Messmann Gerd – Shadow

Born in Hermannstadt in Romania (Transylvania) in 1944. In 1966 he took professional tuition in history and painting with Professor Flore, and in 1969 specialised ornamental painting with Klaus Schnabel. He has received two national awards. In 1972 he moved to Germany where he still lives and works (Waal). He has attended numerous international art symposia in Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Germany. He has had about ten individual exhibition shows. His work is characterised by a “classical approach to painting”: restorations, oil paintings, tempera, etchings and water-based inks. He describes himself as a self-taught person living by the art for the art.