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Heribert C. Ottersbach

HERIBERT C. OTTERSBACH

Identity and Terrain Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art 6 September–26 October 2019 Düsseldorf
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Paint

As little as possible!

As much as necessary!

Is Heribert C. Ottersbach ultimately withdrawing from reality? His depictions of terrain now follow on the marginalia and banalities from his 2016 exhibition On Offer Due to Circumstances.

Whereas previously he used to paint pictures about landscape, he now concentrates on paintings mainly concerned with his own biography and personal circumstances. They deal with identity and terrain.

His apprehension of identity and painting both comprise painterly research and terrain. To him the latter is always consisting of open territory.

Rather than retreating from reality, Ottersbach is making a clear case for painting. He very consciously remains attached to seemingly out-dated notions of originality and artifact.

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Heribert C. Ottersbach’s painting is one of subtle tones, a kind of painting that constantly unfolds its effect from the depths of countless layers of paint. His leitmotif here is a constant investigation of the relevance of the painted image.

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GROUP EXHIBITION ART FROM WAR TO WAR: CHASING BUTTERFLIES ON THE VERGE OF A CLIFF Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art 28 May–15 August 2026 Düsseldorf
About the Gallery

Founded in 1994 by Dr Ute Eggeling and Michael Beck—both from art history and gallery backgrounds—Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art is a leading international gallery. Based in Düsseldorf, it specialises in exhibiting art by European masters of the 19th and 20th centuries, embracing Impressionism, Expressionism, and post-War Modernism, as well as working to foster international contemporary art.

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Bilker Strasse 5 and Bilker Strasse 4–6
Düsseldorf
Germany
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Tuesday - Friday:
10am - 1pm; 2pm - 6pm
Saturday:
11am - 4pm

Closed: 20th December 2025 - 5th January 2026
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Düsseldorf Bilker Strasse 5 and Bilker Strasse 4–6
Beck Eggeling International Fine Art contemporary art gallery in Dusseldorf Germany
Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art
Bilker Strasse 5 and Bilker Strasse 4–6, Düsseldorf, Germany
+49 211 491 5890
http://www.beck-eggeling.de

Opening hours
Tuesday - Friday:
10am - 1pm; 2pm - 6pm
Saturday:
11am - 4pm

Closed: 20th December 2025 - 5th January 2026
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