1961 - Stefan Werthmüller

For several decades, oil painting on canvas has formed the core of Stefan Werthmüller's artistic practice, alongside printmaking and nude drawing.

His work is distinguished by a subtle approach, dominated by delicate gradations and an almost fragile fusion of countless chromatic nuances. Lightly applied hues overlap and interact with luminous reflections that literally seem to bathe the pictorial surface.

Far from striving for the spectacular, Stefan Werthmüller strives to reveal the elegance, calm and grace of landscapes - whether mountains, lakes or natural environments - captured in the diversity of their atmospheres.

With sensitivity and gentleness, layer after layer, he captures the moment in all its delicacy. His works thus offer a suspended perception of the landscape, as if observed through a veil or fragile glass, inviting the viewer to a soothed, timeless contemplation.