For more than ten years, Harald Germer had his summer studio in Sommerau Castle. The spacious room enabled him to work with large canvases. Now, however, the renovation of the castle has begun and he has to get along with his studio in Kleinwallstadt again. Fortunately, Harald Germer has a "showroom" at Römerstrasse 1 in Obernburg at his disposal for some time. This helps to accommodate the numerous large paintings. In addition, the shop windows also provide an insight for those interested.

As a contrast to the large-format works, Germer created so called “tableaux” last year, which are composed of many often very small paintings, sculptures and calligraphies. Here you can find two of those works.

Melencolia II refers to an enigmatic engraving of Albrecht Dürer, named Melencolia I. Germer, as all of Dürer’s ancestors, has no explanation for this cryptic masterpiece, but had fun playing with the themes, even deepening the mystery.

“High priestess” joins a sculpture from the 90s with a newly designed presentation. The woman with the moon crescent as a crown – why should the "Sky Disc of Nebra" have belonged to a chieftain and not to a priestess?

To the delight of the many visitors, the four stained glass windows of the pilgrimage church of Breitenbach, created by Harald Germer, have been cleaned of the strange encrustations and can be seen again in all their splendor to match the St. Wendelinus pilgrimage.

During the festival Harald Germer presented his artworks in “The Blue House”. There were some of the new tableaux, paintings and graphics of recent years on display.

(painted with glass colours. Made in Germany)

Presented in Krosno 7th August - 30th November 2015

Krosno is the capital of glass craftsmanship in Poland. There you can find one of Europe’s most beautiful museums for the topic of glass. In 2015 it hosted the biggest ever exhibition of contemporary glass crafts from Germany. The work you can see above was displayed thanks to the recommendation of Derix Glas Studios. To me, it is a special compliment to be named among one of the most important artists in glass. Further information on the exhibition can be found at www.miastoska.pl

For a while now, my partner Jutta asks me: "Do something more figural!"
As an example she pulled some older pictures off the shelf - some from the early 80s.
Seeing these early works again, was a magical moment for me.
As a result, a new painting, containing five pieces and measuring 6x3 meters was created. It is called "stone people".
The featured picture is a draft of this painting.
"Why such a huge painting" asks Jutta.
"Huge topic" Harald replies.