El artista
Antonio Hase
Antonio Hase nació en 1963 en Bosnia occidental con el apellido Draganović. Llegó a Hamburgo en 1984, después vivió en Lucerna, y desde entonces reside y trabaja en Múnich. Artista notablemente polifacético — pintor, novelista, guionista, actor y director — lleva más de cuarenta años dedicado a las artes visuales.
Participa en exposiciones colectivas desde 1985 y en individuales desde 1986, con diez muestras individuales en su haber. Sus obras forman parte de colecciones privadas en Alemania, Suiza, Canadá, Croacia y Estados Unidos. Como pintor croata-alemán, en los últimos años ha ganado un reconocimiento internacional creciente.
Su pintura hunde sus raíces en la abstracción — una decisión tomada a mediados de los años ochenta a raíz de su amistad con Vlado Kristl, quien lo introdujo en el mundo de la abstracción y le presentó al gran pintor informalista alemán Emil Schumacher. En cuatro décadas de trabajo, del constructivismo al deconstructivismo, se ha consolidado como pionero del deconstructivismo en la pintura.
Inspirations and dedications – Emil Schumacher, Vlado Kristl and Antonio Hase
"The motif of my painting is always a dedication to Schumacher and Kristl."
Antonio Hase's artistic path was shaped by encounters with great names of world art. As early as the eighties, his friend Vlado Kristl introduced him to the German painter Emil Schumacher. That meeting left a deep mark on Hase, awakening a profound bond with abstract expression to which he has remained faithful ever since.
At that meeting Hase promised Schumacher that he would follow his path and devote himself to abstraction. Although both Schumacher and Kristl have since passed away, their presence lives on strongly in Hase's work. He turned their legacy into one of his significant works – a painting with the motif of a monument and an urn as a symbolic dedication to Schumacher, while scattered flower petals fall onto the urn in memory of Vlado Kristl.
Hase explains that the petals of Kristl's flowers also carry a personal meaning – they stand for the moment Kristl introduced him to Schumacher. The painting was exhibited and drew great interest, although at the time the artist had no chance to speak about its meaning in detail. Today he wants to share that story and show the deeply personal dimension of his work.
With these works Antonio Hase not only keeps the memory of his friends and mentors alive, but shows that art can be a bridge between generations and a lasting message of gratitude.
