{"product_id":"franz-gertsch-ruschegg","title":"Franz Gertsch - Rüschegg","description":"\u003cp\u003eSwiss artist Franz Gertsch, born \n1930, is one of the most important exponents of photorealism worldwide. \nYet unlike many of his fellow artists, he takes liberties when \ntranslating a photograph into one of his large-format paintings or \nprints, thus animating his depictions of human faces or landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRüschegg,\n created in 1988, represents a landmark in Gertsch's oeuvre. It is both \nhis first attempt in woodcut for a landscape, and his first large-format\n work in that genre. Abandoning painting for nearly a decade as of 1986,\n he developed a special woodcut technique. Having worked in portraiture \nalmost exclusively for many years, Gertsch now begins his exploration of\n nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting from a view of his garden in the Swiss village \nof Rüschegg, Gertsch singles out some of its elements, such as a \nfootpath, rocks, shrubs and trees, grass and leaves, taking them as \nindividual motifs first for woodcuts and later for monumental \n'portraits' of such pieces of nature. Thus, Rüschegg also stands for \nGertsch's movement away from the representation of humans to that of \nnature, just as it links his later work with the landscape studies of \nhis early years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText in English and German.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54230397223256,"sku":"9783858816634","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783858816634_4c3ccc82-0403-449b-b0f9-01c47b05ec44.jpg?v=1777166120","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/franz-gertsch-ruschegg","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}