Julian Beever
Julian Beever (* 1959 in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , England ) is a British artist best known for his street chalk works of art.
Life
Beever grew up in Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire . After studying art at the University of Leeds (1979-83), he began street painting. He started with replicas of well-known paintings, then he discovered 3D painting for himself. He creates this effect with optical illusion: viewed from a certain angle , these images look like a three-dimensional scene with perspective . With some pictures you can hardly tell what is real and what is painted. This process is called anamorphosis .
Due to its high level of awareness, it also became interesting as an advertising medium. For example, he drew an open laptop in the London pedestrian zone .
In addition to his famous 3D pictures, Beever also creates murals and copies of great painters of the past, which he is also hired to create.
The images of his three-dimensional works on his website are sometimes mistaken for photomontages , but are real and only painted with street chalk.
Publications
- Pavement Chalk Artist: The Three-dimensional Drawings of Julian Beever . Firefly Books, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada 2010, ISBN 978-1-55407-661-1 .
- Street art . Terra magica publishing house, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7243-1056-3 .
Web links
- Julian Beevers website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Street painting in 3D
- ↑ Paul Kelbie: 'Pavement Picasso' dazzles with pedestrians 3D masterpieces . In: The Independent , August 31, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beever, Julian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , England |