Waterborne Painting

Instagram: florian_depenthal Photo website: www.Depenthal.com Abstract Painter in the tradition of the royal discipline, with knowledge of the contemporary art scene and art history. Challenge: to make paintings that are alive and breathing, and present to the immediate viewer. Not repetitive, and experienced as something which manifests the today. 1989 established a studio in Chicago to present, as well as permanent studios in Karlsruhe, Germany, and since 1999 in Miami, Florida . --Published Books and Catalogues: --Frank Pages Art Galerie, Baden-Baden, Germany – 1995 text by Heinz-Peter Schwerfel (art critic and filmmaker in Paris, editor of ART magazine, Hamburg ): “Vertical Horizons” 46 pages, 23 color images. --Galerie Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany – 1991, text by Gerald Nordland (art historian, Museum Director: Milwaukee Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Washington Gallery of Modern Art): “The Paintings of Florian Depenthal” 110 pages, 58 color images. --Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, USA – 1991, text by Amy Gold (art historian, Christies New York) 26 pages, 8 color images. --German American Heritage Society, St. Louis, USA – 1990, text by Heinz Wirth (Consul, Consulate of the Fed. Rep. of Germany) and Georg Hecker (President of G.A.H.S.) 24 pages, 4 color images. --Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany – 1985; text by Denys Zacharopoulos (art historian, art critic, curator of Dokumenta IX, Director of Domaine de Kerguehennec, France) 40 pages, 35 color images