Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects.
Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East.
In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using Surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color.
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(Biography provided by Galerie Fledermaus)
1940s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
1940s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
1950s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
1950s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
1950s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
1940s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
India Ink, Watercolor
16th Century Old Masters Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
1970s Modern Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
1950s American Modern Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
1950s American Modern Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
2010s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
1980s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
1960s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
1960s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Graphite
2010s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
1940s Surrealist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
1950s Expressionist Walter Schnackenberg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor






