About the Artist Robert Klümpen

Robert Klümpen (b. 1973 in Issum) is a German painter. From 1994 to 2002 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under A. R. Penck and Dieter Krieg, becoming a master student of the latter. His painting is marked by an apparent realism that is repeatedly broken open by abstract moments; he often depicts life-size rooms, scenes and street views with lanterns. Klümpen received the Villa Romana Prize in 2005 and teaches as a professor of painting; he lives and works in Cologne and Braunschweig.