Encaustic
Encaustic is the oldest painting technique still in use today. In ancient Greece (c. 400 B. C.) artists took encaustic art in two directions- flat for easel paintings/ portraits and fully dimensional for the polychroming of clay and marble statues. The encaustic painting technique uses wax (beeswax) and pigments. The Egyptians mastered the art of encaustic painting evidenced by the famous mummy portraits (Faiyum District c. 100 B.C.- 200A.D). Encaustic painting and drawing
Birgit Huttemann-Holz is represented by:
Grosse Pointe Art Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI
Modern Art Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
Birgit Huttemann-Holz work has been shown at:
Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe
Scarab Club, Detroit
Athletic Club, Detroit
Gallery 555, Detroit
Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale
CCS, College for Creative Studies, Detroit
BBAC, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham-Bloomfield
Birmingham Unitarian Church Gallery, Bloomfield Hills
DAM Detroit Artist Market
WAF Grande Salon D'Arte, Brea
Chalk Farm Gallery, Santa Fe
Miranda Galleries, Laguna Beach
Modern Art Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
Birgit Huttemann-Holz is linked to:
International Encaustic Artist
Saatchi Online Gallery, UK
Agora Gallery, Contemporary Art, Chelsea, New York, NY
Society for Art of Imagination
GPAC, Grosse Pointe Art Center
World Art Foundation
Erwin Sandler Artist File
absolutearts.com
MySpace.com
http://b.hholz.googlepages.com

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