Without painting I am nothing

A voyage through the contemporary painting of Bertram Castell (Count Bertram zu Castell-Rüdenhausen). Born in 1932 in Coburg, Germany, Bertram Castell grew up in a feudal, Protestant family.

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

2017 100 x 100 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Drawing on a painting is the pivotal trait in Bertram Castell's artworks. Born out of his love for the universe as the impulse behind all creations

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
Bertram's deals with nature as a abstract subject in his painting leading to surreal figures and lots of rich colours

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Untitled
Acrylic on canvas, 2017

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Untitled
Tempera on paper, 2005
Nature is often a habitat for the artist (no abstract value, no backdrop).

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Untitled
Acrylic on canvas, 2006
Through looking at nature the artist arrives to create movable and imaginative oeuvres aiming at preserving the untouchable quintessence of nature

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Untitled
Acrylic on pressboard, 2012

Gewitter (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Gewitter/Strom
1997, watercolour on canvas
Bertrams focuses on the unmovable and movable nexus of nature that set up the order and disorderliness that so captivates him

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Gewitter (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Untitled (21st century) by Bertram CastellRoyal Bridges

Untitled
Tempera and ink on wood, 2015

Credits: Story

Bertram Castell (Count Bertram zu Castell-Rüdenhausen)


Bertram Castell lives and works in Vienna and Lower Austria.

http://royalbridges.org/home/project/hil-h-count-bertram-zu-castell-rudenhausen/

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