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Leo Stopfer (15 May 1964) is an Austrian artist who widely acclaimed as the "Painter of the Ballet-Stars".[2][3][4][5][6] He is especially identified with the subject of ballet and more than half of his works depict famous dancers of world fame.

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Leo Stopfer
Born	Leo Stopfer (1964-05-15)15 May 1964 Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Known for	Painting, drawing
Movement	Contemporary art
Website	http://leostopfer.com

Biography

Early life and art techniques

• 1979 – first drawings;[7]
• 1981 – inspired by Picassos works he starts painting with oil-color;[7]
• 1982 – first personal exhibition;[1]
• 1989/90 — "The earth has a skin" (German: Die Erde hat eine Haut) – organic abstract paintings in his special mixed technique (with soil, stones, sand and dry plants mixed with acrylic- or oil-colors he creates a relief on canvas)[1][2] is the main part of his work till 2009.

Ballerina Paintings

In 1989 Leo Stopfer created his first pastels paintings and drawings of the ballerina Mitra Nayeri.[7]

Later Stopfer made the ballet one of the main themes of his art.[7] Cooperating with many dancers for many years he created a plenty of paintings depicting the ballerinas of 20–21 centuries. Among them are such grandees of the world ballet scene as Diana Vishneva (the Mariinsky Theatre), Olga Smirnova and Evgenia Obraztsova (Bolshoi Theatre), Vladimir Malakhov (Berlin State Ballet), Maria Abashova (Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman), Maria Yakovleva (Vienna State Ballet) and Isabelle Ciaravola and Ludmila Pagliero (Opera de Paris).[1][8][9]

Exhibitions

Since his first exhibition in 1982, Stopfer's work has been exhibited all around the Europe, including London,[8][10][4] Vienna,[11][12][13] Berlin,[1] Moscow and Luxembourg.[14][15]

Leo Stopfer was the first artist to be invited by the Klimt Villa in 2017 to work in the original studio where the master Gustav Klimt lived and worked. The result of this work was dozens of drawings and a large number of women's portraits united under the title "my muses" (German: meine Musen). This series of works was presented at the personal exhibition of Leo Stopfer in the KLIMT VILLA Vienna in May 2018.[16][17]

His current solo exhibition takes place at the Vienna State Opera. At the invitation of the directorate of the Vienna State Opera, Leo Stopfer presents to the public an exhibition of his works capturing dancers of the house.[3][6]

Style

Earlier the artist was painting landscapes in an organic-abstract style, using a mixed Impasto technique. He combined earth, sand and stones with acrylic paint to develop a relief-like texture.[1][2]

The artist likes to work with acrylic combined with pencil. He also sometimes works with mixed media, using gouache when the ballerinas dance on his canvas to make prints with their feet.[1]

In his works, the artist tries to express a portion of the dancer's energy.[9][13] The models depicted by Leo Stopfer are always characterized by heightened sensuality and frankness.[9]

References

Bibliography

• Tichy-Luger, Ingeborg (2014). "Leo Stopfer. The man who paints ballet stars". Dancer's. No. 1. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
• Deegmal, Elena (2016). "Лео Стопфер и его звёздные балерины" [Leo Stopfer and his star ballerinas]. Rutage (in Russian). No. 3 (08).

External links

• Leo Stopfer's website
• Galerie Ei article

На других языках

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[de] Leo Stopfer

Leo Stopfer (* 15. Mai 1964 in Tulln an der Donau, Österreich) ist ein österreichischer Maler, der besonders als „Maler der Ballett-Stars“ bekannt wurde.[1][2][3][4][5]

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- [en] Leo Stopfer

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[ru] Штопфер, Лео

Лео Штопфер (нем. Leo Stopfer; 15 мая 1964, Тульн-ан-дер-Донау) — современный австрийский художник, также известный как «Художник звёзд балета» (англ. The Painter of the Ballet-Stars)[1][2][3][4][5].

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