Room 201
Ben Willikens (Leipzig 1939)
Lot-No. 165
Proceeds : 10.700 €
1998. Acryl/canvas. 150 x 160 cm. Original frame of the artist. Lo. le. sign. and dat. Ben Willikens 98, on the stretcher titled as well as sign. and dat. again. - German painter. W. studied at the Stuttgart Academy under H. Trökes from 1962. He received several scholarships, including for the Villa Romana in Florence and the Villa Massimo in Rome. W. was a professor at several academies, most recently serving as rector of the Munich Academy. In 2022, the Albertina in Vienna honored the artist with a retrospective. W. lives and works in Stuttgart. Mus.: Berlin (Neue Nat.-Gal.), Vienna (Albertina), Munich (Pinakothek der Moderne), Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Cambridge (Busch-Reisinger-Mus.), New Delhi (Nat. Mus. of India), Leipzig, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe a. others.
Ben Willikens: Room 201
Room 201
Lot-No. 165
Proceeds : 10.700 €
1998. Acryl/canvas. 150 x 160 cm. Original frame of the artist. Lo. le. sign. and dat. Ben Willikens 98, on the stretcher titled as well as sign. and dat. again. - German painter. W. studied at the Stuttgart Academy under H. Trökes from 1962. He received several scholarships, including for the Villa Romana in Florence and the Villa Massimo in Rome. W. was a professor at several academies, most recently serving as rector of the Munich Academy. In 2022, the Albertina in Vienna honored the artist with a retrospective. W. lives and works in Stuttgart. Mus.: Berlin (Neue Nat.-Gal.), Vienna (Albertina), Munich (Pinakothek der Moderne), Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Cambridge (Busch-Reisinger-Mus.), New Delhi (Nat. Mus. of India), Leipzig, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe a. others.
