Highbrow Magazine - Thomas Riesner https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/thomas-riesner en The Art of Thomas Riesner https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/19277-art-thomas-riesner <div class="field field-name-field-cat field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/photography-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Photography &amp; Art</a></div></div></div><span class="submitted-by">Submitted by tara on Fri, 02/04/2022 - 12:54</span><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1thomasriesner.jpg?itok=ujHkvTg6"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/1thomasriesner.jpg?itok=ujHkvTg6" width="335" height="480" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">German artist Thomas Riesner was born in Leipzig in 1971 and still lives there today. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Starting in elementary school, he often veered toward painting "abstract" art, instead of concrete drawing. He retained this style and later changed it to "abstract figuration.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Riesner usually painted at home -- without any professional training or guidance. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">“I didn't have any specific role models,” Riesner explains. “When I start a picture, I only have a certain idea, but often something completely different emerges.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif">Riesner identifies with the Outsider art movement.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/2thomasriesner.jpg" style="height:600px; width:471px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/3thomasriesner.jpg" style="height:600px; width:424px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/4thomasriesner.jpg" style="height:600px; width:433px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/sites/default/files/5thomasriesner.jpg" style="height:601px; width:427px" typeof="foaf:Image" /></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif"><strong>For Highbrow Magazine</strong></span></span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/thomas-riesner" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Thomas Riesner</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/german-artists" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">german artists</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/contemporary-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Contemporary art</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/outsider-art" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outsider art</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Editors</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-pop field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Popular:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">not popular</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-photographer field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Photographer:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">All images courtesy of the artist</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-bot field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Bottom Slider:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">In Slider</div></div></div> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:54:35 +0000 tara 10907 at https://www.highbrowmagazine.com https://www.highbrowmagazine.com/19277-art-thomas-riesner#comments