Michael Schmidt Stuttgart

1955 born in Freiburg ., living and working in Filderstadt near Stuttgart, Germany |

Michael Schmidt tells stories whose beginning and end can
be not always fixed in fixed points on the given format. Since they make declarations about states, feelings, moods, impressions which condense in spontaneously sedate lines, lines and line bundles.
Schmidt follows own springs of the inspiration and finds in it in general human, backgrounds, sometimes obscure. He turns away at one moment consciously from current art stereotypes to find himself immediately on it in a picturesque tradition. Schmidt integrates and processes artistic details and ideas anew. No matter whether it concerns classical landscape painting or optical mixture whether he studies Georgia O'Keeffe or derives inspiration towards M.C.Escher. One
finds the free form play just as the graphic directness of the OpArt and the Informel.
With all variety a little bit completely specific still always seems to interest in all these creation manners, structures and the special picture state: the graphic as an essential element of his art. And more still: the gestural, direct, associative-mental. Darkness often also finds itself, cryptic and mysterious – one feels reminded beti...

I studied for the law at Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg im Breisgau.

2024 3rd November - 1st December, JETZT...!, Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2023 29th October - 26th November, Das Blaue vom Himmel, Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2022 6th November - 4th December, frei.raum, Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2021 7th November - 5th December, FRAGILE, Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2019 2nd June - 7th July, Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2018 17th June - 15th July, Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2017 25th June - 16th July, Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2016 Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2016 Artclub Ludwigsburg, annual exhibition
2015 Artclub Ludwigsburg, annual exhibition
2015 Artclub Filderstadt, annual exhibition
2014 Charity auction of paintings for ‘Kobra’ (charitable trust) at the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
2012 Charity auction of paintings for ‘Kobra’ (charitable trust) at the State Academy of Art, Stuttgart
2011 Artclub Ludwigsburg, annual exhibition - Jahresgalerie
2011 Community Exhibition with Heike Schmidt (Blue Moon) and the Dutch artist Jan Schoonhoven jr. at Galerie Windkracht 13 in Den Helder, Netherlands
2010 Artclub Ludwigsburg, annual exhibition ‘Zukunftsvision’
2010 Charity auction of paintings for ‘Kobra’ (charitable ...