Hanns schimansky biography of barack

Hanns Schimansky was born in 1949 in Bitterfeld, Germany.

He is a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts and in 1998 he was appointed Professor at the Art College Berlin-Weissensee.

Hanns Schimansky was born in East Germany and began by studying Agronomy.

It was during this period, as an agronomist in an agricultural cooperative, that he began to draw landscapes and portraits.

Hanns schimansky biography of barack

This figurative beginning laid the foundation for his entire body of work. The decision to work in pencil and India ink was motivated by the scarcity of materials available in rural East Germany and the lack of personal affinity with paint and canvas.

In her desire to capture the passing moment, the artist became impatient with the complex and time-consuming nature of painting.

Throughout the years, Hanns Schimansky has been patiently developing an original form of visual poetics that stems from a strong ethical stance: a deliberate choice to make drawing his exclusive practice.