Horst Antes

Biographical Sketch

Horst Antes was born on October 18, 1936 in Heppenheim, germany. He is the principal representative of 'Fantastic Realism' and one of the first members of the 'Neuen Figuration' Group. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe under Grieshaber (1957-59), and has been teaching there since 1965. He became faculty chairman in 1984. Guest professor at the State Institute for Fine Arts in Berlin (1967-68). The figure became the central theme in his work, which resisted full abstraction. Antes' painterly search resulted in a prototypical figure for his art, the 'Kopffüssler' (or 'Head-Footer'), which he also often produced in sculptural form during the course of his consistent artistic development. It is present, for example, in 'Pleasure Garden with 7 Monuments to Pleasure', a painted steel sheet (1967) in Karlsruhe. Whether brightly expressive or monochrome, nearly classical compositions with real - surreal forms or, as in his earliest works, blank spaces in ascetic withdrawal, Antes almost always represents the human figure as a solitary being, at times in a compartment or dwelling-like space. Antes' extensive paintings and graphic works are complemented by his sculptural pieces. His works are present in museums all around the world, and he has won many awards and honors. He lives and works in Berlin, Karlsruhe and Florence. ek

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References:

Bernd Lutze: Horst Antes. Lithographs. Fribourg, Office du livre, 1976.

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