583 - FETTING, RAINER

FETTING, RAINER 1949 Wilhelmshaven Title: "Ole with Pink Tulips". Date: 1998. Technique: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 199.5 x 139.5 cm. Notation: Titled, signed, and dated on the reverse upper right: Ole with pink tulips, Fetting 98. Additionally includes details about the work. Frame: Framed. Provenance: - Private collection, Lower Saxony Exhibition: - 51st Munich Art Fair, 2006 (label) - Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich 2006/07 (label) - Fetting is one of the leading figures of the “Neue Wilde”/“Junge Wilde” artist group in Berlin in the 1980s - A combination of a charismatic portrait with an expressive floral still life in his characteristic dynamic, gestural painting style - “Ole” is a recurring motif in Fetting’s depictions of men Rainer Fetting is one of the leading figures of the “Neue Wilde” movement, which revitalized figurative, expressive painting in Germany in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, he studied at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1972 to 1978. In 1977, together with Salomé, Helmut Middendorf, and Bernd Zimmer, he founded the Galerie am Moritzplatz, which became a central hub of the young Berlin art scene. A DAAD fellowship took him to New York in 1978; between 1983 and 1994, he lived and worked there and in Berlin. Cityscapes, landscapes, and, in particular, the human figure define his work. Characteristic features include intense color, a free brushstroke, and the direct connection between color and physical expression. Since the mid-1980s, Fetting has also worked as a sculptor. Among his best-known sculptural works is the monumental Willy Brandt sculpture in the atrium of the Willy Brandt House in Berlin. “Ole with Pink Tulips” was created in 1998 and presents the human figure—a recurring central motif in Fetting’s work—in a monumental manner. Against a dark, blue-black background, Ole appears facing the viewer and is nearly life-size. His light-colored torso is rendered with energetic brushstrokes in blue, green, red, and violet; his face coalesces into an expressive composition of color. A lush bouquet of pink and red tulips rises between the figure and the viewer. The vibrant blooms and green leaves obscure parts of the body and emerge as a distinct painterly counterpart. Fetting eschews illusionistic attention to detail: color does not merely describe the visible appearance but conveys presence and mood. Thus, the painting combines the exploration of portraiture and the body—central to his work—with an unusually prominent floral motif. The vibrant colors and loose brushstrokes preserve the expressive energy of his early paintings. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: This lot is not suitable for parcel shipping. Transport is available only through a shipping company after consultation following the auction. Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 Euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. by individual arrangement after the auction. #Rainer Fetting #Neue Wilde #Figurative Painting #Germany #Contemporary Art #Painting #Man #1990s #Post-War. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obligated to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price toward this fee.