Samstag, 23. September 2017

August Strindberg

“If you are afraid of loneliness, don't get married.”August Strindberg

Johan August Strindberg (22 January 1849 – 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over sixty plays and more than thirty works of fiction, autobiography, history, cultural analysis, and politics. (Quoted from Wikipedia.org)

Watercolour and ink, 21 x 29,7 cm 

ヨハン・アウグスト・ストリンドベリ

Freitag, 22. September 2017

Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830), colloquially known as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.

"The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty." - Simón Bolívar

Watercolour and ink on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

シモン・ボリバル

Donnerstag, 21. September 2017

RIUS

Eduardo Humberto del Río García (June 20, 1934 – August 8, 2017), better known by his pen name Rius, was a Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer born in Zamora, Michoacán.
One of the most popular Mexican cartoonists, Rius has written over a hundred books that remain widely popular, especially amongst his Mexican readers. Rius was a fierce political activist, and his progressive and left-wing point of view is often present in his writings, accompanied by a strong criticism about neoliberal Mexican doctrines, US Government policies, and the Catholic Church. He used to be an open advocate of the Cuban revolution as in Cuba for Beginners and a strong Soviet bloc sympathizer until the end of the Cold War. (Quoted from Wikipedia.org)

Watercolour, 24 x 32 cm

リウス

Dienstag, 19. September 2017

Albert Einstein

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” Albert Einstein 

Pencil on paper, 14,9 x 21 cm 

アルベルト・アインシュタイン

Montag, 18. September 2017

Ayatollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini (24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader, philosopher, revolutionary, and politician. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that saw the overthrow of the 2500 years of Persian monarchy and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on 4 June 1989. (Quoted from Wikipedia.org) 

Ink on paper, 14,9 x 21 cm

アーヤトッラー・ルーホッラー・ホメイニー

Samstag, 16. September 2017

Dienstag, 12. September 2017

Cabu

Jean Cabut (13 January 1938 – 7 January 2015), known by the pen-name Cabu, was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He died in the January 2015 shooting attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices. Cabut was a staff cartoonist and shareholder at Charlie Hebdo.

Watercolour and ink, 24 x 32 cm

Montag, 11. September 2017

Madison Keys

Madison Keys (born on February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has won three WTA Premier tournaments, and is the first American woman to debut in the top 10 since Serena Williams in 1999, seventeen years earlier. (Quoted from Wikipedia.org)

Watercolour and ink on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

マディソン・キーズ

Sonntag, 10. September 2017

Shinzō Abe

Shinzō Abe (born 23 September 1954) is the current Prime Minister of Japan. He is the third longest serving Prime Minister of the post-war Japan.

Watercolour, 24 x 32 cm

Dienstag, 5. September 2017

Montag, 4. September 2017

Karl Marx

“Social progress can be measured by 
the social position of the female sex.” - Karl Marx

Watercolour and ink on paper, 24 x 32 cm
  
カール・マルクス

Sonntag, 3. September 2017