Mathias Waske
Mathias Waske (born March 27, 1944 in Crailsheim ; † January 16, 2017 in Munich ) was a German painter .
life and work
Waske grew up in Frankfurt am Main . There he studied painting at the State University of Fine Arts . From 1968 he lived as a freelance painter in Deisenhofen near Munich and southern France.
The ironic, playful alienation of old masters is characteristic of his work. Well-known is his praying rabbit (2002), a drawing in which he furnished the world-famous rabbit by Albrecht Dürer with the praying hands drawn by the same artist . In a similar way, he parodied well-known paintings such as Tischbein's Goethe portrait and da Vinci's Mona Lisa with an exact painting technique . His witty handling of quotes from art history shows him to be a humorous representative of postmodernism . In addition to drawings, preferred techniques were mainly gouaches and oil paintings. A number of his works are in the possession of prominent personalities, but his art is also exhibited in several museums. In 2005 about 130 of his works were presented in the exhibition “From Mona Lisa to Madonna” in Vienna .
Waske was married and died of blood cancer in January 2017 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kimberly Hoppe: Munich cult painter Waske († 72) has died. Abendzeitung-muenchen.de , January 24, 2017, accessed on January 24, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waske, Mathias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crailsheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 2017 |
| Place of death | Munich |