Leonhard R. Lang

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Leonhard R. Lang (born September 14, 1944 in Lauf ; † May 4, 2017 in Rottweil ) was a German painter .

Life

Leonhard R. Lang, 2009

Leonhard Rudolf Lang was born in 1944 in Lauf , district of Bühl , in Baden , and went to school and high school in Aldingen and Spaichingen . Despite his musical talent, his education and working life took a technical direction. He trained as a mechanic, later made an industrial foreman and a degree as a REFA technician and worked, among other things, as an operations manager in German industrial companies. He became known to the public as a painter from 1998. Leonhard R. Lang died in 2017 after a serious illness.

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His first picture, a watercolor, was created in 1973. In addition to his professional activity, he created other paintings in oil on canvas . The desire for artistic activity grew steadily, on the one hand due to the enthusiasm for the topic and on the other hand as a balance to the technology, which was in the foreground professionally. The first pictures showed pseudo-representational things, whereby the quite intense colors dominated more than the shapes. Trips to the USA inspired him to take new pictures, especially stimulated by the colors and light of the landscapes of the southwest .

From 1993 Leonhard R. Lang painted more often until he started working exclusively as an artist in 1996. The representational stepped back more and more in his work and he turned to abstract painting . "Saturated colors shine from the canvases, they unfold a mysterious glow - even in restrained tones." This is supported in some series of pictures by a spatula technique that opens layers of paint on top of one another.

His artistic estate comprises around 250 oil paintings in three main series and techniques. His picture series Lines deserves special mention , which attracted attention with its special optics and the independent technology he developed.

“Form and color enter into a particularly intimate connection here, which captivates the viewer. The aesthetic experience, the mesmerizing when looking at the colored lines and surfaces, dissolves the supposed structures and can certainly trigger psychological effects. […]
Of course, the millennium was also an inspiration for the artist and the occasion for a special Millennium Lines series. The specialty of the pictures in this series: each picture consists of exactly 2000 vertical lines. […]
The charisma and emergence of Leonhard Lang's pictures also result from the apparently contradictory but surprisingly harmonious connection between technology and emotion, both in the picture itself and in the artist's intention and message. [...] "

Exhibitions

From 1997 there were regular exhibition activities, mainly in the regional area. In 1998 the first successful solo exhibition took place at Galimar in Villingen-Schwenningen. Important stations were the solo exhibition in 2001 in the New Museum of Salem Castle , participation in the annual exhibitions of the Kunstverein Trossingen and the Tuttlingen Municipal Gallery, and in 2003 participation in the Regionale für Neue Kunst in Donaueschingen. Works by Leonhard R. Lang are in various private collections.

Illustrations

  • Millennium Lines 1, oil / canvas. 120 × 100 cm

  • Millennium Lines 5, oil / canvas. 100 × 80 cm

  • Lines - Red dot, oil / canvas. 120 × 100 cm

  • Lines - The kiss, oil / canvas. 120 × 100 cm

  • Lines - Landscape 2, oil / canvas. 60 × 40 cm

  • Mare di Levanto, oil / canvas. 80 × 60 cm

Bibliography

  1. ^ Ferdinand Messner, art historian. In: Speech at the opening of the exhibition on April 25, 1999 in the Kreissparkasse Spaichingen.
  2. ^ Frank Rawer: Rio Grande on the Danube. In: Südwest-Presse / Die Neckarquelle, January 30, 1999.
    (fan): Pictures as travel reports. In: Schwarzwälder Bote, January 30, 1999.
    Annette Buchholz: The light in Arizona created many images in his head . In: Wochenblatt, February 10, 1999.
  3. ↑ (til): abstractions in color. In: Schwäbische Zeitung / Heuberger Bote, April 26, 1999.
  4. ↑ Stefan Simon: Unusual structures . In: Schwarzwälder Bote, June 1, 1999.
    Sven Mayer: Lines full of tension. In: Südkurier, June 1, 1999.
    Carolin Leins: Colored lines create order . In: Schwäbische Zeitung, November 21, 2000.
  5. ↑ Quotes from: Leonhard and Heidelinde Lang: Lines by Lang . In: Catalog Leonhard R. Lang, oil paintings . Ed .: Leonhard R. Lang, Spaichingen 2006.
  6. ↑ Aicher-Villing (ai): Art has become his elixir of life . In: Schwäbische Zeitung / Heuberger Bote, August 22, 1998.
    Technology and emotion . In: Südwest-Presse / Neckarquelle, February 19, 1998.
  7. ↑ Michael Kleinganz: Portrait: I am for the courage to color, to live . In: Schwäbische Zeitung, November 24, 2001.
    Hartmut Rieble: Lines, Life, Landscapes . In: Schwäbische Zeitung / Salem, October 15, 2001
    (fw / Wieland): Lines - Life - Landscapes in the Neues Museum Schloss Salem. In: Südkurier, October 16, 2001.
  8. ↑ Susanne Roth: Artist Lang prefers clear lines . In: Schwarzwälder Bote, January 25, 2003.
    Manfred Beichl: Optical illusions are astonishing, Leonhard Lang relies on the expressiveness of the lines , In: Schwarzwälder Bote, May 11, 2004.
    (abra): Exhibition arouses lively interest . In: Heuberger Bote / Trossinger Zeitung, March 28, 2006.
  9. ^ Catalog Donaueschinger Regionale for New Art. Donaueschingen 2003.
    Cornelia Schlecht: 62 artists at the regional . In: Schwarzwälder Bote, June 7, 2003.
    Kerstin Conz: Artist from Spaichingen at Regionale . In: Heuberger Bote / Trossinger Zeitung, June 13, 2003.

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personal data
SURNAME Lang, Leonhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lang, Leonhard R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Run
DATE OF DEATH 4th May 2017
Place of death Rottweil