Markus Fräger

Markus Fräger staged his pictures like scenes from an American film noir. With a quick brush stroke he opens up windows into intimate and important moments in the lives of his protagonists.

Works

Markus Fräger: Apocalyptic Woman, 2013 — Apocalyptic Woman, 2013, Oil on canvas, 170 × 130 cm

Markus Fräger: Blick zurück, 2019 — Blick zurück, 2019, Oil on canvas, 140 × 110 cm

Markus Fräger: Busy Man, 2012 — Busy Man, 2012, Oil on canvas, 100 × 70 cm

Markus Fräger: Kartenspieler, 2012 — Kartenspieler, 2012, Oil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm

Markus Fräger: Die Gäste, 2011 — Die Gäste, 2011, Oil on canvas, 90 × 140 cm

Markus Fräger: Geheime Besprechung, 2019 — Geheime Besprechung, 2019, Oil on canvas, 150 × 180 cm

Markus Fräger: Helfende Figur 1, 2014 — Helfende Figur 1, 2014, Oil on canvas, 60 × 50 cm, Sold

Markus Fräger: Unbewusste Verwandlung, 2006 — Unbewusste Verwandlung, 2006, Oil on canvas, 240 × 200 cm

Markus Fräger: Verlassen, 2011 — Verlassen, 2011, Oil on canvas, 110 × 140 cm

Markus Fräger: Die Wartenden, 2015 — Die Wartenden, 2015, Oil on canvas, 120 × 160 cm, Sold

Markus Fräger: Autobahnbild, 2011 — Autobahnbild, 2011, Oil on canvas, 60 × 90 cm

Markus Fräger: Das Medium, 2015 — Das Medium, 2015, Oil on canvas, 110 × 140 cm

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Markus Fräger

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Emerging Memory
Sep 2019

The Foresaken
May 2017

Mar 2015

Markus Fräger
Aug 2012

Group Exhibitions

Nov 2024

Jan 2024

Private Choice II
Jan 2023

Jan 2016

Jul 2014

Jun 2014

Jan 2014

Oct 2013

Sep 2013

Gruppenausstellung Winter 2012
Jan 2012

Gruppenausstellung Herbst 2011
Oct 2011

Gruppenausstellung Sommer 2011
Jul 2011

Fairs

Art Karlsruhe 2022
Jul 2022

Feb 2020

Feb 2016

Sep 2015

Exhibition list

Solo Exhibitions

2023

"Markus Fräger Remix", Schloss Cappenberg, Selm, Germany

2019

"In-Sigh-Out", Kunstverein Schorndorf/ Q Galerie für Kunst Schorndorf, Schorndorf, Germany

2019

"In-Sigh-Out", Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

2019

"Innenräume", Kunstverein Unna, Unna, Germany

2019

"Aufkommende Erinnerung", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2014

Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

2013

Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany

2013

Galerie Biesenbach, Köln, Germany

2012

Galerie Michael Heufelder, München, Germany

2010

MuseumStadt Borken, Borken, Germany

Vita

Markus Fräger's works are reminiscent of large-scale baroque compositions: By foreshortening perspective, he achieves an extraordinary effect of depth and illusionistically expands the space. His figures are staged on this spatial stage in front of a dark background with dynamic brushstrokes, illuminated like spotlights.

Markus Fräger made figuration his main theme early on. Chance plays an important role in his painterly process: he begins the genesis of a new work by cleaning his brushes - which he had previously used on other paintings - on the empty new canvas. This creates a first painterly layer, which he picks up again in the layers above.

The artist lived and worked in Cologne, where he died on 17 August 2020.

1959

Born in Hamm, Germany

1979

Admission to the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig

1980 - 1986

Study of art history and archeology at the Wilhelms-University of Münster with Prof. Kaufmann and Prof. Fuchs

1993

Hans-Sprung-Förderpreis of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft bildender Künste am Mittelrhein e.V. (Association of Fine Arts in the Middle Rhine Area)

2020

Verstorben in Köln