The Indescribable — oil on canvas, 50×45 cm, 2026, Kurt Stimmeder

KURT STIMMEDER

The body confesses what the mind conceals

230 Years of Lithography — Galerie Port 1560, Český Krumlov Exhibition · Český Krumlov 230 Years of Lithography→ See my work in the international group exhibition of the Hollar association. Galerie Port 1560 · 31 October 2026 – 28 February 2027
Opening 31 October, 3 pm Port 1560HollarLitho Sympo 230
The Golden Horse — oil painting, lithographic stone and the golden horse figure in the studio The Golden
Horse New Lithograph From oil to stone Printed in Prague at Litografická dílna Říční
In cooperation with litografia69 (SK) kurtstimmeder.at
Litografická dílna Říční, Prague — view into the workshop, founded 1911 The Workshop Since 1911 Founded by the Prague printer František Tocl and regarded as the longest continuously running lithographic workshop in Bohemia and Slovakia.
Kamil Lhoták, František Gross, Adolf Born and Jiří Šalamoun printed here. Malá Strana · Prague
230 Years of Lithography — exhibition poster, Galerie Port 1560, Český Krumlov, 31 October 2026 – 28 February 2027
Kurt Stimmeder
Foto: Robert Maybach
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Anger, the emotion our society handles with the greatest difficulty. Three old-master portraits, turned frontally, their mouths opened, hands and animal flesh in the foreground.

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OSTEN Biennial Skopje 2026 — First Award by the International Jury for Art on Paper First Award 2026 OSTEN Biennial Skopje 2026 → First Award by the International Jury for Art on Paper · Award ceremony 17 December 2026
The Missing Letter, oil on canvas, 50×45 cm, 2026
New · The Missing Letter · Oil on canvas · 50×45 cm · 2026
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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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In the Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich art collection · art-historical descriptions by the Katholische Privat-Universität Linz · filmed by the Kunstuniversität Linz for Re:Frame →
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Special Mention for Artistic Quality, CREA OPEN 2026, CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venice
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Special Mention for Artistic Quality at CREA OPEN 2026, CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venice (IT) · March 2026
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