The lithograph ‘Aeneas’ draws on the ancient myth of the Trojan hero and translates it into a powerful, expressive black-and-white composition. Against an atmospherically shadowed background, the figure of Aeneas emerges; in accordance with Homer’s Iliad, he is carrying his elderly, lame father Anchises on his back out of burning Troy. His luminous white features stand in stark contrast to the dark, painterly-smudged background. With dynamic brushwork and a sure sense of light and form, Arno Rink makes the tension and drama of the moment immediately palpable.
About the Artist Arno Rink
Arno Rink (1940–2017) condenses allegorical, mythological and erotic motifs into haunting compositions of great atmospheric density and painterly sensuousness. With a masterful command of colour, light and composition, he ranks among the most important figures of the second generation of the Leipzig School. Rink studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) in Leipzig under Werner Tübke and Bernhard Heisig, among others, and taught there himself for more than 35 years as a formative professor. As a teacher he paved the way for the New Leipzig School and taught later stars such as Neo Rauch, Michael Triegel and Tim Eitel. His work is held in significant public and private collections.
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