Volker Böhringer (1912 - 1961)

Volker Böhringer

Volker Böhringer was a German painter and graphic artist.

He was a significant representative of the "New Objectivity. In his paintings and graphics Böhringer turned to socially critical representational themes, the theme of his early works being industrial landscapes. Böhringer refused to join the League of German Artists (VBKD), so he was forbidden to exhibit his work. Despite his secluded life, he received critical acclaim, and his work was shown in major public exhibitions of German modern art at the Art Museum Basel in 1937 and in Zurich in 1949. In the 1950s he increasingly turned to religious themes in his paintings.