Reinhold Messner, along with Peter Habeler, made the first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen in 1978 and he was first to climb the mountain free solo in 1980. Messner was also the first climber to ascend all fourteen peaks over 8,000 meters (26,000 ft). Messner was born in 1944 and grew up in …
Text by Ruth Staeudtner Sunday, September 8th 2013 at 13:00 SK Gallery opens the exhibition „High Altitude“ of the German painter Juergen Staeudtner. Duration of the exhibition: 8.9.2013 – 6.10.2013. Juergen Staeudtner was born 1967 in Wuerzburg, Germany, and he studied painting, photography and conceptual arts at Free Academy of fine Arts in Essen, Germany. The …
Around Public Spaces 1 – 5; 2006; Oil on Canvas 548 * 130 cm This is a pentaptychon of people on public places dated from 2006. Now shown as a panorama so you can view it more easily – just click on it. I am painting public spaces, such as in the series “Around Public …
Untitled, 2013, 90*60, Oil and Tempera on Canvas
The summit of Mt Everest is tiny, and there is virtually no good picture available that shows the place. I have not been there, but I found the crowded place which is so difficult to reach interesting. On a good day over a hundred climbers stand there, one after the other. I had to paint …
We are moving “from an art in public space to an art about the public space.” Dr. Brigitte Franzen, Director of the Ludwig Forums für internationale Kunst in Aachen, Germany, in Kunstforum Internationl, December 2011. I am painting public spaces, such as in the series “Around Public Spaces” – is there a better figurative approach to …
Lincoln Hall (born in 1956) was an Australian Climber who was rescued from Mt Everest after summiting. He became famous because he survived a night alone on the mountain and also, because he was rescued, while David Sharp died some days earlier being in similar circumstances. The above portrait was stolen on an exhibition. He wrote …
The highest mountain in the world attracts many well-experienced mountaineers as well as novice climbers who are willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route, still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind. …
Apa Sherpa was the first one to reach the summit of Mount Everest 21 times (by 2011). Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa was born in the early 1960s in a village in the Everest region of Nepal near the Chinese border. His exact age is unknown, but during a 2003 interview, he estimated it to be 40.
Usha Bista (born in 1985) is a Nepali women who almost died on Mt Everest. She was saved by other mountaineers after others have left her which is why her portrait is part of “Into thin Air”.
