The picture shows a standing girl nude. The girl is frontally facing the viewer. She looks interested and attentive to the left. Thus, the viewer does not feel observed by the girl and can look at it undisturbed. She is dressed only with two gauntlets. She seems to look to the side for a short moment and pauses for a moment. Who is she watching? The viewer can immerse himself in the picture in peace. The viewer's gaze is captured by the slender beautiful face. The figure is embedded in a narrow format.
In the drawing, each line was drawn once with a powerful stroke on China paper 45 x 97 cm without a preliminary drawing. Every delicate bend of the line had to succeed at the first go. This is a challenge especially with the face. This applies to the chin bow, the mouth, the eyes and the nose.
Already as a child and in his further life the portrayal of the human being inspired Gunter Langer. Translating emotions into lines fascinated him. He began with portraits and later discovered that the human body can also develop emotions and expressiveness. To find pictorial compositions Gunter Langer works intensively with.. Read more…