Norbert Schwontkowski
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Norbert Schwontkowski
Norbert Schwontkowski was a renowned German artist, born in 1945 in Bremen, Germany. He is known for his colorful and unique paintings, famously referred to as “poetic pictorial worlds”. Schwontkowski experimented with a variety of media, from painting to drawing, print-making, and sculpture. His works often feature pop-cultural elements and surrealistic imagery. Among his well-known works are “Starkstille” and “Greisen”, exhibited in his 1984 solo show in Berlin. Schwontkowski also had many other solo exhibitions in prominent places such as the Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin and the Kunsthalle Hamburg. He was nominated for the Wolfgang-Hahn Prize in 1997 and won the Kunstpreis of Schleswig-Holstein in 2002. Norbert Schwontkowski passed away in 2013 in his hometown of Bremen.
Norbert Schwontkowski, German artist, painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture, pop-culture, surrealistic imagery, “Starkstille”, “Greisen”, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Wolfgang-Hahn Prize, Kunstpreis Schleswig-Holstein
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