Oil on canvas. Signed and dated "1979 1980" on the reverse. 230 x 190 cm. . [JS].
- Since the 1970s, Hitzler has been depicting existential emotional worlds between death, suffering, and joy in his characteristic, spontaneously and impulsively written paintings. - Powerful, colorful, and large-format, Hitzler has condensed signs and symbols into artistic abbreviations, placing them on the canvas like mysterious hieroglyphs. - Rembrandt/Rubens/Titian: Franz Hitzler's painting is strongly influenced by the themes and motifs of old master history painting, whose existential statements he translates into a modern, almost abstract visual language. - Hitzler studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1967 to 1972.

Private collection, Rhineland

In good condition. Only slightly rubbed in places along the edges and a few hairline cracks along the edges.