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»Αrbeiterin 0601«, 70X100 cm, Mischtechnik, 400 €

Andreas Tsortanidis

He was born in Thessaloniki in 1947. He was given his first drawing and painting lessons by Andreas Zambetoglou. After lots of travelling in Europe and Africa, he settled down in Germany where he studied Design and Painting in the Academy of Cologne. He has taken part in numerous personal and group exhibitions abroad, one of which was Koln Kunst in 1986.

»Αrbeiterin 0601«, 70X100 cm, Mischtechnik, 400 €

»Αrbeiterin 0603«, 70X100 cm, Mischtechnik, 400 €

In autumn 1997 he returned to Thessaloniki for good. Here he started experimenting with new themes and materials such as wax, honey, butter, grease, etc. He first presented part of this work in the summer of 2001 in Vlasti in the ‘Festivities of the Earth’ and in Goethe Institute in November 2001.

In 2005 he represented Thessaloniki in Cologne during a cultural exchange program between the two cities. In 2007 he had his work exhibited in Papatzikou gallery in Veroia.

»Αrbeiterin 0603«, 70X100 cm, Mischtechnik, 400 €

»Αrbeiterin 0602«, 70X100 cm, Mischtechnik, 400 €

Inspiriert durch die Bienen bedient sich der Künstler in erster Linie organischer Stoffe: Wachs, Honig, Öle, Waben und anderer. Er malt hauptsächlich auf saugfähigem Papier, welches die Durchdringung der Fette erlaubt. So ergeben sich autarke Formen, die in einem langwierigen Prozess dem Bilde eine Aura der sanfte Energie und des stillen Lebens verleihen.

»Αrbeiterin 0402«, 57X78 cm, Mischtechnik, 350 €