My (humble) ART Collection (Selected)
Reiner Schwarz is a artist known for his work in lithography. Schwarz was born in Hirschberg, Germany in 1940 and by 1950 had moved to Hanover. He studied at the Hochschule fur bildende Künste in 1960, in Berlin. From 1961-64 he worked in lithography with Marc Zimmermann. By 1964, Schwarz had qualified to become a teacher and in 1965 he became a master scholar. From 1968 onward, Schwarz worked as a freelance painter and graphic designer in Berlin, and in 1974 he was able to open his own lithography studio.
This lithograph uses a self-portrait by Dürer as a source, but it is recreated in a very dark and morbid way. The pale colors that Schwarz uses in the lithograph make the portrait appear to be of a dead person—much as the modified facial features suggest. The meticulous detail that Schwarz put into the lithograph shows the influence of Dürer himself, who was known for his very detailed paintings [and prints] of the late 1400s and early 1500s.