Barbara Wenzel-Winter

I was born in 1948 in Gross Below , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Today I live in and work at the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, northern Germany.I'm a very quick and emotional creator. I love strong and expressionist colours and graphics.To me, it doesn't depend on a realistic portayal but on the effect which my pictures shall produce.My pictures are very personal and reflect my own feelings.

1963 - 1968apprenticeship in dressmaker1965attendence at the Letteschule Berlin (Germany) / subject: fashion & illustration 1 semester (term)1968 - 1970Modeschule (fashion school) Dsseldorf graduate as fashion designerI began drawing at the latest when I was two years old and I haven't stopped it with a few breaks in between.1970beginning of preoccupation with the oil painting / I had also a good look at Paul Gaugin & Henri de Toulouse Lautrec and other painters1972experimentation with different watercolour techniques / preoccupation with Emil Nolde above all with his flower & landscape watercolour paintings1973at the same time graphic works (pen drawings) originated: female nudes & caricaturesafter 1980I had a good look at the expressionism, as wel...