Michael van Ofen (1956) - photo 1

Michael van Ofen

Michael van Ofen is a German artist who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Van Ofen's works are based on well-known paintings from the nineteenth century. He takes them apart into pictorial elements and reassembles them like a mosaic or a puzzle, in the process creating a new work, alienated from its roots, but faithful to its original idea and form. The objects in the artist's works are divided down to the brushstrokes, they are usually dominated by a single color.

Date and place of birt:1956, Essen, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Genre:Landscape painting, Portrait
Art style:Abstract Expressionism, Contemporary art

Creators Germany

Heinrich Rudolf Schuster (1848 - 1902)
Heinrich Rudolf Schuster
1848 - 1902
Oskar Michaelis (1872 - 1946)
Oskar Michaelis
1872 - 1946
Benjamin Mastaglio (1982)
Benjamin Mastaglio
1982
Leo (Lior) Roth (1914 - 2002)
Leo (Lior) Roth
1914 - 2002
Lothar Malskat (1913 - 1988)
Lothar Malskat
1913 - 1988
Johannes Nawrath (1955)
Johannes Nawrath
1955
Johann Jakob Dorner I (1741 - 1813)
Johann Jakob Dorner I
1741 - 1813
Max Flashar (1855 - 1915)
Max Flashar
1855 - 1915
Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (1838 - 1898)
Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky
1838 - 1898
Gerlinde Beck (1930 - 2006)
Gerlinde Beck
1930 - 2006
Max Feldbauer (1869 - 1948)
Max Feldbauer
1869 - 1948
Karl Blossfeldt (1865 - 1932)
Karl Blossfeldt
1865 - 1932
Karl Kuntz (1770 - 1830)
Karl Kuntz
1770 - 1830
Uwe Karlsen (1954)
Uwe Karlsen
1954
Michael Kunze (1961)
Michael Kunze
1961
Franz Xaver von Hofstetten (1811 - 1883)
Franz Xaver von Hofstetten
1811 - 1883

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Alison Erika Forde Forde (1985)
Alison Erika Forde Forde
1985
Ismail Coban (1945)
Ismail Coban
1945
Viktor Semenovich Kazarin (1948 - 2021)
Viktor Semenovich Kazarin
1948 - 2021
Burkhard Held (1953)
Burkhard Held
1953
Robert Hill Jackson (1934)
Robert Hill Jackson
1934
Paul Ondrusch (1875 - 1952)
Paul Ondrusch
1875 - 1952
Peter Zaumseil (1955)
Peter Zaumseil
1955
Michael Mattern (1946)
Michael Mattern
1946
Willi Sitte (1921 - 2013)
Willi Sitte
1921 - 2013
Gonzáles-Escalona Salvador (1948)
Gonzáles-Escalona Salvador
1948
 Hawoli (1935)
Hawoli
1935
Kit Willilams (1946)
Kit Willilams
1946
Jörg Schmeisser (1942 - 2012)
Jörg Schmeisser
1942 - 2012
Moisey Alexandrovich Feigin (1904 - 2008)
Moisey Alexandrovich Feigin
1904 - 2008
Arnoldo Zocchi (1862 - 1940)
Arnoldo Zocchi
1862 - 1940
Vladimir Konstantinovich Vasiltsov (1932 - 2002)
Vladimir Konstantinovich Vasiltsov
1932 - 2002