Hartmut Schirrmacher aka Merlin Flu, german artist, 1948-2015. Growing up in an orphanage, he started drawing and writing poetry at an early age already.The artist broke off his studies at the branch of the Duesseldorf Academy of Art in Muenster:"There was something inside of me which resisted the mere and more often than not monotonous reproduction of technical skills". Numerous individual and group exhibitions on national and internationalground followed. Without sketches, topic or concept, he draws and composes fromwithin. "Intuition, spontaneity, a high degree of colour intensity and vivacious imagination mark his oeuvres. At times absurd female nudes with a distinctive sensuality, creatures,half man, half fabulous animal, faces over and over again, yet also visions of the last days of the world captivate onlookers tointensive observation. Resting on a positive foundation, his work diffuses the magic of creativity.(Dr. Hubert Begasse) The artist has been working and living in Duesseldorf for thirty years. Developement of coffeeburned paintings in 1992. Soon he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Since then,he expresses his style in large-sized acrylic graphics andbold colours. His profile of work was expanded by steel objects, smallsculptures and mystical lyricism. Since 1993 he has been working under his artist name Merlin Flu. Oeuvres exhibited for example in: Duesseldorf, Cologne, Stuttgart, Munich, Kiel, Freiburg, Fulda, Dresden and Berlin Belgium, Austria, Great Britain and Poland.

Artist Highlights

• Lives In:    Germany
• ArtWanted.com Gallery:    Fine Art
• Represented By:    Christine Schirrmacher