Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (70s - contemporary) Bernd Zimmer - Biography

Spiralnebel Z-51. 2000.
Mixed media on canvas. Oil, acrylic and pastel.
Koos 1686. Signed, dated and titled. 120.5 x 120.5 cm (47.4 x 47.4 in). [CH].
• From the work series "Cosmos", in which Zimmer processed his impressions of a trip to the southern hemisphere and his observation of the night sky in expressive-abstract paintings.
• Similar works from the same year are at, among others, the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
• Paintings by the artist are at museums like the Berlinische Galerie, the Kunsthalle Bremen, the Busch-Reisinger Museum / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge (Mass.), the Groninger Museum, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt/Main.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2004).
EXHIBITION: Horizonte. Cosmos, Bernd Zimmer, Galerie Peter Zimmermann, Manheim 2000.
LITERATURE: Anuschka Koos, Bernd Zimmer. Bilder auf Leinwand (catalogue raisonné 1976-2010), Munich 2011, cat. no. 1686, p. 453 (with illu.).
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