth Mahrer Dating: 1965 Type: Painting Material: Oil on canvas Measures: 168 x 146 cm Acces / purchase date: 1966 Inventory number: 0258 Copyright: © Nachlass Helmuth Mahrer
  • Storchschnabel (1978)
    Storchschnabel
    Artist: Helmuth Mahrer Dating: 1978 Type: Work on paper Material: Watercolor on paper Measures: 47,7 x 69 cm Acces / purchase date: 1979 Inventory number: 0262 Copyright: © Nachlass Helmuth Mahrer
In his work, Mahrer deals intensively with people and their fates and abysses, as well as with plants, reflections and architecture. His pictures resemble inner landscapes in which different times, places and people meet in different perspectives. The pictures of his early work are dark-toned and heavy. His oil paintings are characterised by a thick application of paint. The application of paint became visibly lighter, lighter and more fluid. Throughout his life, Mahrer's concern was to transform the tough, heavy matter of oil paint into a watercolour-like lightness. He also worked with watercolours and ink and devoted himself to drawing.

Isabel Koellreuter