There are and were a lot of excellent lithographic artists around, but
Paul Wunderlich (1927 - 2010) is by far my favourite one. I met him in 2009 at art gallery Hangar311 in Mechelen, Belgium. Paul Wunderlich was an excellent painter and sculptor as well, but his lithographic work is just outstanding. He combines craftsmanship, fantasy, and irony in his work, often referring to classical mythology and well known classical images he created an impressive body of work. Eroticism played part in his work and in the confiscating of lithographs "qui s'explique" by the Hamburg prosecutor for indecent depictions, in 1960. Paul Wunderlich married photographer Karin Székessy in 1971, they worked together on a couple of art projects.
from the series "qui s'explique"
2 self-portaits (above), and at work (below) Wunderlich appears quite often in his own work
We all know the "Mona Lisa"
after 'Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters'
From mythology 'Leda and the Swan'
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