Frans Horbach, Untitled #2, Circa 1980

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This artwork "Untitled #2" is a colors monotype on Arches paper by Dutch artist Frans Horbach. It is hand signed … Read more This artwork "Untitled #2" is a colors monotype on Arches paper by Dutch artist Frans Horbach. It is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) is 19.5 x 15.5 inches, sheet size is 30 x 22.25 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed.

About the artist:

Born in Holland, Dutch artist Frans Horbach first visited New York when he was 17 years old, traveling on a cargo ship from Rotterdam, just as his fellow country man Willem de Kooning had done years before. Two years later he left Holland and emigrated to California.
During the years that he lived and worked as a professional artist in America, one of the main sources of artistic influence came from artists belonging to what is now known as the New York school of American lyrical abstract expressionist art - Rothko, Pollock, De Kooning... He was attracted by their ideas, style of work, and more importantly, by their vital energy and uninhibited self-confidence.
Horbach's work also was influenced, more subtely perhaps, by his contact with indigeneous Indian people during his journeys in the American South-West and Mexico. These encounters were a rich source of inspiration - they became integral to a philosophical framework which involved the appreciation of physical space in a poetic and artistic sense. In later years, as the result of his long-time interest in oriental art and philosophy, some of his work show a distinct affinity with the aesthetic sensibilities of traditional Japanse art.

Though his more recent paintings, when compared with his earlier work, may at first appear simple geometric constructions, there is a delicate complexity involved in their making, a subtle balance of tension, contrast and dimensional harmony. Subtle shifts in colour and perspective occur depending on how you look and interpret - they may also serve to show the correspondence with the inherent complexity of the act of seeing. For the juxtaposition of layered surfaces and structures, combined with an informal application of paint, reflect the instability and movement of our perceptual processes involved. They act as tools to assist us in our negotiation and recognition of perceiving time and space, and the way of looking at art.

Selected Exhibitions:

Casa Luna Artspace,'Intersections', Amsterdam NL
Kunst aan Zee,'Ruimte en Verbeelding', Muiderberg NL
Nassau Ateliers,'Staatsgeheimen', Amsterdam NL
Orange-Water-3,'Reflection of Origin' NIA, Athene, Greece
Orange-Water Contemporary, 'Fatamorgana', Santorini Arts Factory, Santorini, Greece
Casa Luna Artspace, 'Vision in Sight 5', Amsterdam NL
Galerie Clement, Inside-Outside, Amsterdam NL
Casa Luna Artspace, 'Vision in Sight 4', Amsterdam NL
Galerie De Ploegh, 'Op Reis', Soest NL
Galerie Clement, Ruimte & Verbeelding, Amsterdam NL
Arti et Amicitiae, De Salon, Amsterdam NL
De Kring, Contemplatie (en) Ruimte, Amsterdam NL
Edifor galerie, Un géométrie d'espace, Paris, France
Triade Foundation, Timisoara, Romania
Art Museum Timisoara, Mnemosyning, Timisoara, Romania
Edifor galerie, L'art d'être européen, Paris, France
Arttra galerie, Amsterdam NL
Arti et Amicitiae, De Salon, Amsterdam NL
SBK Amsterdam KNSM, Van Beeld tot Beeld, Amsterdam NL
Casa Luna Winterexpositie, Amsterdam NL
SBK Amsterdam KNSM, Nader Bekeken, Amsterdam NL
Casa Luna, Vision in Sight 3, Amsterdam NL
Gutenberg Museum - Pavilion, Mainz, Germany
Fetterly House for the Arts, Faultlines, Vallejo, California USA
Singer Museum/Printshop, Grafiek Nu, Laren NL
Casa Luna, Vision in Sight 2, Amsterdam NL
Judith Litvich Fine Arts, San Francisco USA
Casa Luna, Vision in Sight, Amsterdam NL
Singer Museum/Printshop, Grafiek Nu, Laren NL
Arti et Amicitiae, Copy Culture, Amsterdam NL
Galerie Nanky de Vreeze, Ahrend-Meinema, Amsterdam NL
Erickson & Elin Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
Hewlett-Packard Kunstruimte, Amstelveen NL
Smith Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, California, USA
Erickson & Elin Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
Galerie Hof Renoir, Driest, Belgium
Europe Art, Vondelkerk, Amsterdam NL
Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Galerie Binnenland, Amsterdam NL
Galerie Biervliet, Amsterdam NL
Galerie BMW Hochhause, Begegnung mit der Niederlanden, München, Germany
Erickson & Elin Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
Lyudmila Zhivkova Art Foundation, CODA: Contemporary Dutch prints, Sofia, Bulgaria
SFB kunstruimte, Sociaal Fonds Bouwnijverheid, Amsterdam NL
Owen-Patrick gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Boxmeer Kunst, Boxmeer NL
Notre Dame Des Arts, Ubbergen NL
Galerie Anna Paulowna, Soest NL
Erickson & Elin Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
Art Indices, Palo Alto, California, USA
Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Marshall Meyers Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Nippon Club Gallery, Going Dutch, New York, USA
Nieuw Perspectief, Amsterdam NL
Metz & Co, Amsterdam NL
Judith Selkowitz Fine Arts, New York, USA
Rorick Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Marshall Meyers Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Zellerbach Center Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Judith Selkowitz Fine Arts, New York, USA
Holland-America Bicentennial Exhibition, San Francisco, USA
Rorick Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Joy Tash Gallery, Scotsdale, Arizona, USA
Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
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