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Maximilian’s not even easy to pronounce family name, especially for Spaniards, was born in Berlin in 1.962.
He’s autodidact. Now he lives and works in Tarifa - 19, Silos Street.
TRAYECTORIA:
He took private lessons with Gerhard Schultze-Seehof, professor at "Hochschule für die Bildenden Künste" (HdfBK) in Berlín and took heritage of his notes about the old Dutch masters mische technique, that is now used by him when realizing his paintings.
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His first exhibition he had at the age of twelve years in Berlin.
Other exhibitions followed in Berlín / Germany: Rathaus Reinickendorf, freie Berliner Kunstausstellung, Galerie am Waldsee, and others.
1981 - 1982 practiciant at the Berlin Theatre "Schiller-Theater-Werkstadt".
1986 with Irene Schultze-Seehof elevation of a sculpture in form of a milestone at the Berlin-Schönefeld railway station.
1986 he moved to Valsequillo, Gran Canaria. Since then he lives in Spain.
1987 / 88 exhibition with Georg Hedrich in "Museo de Cho-Zacarías" - San Mateo, Gran Canaria.
1990 - 2003
Recovering the old Andalusian carpentry, he started to build classical roof constructions. He did different wood constructions and decorations of interiors: the rebuilt of “Hotel Dos Mares”, the registration office in the town hall of Algeciras, the Irish Pubs “Café Dublin” and “O’Donogues” in the port of Estepona and finally the house of Carlos van Looy on his grounds in “las Piñas”, Tarifa. An interesting project, done by eucalypt beams of over ten meters, showing the natural sculpture of the wood.
1998 - 2004
He did different works of religious woodcarving for the Andalusian Easter processions, a Easter float for the Christ a leading cross … all carved by hand in mahogany and cedar. Another float was leaving the church finished in 2005.
EXHIBITIONS:
2002
- Exhibition of accessories for the easter week. Palacio de los Gobernadores, San Roque - Cádiz
2003
- he opens his own art gallery in an old granary in Tarifa
- single exhibition of sculptures. SilosGallery, Tarifa, Cádiz.
- single exhibition of paintings SilosGallery, Tarifa, Cádiz.
- groop exhibition of accessories for the easter week. Palacio de los Gobernadores, San Roque - Cádiz
2004
- single exhibition of sculptures. SilosGallery, Tarifa, Cádiz.
- single exhibition of paintings SilosGallery, Tarifa, Cádiz.
- groop exhibition - Sala de Exposiciones, Caja de Ahorros de Guadalajara.
- groop exhibition - Museo López Villaseñor, Ciudad Real
- groop exhibition of accessories for the easter week. Palacio de los Gobernadores, San Roque - Cádiz
2005
- groop exhibition "3 Maneras de ver", Silos Gallery, Tarifa
- groop exhibition in the old "Hospital de los Venerables",
Fundación Focus Abengoa, Sevilla
- groop exhibition Galería del HSG - Training Center , Neu-Isenburg / Frankfurt, Alemania
2006
- groop exhibition - Town Hall of El Viso de Alcor - Sevilla
- groop exhibition - Town Hall of Rota - Cádiz
- bi-individual exhibition with the sculptor Manuel Mediavilla - SilosGallery, Tarifa - Cádiz
- groop exhibition - presentation of 1st Award for Figurative Painting - Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
PRIZES:
2004
- special mention of honor, XXXII. Painting Award
Caja de Ahorros de Guadalajara,
- selected artwork Painting Award "Premio López Villaseñor" Ciudad Real
2005
- adquisition prize at the Focus Abengoa Painting cotest, Sevilla.
2006
- selected artwork at IV. painting prize "Juan Roldán" El Viso de Alcor - Sevilla
- selected artwork at XV. premio de artes plásticas 'Villa de Rota', Cádiz
- adquisition prize at Ist Prize for Figurative Arts, "Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes" Barcelona
WORK AT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- City train Railway station in Berlin-Marienfelde - Germany
- Algeciras Townhall, central courtyard - Spain
- Fondo Cultural de Sevilla / Fundación Focus Abengoa - Spain
- Fundación de las Artes y los Artistas, Barcelona -Spain
back to the exhibition:
magic realism - fantastic hyperrealism - by Maximilian
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XXXII. Certamen Nacional de Pintura
Caja de Ahorros de Guadalajara,
2004
'el Baño' de Maximilian Pfalzgraf
mención especial de honor |
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