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Jürgen Valdeig, an East German artist, presents oil paintings and watercolours depicting the fascinating Colorado Plateau in the South West of the USA.
The regional painter and researcher Valdeig, who was born in Erfurt in 1951, showed an early interest in his home town and the incredible miracles of nature found in the West of the USA. Art, studying historical literature, and especially the activities of the Grand Canyon researcher John Wesley Powel encouraged his thirst for knowledge. He has been impressed by the feats of construction achieved by man but also by the unfettered power of the Colorado River.
The exhibition in Arizona includes views of the
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Grand Canyon from the Marble Canyon up to Lake Mead and also paintings of the Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, Monument Valley, Hoover Dam, and the Canyon de Chelly.
The artist is working in East Germany as a "Thüringer Heimatmaler" (painter of subjects connected with his native Thüringian region) and author. The already numerous publications. The artist's aim is to convey to people living in these eventful and creative times some idea of the beauty and solemnity of the unique nature of the Colorado Plateau.
Special thanks are due to the Erfurt branch office of Deutsche Lufthansa who made this exhibition possible. |
