Arturo Herrera (1959) - photo 1

Arturo Herrera

Arturo Herrera is a Venezuelan-born American and German painter, graphic artist and sculptor who has lived and worked in Berlin since 2003.

Herrera came to the United States in 1978, studied art at the University of Tulsa, traveled in Europe, and attended graduate school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In New York, he began collecting coloring books, comic books, and illustrated fairy tales. In the early 1990s, he became known for his extensive works in various collage techniques. Herrera seems to weave fragments of found recognizable images into collages.

Herrera's oeuvre includes works on paper, paintings, reliefs, sculptures, public art and books. In the late 1990s, the artist began creating wall sculptures out of felt: cut pieces of material are suspended, creating colorful "blobs". The resulting images often balance between abstraction and figuration, with echoes of 1950s-1960s Pop Art and early 20th century Surrealism, Art Nouveau, lyrical abstraction and Cubist collage.

Date and place of birt:1959, Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality:Germany, Venezuela
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Graphic artist, Painter, Photographer, Sculptor
Art style:Abstract art, Cubism, Modern art, Pop Art, Surrealism, Contemporary art
Technique:Collage

Creators Germany

Oskar Martin-Amorbach (1897 - 1987)
Oskar Martin-Amorbach
1897 - 1987
Eugene Spiro (1874 - 1972)
Eugene Spiro
1874 - 1972
August von Rentzell (1810 - 1891)
August von Rentzell
1810 - 1891
Karl Kuntz (1770 - 1830)
Karl Kuntz
1770 - 1830
Carl von Steuben (1788 - 1856)
Carl von Steuben
1788 - 1856
Otto Modersohn (1865 - 1943)
Otto Modersohn
1865 - 1943
Oscar Moll (1875 - 1947)
Oscar Moll
1875 - 1947
Gottfried Albert Maria Bachem (1866 - 1942)
Gottfried Albert Maria Bachem
1866 - 1942
Fritz Genkinger (1934 - 2017)
Fritz Genkinger
1934 - 2017
Helmuth Liesegang (1858 - 1945)
Helmuth Liesegang
1858 - 1945
Carl Haag (1820 - 1915)
Carl Haag
1820 - 1915
Amud Uwe Millies (1932 - 2008)
Amud Uwe Millies
1932 - 2008
Johann König (1586 - 1642)
Johann König
1586 - 1642
Carl Ruthart (1630 - 1703)
Carl Ruthart
1630 - 1703
Karl Wilhelm Gentz (1822 - 1890)
Karl Wilhelm Gentz
1822 - 1890
Otto Beler (1847 - 1913)
Otto Beler
1847 - 1913

Creators Abstract art

Louise Giovanelli (1993)
Louise Giovanelli
1993
Juan T. Vazquez Martin (1941 - 2017)
Juan T. Vazquez Martin
1941 - 2017
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865 - 1953)
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1865 - 1953
Matthias Weischer (1973)
Matthias Weischer
1973
Gerhard Bochmann (1925)
Gerhard Bochmann
1925
Alfred Rasenberger (1885 - 1949)
Alfred Rasenberger
1885 - 1949
Aaron Johnson (1975)
Aaron Johnson
1975
Andre Lhote (1885 - 1962)
Andre Lhote
1885 - 1962
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889 - 1943)
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 - 1943
Lothar Bechstein (1884 - 1936)
Lothar Bechstein
1884 - 1936
Fyodor Semyonovich Bogorodsky (1895 - 1959)
Fyodor Semyonovich Bogorodsky
1895 - 1959
Jennifer Bartlett (1941 - 2022)
Jennifer Bartlett
1941 - 2022
George Julian Zolnay (1863 - 1949)
George Julian Zolnay
1863 - 1949
Janiva Ellis (1987)
Janiva Ellis
1987
Martin Puryear (1941)
Martin Puryear
1941
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898 - 1944)
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1898 - 1944