Markus Oehlen

German · b. 1956 · Painter, Sculptor

Markus Oehlen is a German painter, sculpture and musician. In the 1970s and 80s he was a founding member of the influential neo-expressionist art movement Neue Wilde in… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Markus Oehlen, Sanatorium Rotor, 1994, Oil, dispersion and lacquer on muslinSanatorium RotorLempertz · €62,500≈ $70,569≈ £53,155Sign up to see
  2. Markus Oehlen, Vomat, 1999, Lacquer on canvasVomatLempertz · €30,000≈ $35,694≈ £25,735Sign up to see
  3. Markus Oehlen, OHNE TITEL (PNAKT), Lack auf LeinwandOHNE TITEL (PNAKT)Lempertz · €22,800≈ $33,655≈ £16,292Sign up to see

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Markus Oehlen is a German painter, sculpture and musician. In the 1970s and 80s he was a founding member of the influential neo-expressionist art movement Neue Wilde in Düsseldorf, alongside Martin Kippenberger, Markus Lüpertz, and his brother Albert Oehlen.

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Born 1956, KrefeldOccupation Painter, SculptorWikidata Q166398 ↗ULAN 500112227 ↗

In the collections of

Bavarian State Painting CollectionsKunsthaus ZürichMuseum Dhondt-DhaenensMuseum LudwigMuseum of Modern ArtSaint Louis Art MuseumZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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