Kurt Stimmeder
Foto: Robert Maybach
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New Series 2026 L'origine de l'amour

A further development of the hand cycle. Rage stores itself in the body, in the jaw, in tensions that wait there.

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L'Origine du langage, oil on canvas, 50×40 cm, 2026
L'Origine du langage · Oil on canvas · 50×40 cm · 2026

Psychological, gesture-based figuration exploring inner tension and quiet emotional intensity.

Kurt Stimmeder is an Austrian contemporary painter working in the field of psychological, gesture-based figuration. His oil paintings explore inner tension, subtle body language and the small, often overlooked moments in which the body reveals something internal. Working from his studio in Linz, Austria, he develops each painting through short movement studies, capturing fleeting psychological moments rather than literal imagery.

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