“Bei aller grafischen Ausdruckskraft ist Schubert wesentlich Maler”

Heinrich Geissler, 1976

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When Herwig Schubert discovered the far north as a place of discovery and retreat, topographically defined images became concentrated pictorial spaces allowing the viewer to experience the essence of the landscape. The further Schubert ventured into this lonely, wild and inhospitable nature and experienced its grandeur, the more he was fascinated by the subsequent process of drawing and distillation in his studio, where he bears witness to the extreme multiplicity of his experiences.

Schubert usually applies sparing veils of gouache colour over the furious, impulsive lines drawn in pencil, red chalk and ink to express the “sound” of the landscape.