The picture shows a sitting girl. She is little dressed with gauntlets and a high star top. The viewer's gaze is captured by the slender beautiful face. It lies in quarter profile diagonally embedded in the high star top and the long dark hair. The eyes and mouth literally glow.
In the drawing, each line was drawn once with a powerful stroke on China paper without a preliminary drawing. Every delicate bend of the line had to succeed at the first go. This is a challenge, especially with the face. This applies to the chin bow, the mouth, the eyes and the nose.
Already as a child and in his further life the portrayal of the human being inspired Gunter Langer. Translating emotions into lines fascinated him. He began with portraits and later discovered that the human body can also develop emotions and expressiveness. To find pictorial compositions Gunter Langer works intensively with.. Read more…