Stefan Szczesny (1951) - Mustique 15

Stefan Szczesny - “Mustique 15”, 2013

Caribbean color poetry in monumental format

With “Mustique 15” an unusually large color lithograph by Stefan Szczesny from 2013 comes to auction. The work belongs to that group of works in which the artist translates his intensive engagement with the Caribbean island of Mustique into an expressive, colorful visual language.

Lush nature, tropical light and the idea of a paradise are not depicted in Szczesny’s work in a naturalistic way. Instead, he transforms the island’s impressions into flowing contours, vibrant color fields and ornamentally evocative forms. The unusual large format strengthens the impact of the composition and makes the lithograph almost resemble a monumental painting.

Artist: Stefan Szczesny (1951)
Title: Mustique 15
Year: 2013
Technique: Color lithography
Paper: Velin
Edition: 50 copies
Signature: hand-signed bottom right
Numbering: see bottom left, photos
Sheet size: approx. 61 × 49 cm
Condition: very good, used condition. See photos

Mustique – a place between nature and paradise

Mustique holds a special position in Stefan Szczesny’s artistic cosmos. The artist first visited the Caribbean island in 1995. The intense tropical vegetation, the light and the particular atmosphere of the island became important sources of inspiration for his artistic work.

In his Mustique works, it is not about a documentary representation of the landscape. Szczesny condenses his impressions into an idealized world of color, nature and sensuality. Vegetation becomes ornament, blossoms and leaves become rhythmic forms, and the landscape appears as a poetic vision of an earthly paradise.

Artistic language

Characteristic of Szczesny’s works is the combination of expressive color with clear, flowing contours. His visual language is sensuous, life-affirming and strongly influenced by French modernism.

In particular, Henri Matisse provides an important artistic reference point. Like Matisse, Szczesny uses color and ornamental forms not only to depict the visible world but as autonomous means of expression.

In Mustique 15, this aesthetic stance is united with the tropical nature of the Caribbean. The result is a visual world that lies between Neo-Expressionism, Mediterranean joie de vivre and exotic nature experience.

Stefan Szczesny, born 1951 in Munich, counts among the most important representatives of German Neo-Expressionism and became especially known in the circle of the so-called “New Wild Ones.”

His versatile body of work includes painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics and monumental sculpture. Recurring motifs are flowers, plants, female figures, landscapes and Mediterranean life worlds.

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