Wunderlich, Paul

(3/10/1927 Eberswalde- ) (Germany)

   Graphic artist, draughtsman, and sculptor. Studied at the Hochschule fur bildenden Kunste in Hamburg under Ttze and Grimm. He has taught at various institutions in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1960 he had a public prosecutor in Hamburg confiscate a portfolio of his erotic prints. Images of women in various stages of undress are a frequent theme in his art.

   Reproductions: Black torso; 1969; gouache; Smith, 1980: p. 192 . Homo sum; 1978; Webb, 1975: p. 438 . Nude female figure; 1971; acrylic; Smith, 1974: p. 167 [C]. Nude women; 1971; acrylic; Smith, 1974: p. 166 [C]. Pla-menweib; 1981; marble; Sommer, 1981: p. 49 [B]. Polar bear rug; 1971; watercolor; Smith, 1980: p. 100 [C]. Qui s'explique; 1959; lithograph; Gorsen, 1970: p. 1638 [B]. Reclining nude; Melville, 1973: fig. 228 [C]. Three figures; Melville, 1973: fig. 229 [B]. [Two women at foreplay]; 1978; pencil, wa- tercolor, and oil; Smith, 1980: p. 101 [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 14: pp. 1124-1126; Alain Jouffroy, "L'Arriere-pensee de Wunderlich," XXe Siecle (n.s.) 39, 48 (June 1977): pp. 16-21; "Paul Wunderlich's painted women," Avant Garde (March 1969): pp. 24-31; Jose Pierre, "Paul Wunderlich et erotisme contemplative," Opus International, 13-14 November 1969: pp. 92-95; Fritz J. Raddatz, Homo sum: 34 Zeichnungen von Paul Wunderlich (Munich: R. Piper, 1978); Paul Wunderlich, Werkverzeichnis der Gemalde 1957—1978 (Offenbach am Main: Edition Volker Huber, 1979); Paul Wunderlich and Karin Szekessy, Correspondenzen (Stuttgart: Raddatz, 1977); Paul Wunderlich, Transpositions (London: Academy, 1980); Vollmer V 1961: p. 177.