Simone Wiener (1966) - Katarina, 4 poses

Format: 124 × 23 × 3 cm incl. frame; Sanguine, Conté, acrylic

Artist: Simone Wiener, born 1966 in Bräunlingen (Germany), lives and works in Nerja (Spain)

Education and training: Textile Design Technikum Reutlingen (Germany), Istituto di Design Milano (Italy), Fine Arts studies at the University of Granada (Spain)

Title of the work: Katarina, 4 poses

Year of creation: 2016

Technique: Sanguine, Conté and acrylic; recycled drawing paper

Dimensions (Height × Width × Depth): 124 × 23 × 3 cm incl. frame

Signature: lower right in Conté; with year

Owner: Helmut Wiener

Certificate of authenticity: to be enclosed, signed by the artist

Condition: Good (with irregularities that are intentional, see photos)

Shipping: Shipped framed (hardboard with two side rails); single-point hanging, see photo of the back

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What Katarina tells in sanguine and antique turquoise

These four studies and the unusually tall format of the painting were not created with the intention of beautifying living spaces, surgeries, or offices. But precisely because of its authenticity—created in a live session with a model and a quick, confident stroke—the work has the potential to provide a strong counterpoint in selected environments.

This begins with the selection and application of colors and materials. Sanguine and Conté are used for the sketches. The support is a recycled drawing paper in a typical appearance, mounted on a sturdy hardboard panel with a frame made of two side solid-wood strips, all in a bluish gray. The painting is delivered ready to hang, including a backside copper wire, on which the work can be mounted with just one hook and easily adjusted.

The four studies were created in Hilary Mullany’s class (Manchester) in the coastal town of Torrox in Andalusia. Katarina is a dancer, and it is amazing how she can hold difficult poses for up to 45 minutes. We are not dealing with something invented or painted from a photo, but with a moment captured from the interaction of model, eye, and pen.

The composition of the four sketches runs vertically in an unusual format, giving the image a narrative character, akin to the concept of a comic strip.

The visual counterweight to the lively line of Sanguine and Conté is the velvet antique turquoise in acrylic for the background. The carving-out technique presents the sketches on a tray with aesthetic tension, balanced by the inherently neutral colors.

Year: 2016. Signed on the front (bottom right, vertical).

Simone Wiener is a German artist, living and working in southern Spain. Trained textile designer with further education at the Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan, and art studies in Granada, Spain.

(Photos: Isabel Moliati)