Walter Stöhrer (*1937–†2000) achieved fame as a master of the grand painterly gesture with his abstract, eruptive work in the 1960s. After completing his studies with HAP Grieshaber at the Karlsruhe Art Academy in 1959, Stöhrer belonged to the generation that successfully set itself apart from informal post-war art with ‘New Figuration’. Nevertheless, he remained strongly connected to Tachisme and developed his own variation on its painting method of ‘écriture automatique’, which had already been adopted by the Surrealists. After completing his training alongside his fellow students Horst Antes and Dieter Krieg, he moved to Berlin. In 1964 he was honoured with the German Critics' Prize, and in 1976 he was awarded the Art Prize of the Berlin Academy of Art.
His estate does not only encompass an enormous body of painterly work, but also an extensive body of drawings and etchings.
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Meierottostraße 1
10719 Berlin
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Tue–Fri 11 am – 6 pm, Sat 12–4 pm
Meierottostraße 1
10719 Berlin
