Noah Wunsch Explained

Noah Wunsch (born 1970 in Rendsburg) is a German painter, photographer, and designer.

Life

The artist Noah Wunsch studied design at the well-known, Hamburg based artist Ursula Unbehaun.[1] He attended the University for Music and Art in Vienna, Austria. As a photographer, he was taught by Christoph Rüdt von Collenberg and Wolfgang Klein. Later he studied acting, music and dancing at the Stella-Academy in Hamburg. Noah Wunsch is living and always travelling between Paris, Hamburg, New York City and California. The artist is known for his charity support.[2] [3]

Paintings

The artist focuses on very big and colourful paintings,[4] also altar paintings for churches. The Picasso-organizer Thierry de la Fontaine considered his work "to be full of energy and fruitfulness. From it comes a real light, both from within and from a spiritual point of view!".[5] Some of his paintings, that he created in Mexico, France, USA, Germany or Italy are up to 12 m long and considered to be of high value.[6] One of history the biggest paintings of almost 200 meters has been created by Noah Wunsch and attracted a huge number of visitors at the world heritage site Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans in France.[7] [8] His deep faith inspired the artist to create a bible for children with his images.[9] Worldwide, the painter has shown his work in many exhibitions, from Vienna, Hamburg, Toulouse, Madrid, Chicago, New York City to Mexico.[10]

Photography

As a photographer, Noah Wunsch created portraits of many celebrities, like David Copperfield, Richard von Weizsäcker. John Neumeier, Claudia Schiffer and Diana Ross. As a photographer. Noah Wunsch worked on the fashion shows in Paris for labels like Yves St. Laurent, Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld.[11] His pictures, published by well-known companies like Gruner & Jahr, Jahreszeiten-Verlag, Bauer Verlag and Mont Blanc, are characterized by clarity and sensibility for the small details.

Fashion

Since 2006 Noah Wunsch is also successful as a fashion designer. His work is considered as glamorous and free of any fashion trend. So far he seems to create pieces only for a small, exclusive audience.[12]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/journal/thema/article538809/Wie-das-Licht-auf-die-Leinwand-kam.html Newspaper article about Noah Wunsch (German)
  2. http://www.stiftung-kinderjahre.de/eindruecke.html Children Foundation May 2010
  3. https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/hamburg/article13845078/Versteigerung-21-000-Euro-fuer-die-NCL-Stiftung.html Charity Auction in Hamburg, Germany, brings 21000 EUR in January 2012
  4. Web site: Paintings by Noah Wunsch . 29 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717142509/http://www.noah-wunsch.net/paintings.html . 17 July 2011 . dead .
  5. https://www.welt.de/die-welt/article3662217/Ein-200-Meter-langes-Altarbild.html Article with quotation by Thierry de la Fontaine
  6. http://www.coco-verlag.de/noah-wunsch/files/HAJO_Noah-Wunsch_24Mai2008.pdf Newspaper article about the painter Noah Wunsch
  7. https://www.welt.de/die-welt/article3662217/Ein-200-Meter-langes-Altarbild.html Article about the 200m long painting
  8. http://www.leprogres.fr/fr/permalien/article/1133864/Un-Arc-en-ciel-a-la-Cite-ideale.html french report on the exhibition Arc en Ciel
  9. http://www.coco-verlag.de/noahs-bilderbibel/index.php Childrens bible by Noah Wunsch, interactiver
  10. Web site: List of exhibitions by Noah Wunsch . 29 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311133523/http://www.galerie-n1.de/adm/common/include/info.php?pid=61e0c5a041bd2b2fffad3b4f34a1208f . 11 March 2012 . dead .
  11. https://www.welt.de/welt_print/article739120/Modeschoepfer_Maler_Musiker.html Newspaper article „Die Welt 2007“, Photography of fashion weeks
  12. https://www.welt.de/welt_print/article739120/Modeschoepfer_Maler_Musiker.html Newspaper article about Noah Wunsch as a painter, fashion designer and musician