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hANNA SchERiAU

Lives and works in Moosdorf, Austria
www.neueartmalerei.at

Hanna Scheriau (born in vienna, 16.11.1942) studied dramatics at the
University of vienna giving priority to “Scenery and Costume” and she
absolved Oskar kokoschka’s legendary “School of Seeing” in Salzburg.
Then for a long time her family was the most important thing in her life, but
she never gave up her passion for drawing and painting. Around the year
2000 she discovered the medium SILk for her painting and developed her
“Experimental Painting on Silk”. This painting style is an innovation in the
history of art, not least because here the painting ground while working is
movably, which is not possible with canvas etc. Since then she is a free-
lance artist living in the near of Salzburg. This unknown style requires a
great deal of energy and feeling and painting skills and has nothing to do
with the traditional methods of silk painting, batik, etc. Each of the images
is fresh and unique and cannot be copied. Silk is extremely durable, much
more than canvas. The silk colours for artists are not a bit photo-sensitive
and even contact with sunshine cannot impair these luminous colours.
ANACRUsIs, 2009 PAINTED SILk ON CANvAS 31.5X31.5 IN. | 80X80 CM. 
 oUR TRoUbLED TIME, 2012 PAINTED SILk ON CANvAS 40X40 IN. | 100X100 CM.

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  fLooD, 2008 PAINTED SILk ON CANvAS 21.5X33.5 IN. | 55X85 CM.
 LIfE Is MoTIoN, 2005 PAINTED SILk ON CANvAS 27.5X40 IN. | 70X100 CM.
“...The reason why silk has become interesting for Hanna scheriau is not least
because of the effects which can be obtained here and are not possible in other
technologies. The mysterious splendor, the luminous depth, and the scope are
classified into ranging infinite pictorial space - these are all properties that are
special feature of artistic works of Hanna scheriau...” (dr.Helmut Orpel)

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