Admin Where did Stefan Szczesny grow up?
Stefan Szczesny was born in Munich as the son of the philosopher and publisher Gerhard Szczesny and his wife Martha Meuffel, a theatre producer. Upon attending primary and secondary schools in Munich, he acquired his first training as a painter at a private art school in Munich (1967–9).
Who is Daniel Szczesny?
Szczesny was one of the protagonists of the Neue Wilde. In 1982, he participated in a number of “Neue Wilde”-related exhibitions, such as “5 aus Köln” (“5 from Cologne”, with Walter Dahn, Jiri Dokoupil, Gerhard Kever and Andreas Schulze) and “Die neue Künstlergruppe Die wilde Malerei” (“The new group of painters: Wild painting”), both in Cologne.
Where did Szczesy live in France?
In 2001, Szczesy moved to Saint-Tropez in South France. In view of Szczesny’s love of nature and the Mediterranean. In taking it, he also continued the tradition of painters such as Paul Signac or Henri Matisse who had lived and worked in Saint-Tropez.