TRILOGY, Berms-Batas, Eduard 2016.

Mixed media, each inscribed below, signed Eduard Berms-Batas and dated with current weather data *Mon, 29.2.(20) 16 at 12.40/17:30 and 17:58*, trilogy by Eduard Berms-Batas born on 11.03.1930 in Willich near Krefeld is known at the same time as an architect, photographer, traveller, collector, archivist and artist, he studied graphics, painting and architecture at the Werkkunstschule in Krefeld, traveled to Europe, USA, Jamaica, Israel and South Africa, worked as a freelance architect and lived in Provence and Te Essin, he later lived and worked with his wife in Mettingen, where he died on 7.2.2017, *Art does not reproduce what is visible, but makes visible* this quote from Paul Klee, of whom Berms-Batas was also a student, characterizes the artist's work, he says he feels connected to the traditions of the Bauhaus and had a great influence on a new development of art, so-called abstract expressionism. The European version of this artificial wool is known as *informel*. This means - rejection of composition rules in favor of spontaneous gestures, rhythms or free form finding. The most important representatives of the informals include Tapies, Twombly, Emil Schumacher, Gerd Höhme, Karl-Otto Götz and, of course, Eduard Berms-Batas, source Internet, here three abstract expressionist compositions, sheet ca. 35 x 29 cm, each passe-partout behind glass in the frame approx. 42 x 32 cm, total 3 pieces.