Paul Wunderlich "Untitled" (A Day in the Park). Lithograph on paper, excellent condition, (27in. x 37 1/2in. sheet), signed and numbered. Paul Wunderlich (10 March 1927 in Eberswalde - 6 June 2010 in Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols)[1] was a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He is known for his Surrealist paintings and erotic sculptures. He often created paintings which referenced mythological legends.[2]
After an early, essentially realistic creative period from around 1959, he developed his characteristic style. His early works show dismembered body, disproportioned in front of an empty background. In the 1960s he was influenced by art movements such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
In 1960 cycle of lithographs "qui s'explique" was seized by the Hamburg prosecutor for indecent depictions. Wunderlich received the 1961 Prize of the Youth for graphics. With the prize money, he moved his sphere of action to Paris. In 1962, he worked in the workshop Deskjoberts in Paris.
Wunderlich was friends and colleagues with such notable artists Emil Nolde, Horst Jannsen, and Oskar Kokoschka.