996 - Karl-Peter Müller, "Unterwasser", abstracted composition with fish shape on blue ground, 1995

Karl-Peter Müller, "Unterwasser", abstracted composition with fish shape on blue ground, 1995 (1935 Mannheim-Käfertal – 2000 Kandel), mixed media on painting board, signed and dated (19)95 lower right, abstracted composition, on a light blue ground a dark, almost black picture field with shapes and lines in light yellow, red-orange, green, light blue and pink, right of centre a light yellow fish-like shape with gill and fin lines, good condition commensurate with age, image 68x98 cm (HxW), framed, white wooden frame, frame width 3.5 cm Karl-Peter Müller, also known by the abbreviation KPM and under the spelling Karl Peter Muller, was born in Mannheim in 1935 and died in Kandel in the Palatinate in 2000. From 1954 he studied painting and graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Franz Xaver Fuhr, then learned stained glass painting, glass cutting and glass mosaic under Aloys Ferdinand Gangkofner. In 1965 he attended the International Summer Academy in Salzburg under Emilio Vedova. In 1981 he received the Weinbrenner Prize of the city of Karlsruhe for the design of the Ludwigplatz. His work comprises painting, graphic art, glass art and ceramics; he was also active as a gallerist, author and musician. In 1986 he founded the Akademische Werkstätten für freie Malerei in Maximiliansau. Mixed media refers to the combination of different binders and colour materials in one picture.