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It seems as if Manfred Schwedler from the very
beginning tried to put his gloomy ideas into action. |
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Born January 14, 1947, he grew up in Wolfratshausen,
Germany as son of a goldsmith and a mother, who drew his attention to music
by playing folk music on her guitar. He spent several years at a boarding
school run by Benedictine monks, who again encouraged his inclination to
music. |
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Since 1966 studied painting and design with Professor Elmar
Fuchs. Soon Manfred Schwedler transformed every day impressions and experiences
into pictures that might remind you of nightmares. These pictures he called
a "higher reality". The - in many cases too positive - fantasies
of the 70's gave him the impulse to organise the group "artists showing
the dark side of life". They had a critical, almost depressed view
of life. |
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Through a close but not too close friendship with the congenial painter
Till von Lupin Manfred Schwedler lost his restless mysticism and
felt an urge to give his life a meaning. |
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During a stay in Switzerland (1983-1990) he found an unusual
approach to romantic landscapes. The result was a cycle of paintings of
Lake Zurich. |
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1972 member of the BBK (Society of Professional Artists) |
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1975 International Art Prize, Prof. Nadler Institute for Modern
Art, Nuernberg. |
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Exhibitions in Germany, Italy and Switzerland. |
