death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
19 november 2013 berlin , germany germany german , australia australian 23 april 1936 gunter christmann
 gunter christmann
gunter christmann

gunter christmann -lrb- 23 april 1936 - 19 november 2013 -rrb- was a german-born australian painter .
born in berlin , christmann emigrated to australia in 1959 .
regarded as a painter 's painter , christmann has been making abstract and figurative paintings since the early 1960s and has exhibited frequently since 1965 throughout australia and overseas .
he has been labelled as one of the major australian artists of his generation and ` one of australia 's best kept secrets ' by art historian and curator mary eagle .
christmann rose to prominence with his inclusion in the landmark exhibition `` the field '' at the national gallery of victoria in 1968 .
from his hard edged colourfield paintings of the 1960s he went on to produce the `` sprinkle '' paintings of the 1970s .
throughout his different phases christmann has maintained a fascination with the world around him , feeding off contemporary life , with his more recent works incorporating a ` ` tag '' graffiti style that is drawn across his paintings , sometimes in almost obsessive repetition .
