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Horst Antes

Horst Antes (Born 1936) is active/lives in Germany.  Horst Antes is known for Expressionist painting.

THe following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:

Horst Antes was born in 1936 in Heppenheim, Germany.  He studied from 1957-59 at the Academy of Art in Karlsruhe under H.A.P. Greishaber, who was an important influence on him.  In one aspect of his work, Antes represents an up-to-date version of German Expressionism, linking the spirit of Max Beckmann with modern figurative abstraction. 

He was best known for his "Gnome" paintings: clumsy, heavily stylized figures, usually represented in profile, with eyes set one above the other and over-large hulking hands and feet.  Sometimes the limbs and head build up the figure without torso. In his paintings from the late 1960s he often depicted a single head offset by some symbolic object such as a cock's comb or a letter.   

Antes was at one time considered to be Karlsruhe's most illustrious alumnus. As a student, he capt   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1814 characters.]  Artist bio

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