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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Tempera on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on cardboard. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 9.4x11.8in
About this artwork
The rock in the center of the image is an adaptation of the woodblock print "Gokenzan" (1860) by Utagawa Hiroshige II. Behind the rock is a dilapidated, arena-like building, already completely integrated into the surrounding landscape, revealing a second version of the rock in a collapsed section. The arrangement of the open and bricked-up openings in the arena-like building follows a simple algorithm. The image was created without the aid of artificial…
intelligence. Through a lengthy process involving the layered application of tempera and oil paints, among other materials, the work was created using traditional painting techniques and the latest high-quality materials.
Gokenzan, 24x30 cm, 2017, tempera and oil on canvas on cardboard
Gokenzan, 24x30 cm, 2017, tempera and oil on canvas on cardboard
Knut Müller
Germany
Credentials
- Works on commission
Knut Müller is a painter trained at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts (HGB Leipzig) who primarily uses mixed media techniques in tempera and oil, inspired by the Old Masters. He paints landscapes in a sophisticated blend of parallel and fan perspectives, combined with mathematical and musical compositional methods. His style references the Early Renaissance and combines traditional pictorial composition with experimental spatiality. His works create a quiet, mysterious atmosphere that evokes emotion and simultaneously invites intellectual contemplation.
Knut Müller
Gokenzan
$3,870