Kurt Stimmeder
Foto: Robert Maybach
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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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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 detailed oil paintings explore inner tension, subtle body language and the small, often overlooked moments in which the body reveals something internal.

A recent exhibition in Chelsea, New York, presented a new body of work investigating the threshold between inner emotion and outward gesture. In 2025, his paintings will also be shown during Art Miami / Art Basel Miami Week.

Working from his studio in Linz, Austria, Stimmeder develops each painting through short, simple movement studies, capturing fleeting psychological moments rather than literal imagery.

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