Hanns Leeb, romantic-poetic paintings

Biography

	1928 born in Passau, Germany .
	Since early youth occupied with drawing and painting.
	Instruction in drawing by Prof. Rothschink and K. Ramisch in Passau
	Drawing course from the Remote Academy Kamprath, Darmstadt
	Working by profession in the fields of chemical graphics , retouching and advertisement graphics.
	For 18 years member of the Art Association Landshut, including seven years on the club's executive committee.
	Winner of the "Lorenzo-il-Magnifico"-Award in recognition to his artistic career at the 3rd Biennale Internazionale del l'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, 2001.
	Exhibitions: 1946 Bookshop Gsedl, Passau 1955 Art Gallery Dallmer, Landshut 1957 Hofkueche der Residenz, Landshut Annual Art Exhibition of Art Association Landshut und Art Association Passau 1991 Atelier Pauli, Kammer: "Lower Bavarian Landscapes" 1991 Hypo-Bank Landshut: "Lower Bavarian Landscapes" 1992 - 1998 art exhibitions "Art in the Corner", Landshut 1993 Townhall Gallery, Landshut: "Landscapes" 1998 Townhall Gallery Landshut: "The Bejeweled Woman" 2001 Sparkasse Landshut: "Reality and Phantasy" - drawings 2001 Participation in the 3rd Biennale Internazionale del l'Arte Contemporanea, Florence 2003 Sparkasse Landshut: "The Language of Drawings" - landscape paintings 2003 Participation in the 4th Biennale Internazionale del l'Arte Contemporanea, Florence 2004 Participation exhibition Art-Domain.Com Gallery Mallorca - Port Andratx Participation in Mariapfarr (Lungau), Austria - Austrian artists as participants of Biennale Florence exhibit. 2005 Gallery Dr. Böhner, Mannheim: Hommage to Picasso (14 pictures) 2005 Gallery Dr. Böhner, Mannheim: Hommage to Picasso (11 pictures)

About the Artist

Hanns Leeb considers himself selftaught. He comes from Expressionism and developed a romantic-poetical painting style in which he unites the condition of soul and the meaning of the landscape into a complete contemplative picture. Numerous of the coloured and black and white drawings of his collection "Bejeweled Women" had their origin in a graphic series "Vernissage". These pictures show - in addition to other many-sided basic themes - the woman as the center point of society and as its victim as well. The female figures in "Bejeweled Women" have freed themselves from these labels and are presented by the artist in a series of numerous paintings which show various types of styles.

Several citations which were written about the exhibit "The Bejeweled Woman" shown in 1998 in Landshut, Germany:
"These exquisite jewels of graphic arts are pervaded by a delicate and subtle erotic spirit."
"The artist has given the women in his nudes a remarkable variety of jewels and costumes with imbelievable fantasy."
"In many sketches, drawings and ball pen drawings with watercolor additions, girls and women are shown as beautiful, selfconfident innocents of fantasy on paper."