VITA RAINER WEBER
Rainer Alexander Weber was born in Munich in 1954.
He studied painting at the Academv of Fine Arts
in Kassel and in Rudol Hausner's master class
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
In the course of his artistic development hecquired
highly coveted awards. Weber received the
silver medal and the "Prix Extraordinaire du Jury"
of the Sinaide Ghi in Rome. His works have been
accepted into private and public collections,
for example, in the graphic collection at the Albertina
in Vienna, the collection of the German Bundestag
and the Archdiocese Munich-Freising.
Many embassies were furnished with his paintings
in tribute to the host countries.
R. A. Weber's cycle of paintings on creation, designed
expressly for display in religious settings, were
exhibited between 1987 and 1989 in 13 major
German churches, where they constituted the
basis for meditations in religious services.
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As leading German water-color painter in present-day
Germany, he expands the concept of water-color
painting along three determinants:
For one, new visual sensations are stimulated by works
composed of several parts, thereby achieving
dimensions of up to four by six meters.
Also, to quote Walter Koschatzky, former director
of the Albertina, Vienna, he : "Gives proof of
exceptional craftsmanship in mastering the
most spontaneous of the artistic media".
Morover, as a "landscape artist". Weber fixates on
paper the immediacy of artistic expression by
making visible the very process of painting.
The viewer thus becomes aware of the artist's
emotional energy and suspense and how these reflect
the dynamic emotional undercurrent of our times
Last but not least, Weber, like many painters,
has remained true to himself, irrespective of all
manifestations of zeitgeist.
His work is both unique and distinctive. It is the
outcome of an artistic process extending over more
than 25 years, watercoloring constituting
" both the beginning and culmination of all painting",
as put by
Bodo Jagdsteiner.
Though the technical elements may be quite basic,
requiring merely white paper and pigments dissolved
in water, such purism exercised in the application
of color is, for Weber, a spritual principle,
it depicts suspense regarding the whole
as well as contemplative withdrawal.
In their joint exhibitions, Jagna and Rainer Weber
emphasize their commitment to the sustainability
of living conditions
for all species.