Erich Paulsen

The distinctive paintings of Erich Paulsen combine a rigorous impasto use of colour with picutresque designs that create lively and impassioned paintings. Erich Paulsen was born in a small village near Berlin. He studied in Berlin at the Meisterschule.

Further studies followed in Italy, France and Spain where he developed his drawing style and soon mastered his painting techniques. During extensive travels throughout Europe, he saw clearly the great views of his homeland. Many of these views are boats resting gently on the shoreline. He captures the sumptuous light in the landscapes and subjects around his home in Lower Saxony.

Paulsen portrays, in his images, a bold majestic sky accompanied by the charm and simplicity of everyday life in rural Germany. The coast and the old houses of the fishermen with its reed roofs fascinate hime as well as the flower markets and the rich colour found so often in this part of Germany.

His unique impasto palette knife technique and pure colours give his paintings a particular flair and make them stand out from all other works of art. With the palette knife he applies coats of paint, making sure that the colours do not mingle but dry up in thick layers of paint. The result is the breathtaking work by a contemporary master of paint.

Over the years the artist has exhibited extensively in Europe and the United States. A great number of exhibitions in Germany (Hamburg, Munic) and abroad in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Stockholm and Sidney, all resulted in excellent critiques. He enjoys the constant demand for new work and his love for painting is undying. The continued success of his paintings has drawn the attention of many collectors.

His work hangs in prominent public and private collections as well as galleries throughout Germany, Italy, Australia, Spain and the United States.