Michael Sowa (b.1945) is a German artist known for his whimsical, surreal and stunning paintings often featuring animals. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin for seven years, spent a brief time as an art teacher and then became a painter.
Pig in Soup
Woman with Moth
Happy Easter
The Last Hours of Pompei
Swine Lake in Autumn 
A Summer Night's Melancholy
February
Naumann's Cruelty Service for Cats
Bunny Dressing
Haunted City
Highway Pig
Sharks of Suburbia
Bear
The Broken Paw
Filmhound
Quiet Days
Rabbit on a Rainy Street
Rabbit on a Train
Fowl with Pearls
I love these paintings! great sense of humor and witticism. Thanks for sharing!
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Wonderfoul, please, could you incl. the paint of bear and girl showed at Amelie film.
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Michelle
Great to see so many Sowa's together, thanks very much!
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ReplyDeleteI love your art! It makes me smile :)
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing! thank you for showing this to us!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the feedback, krakowianka, I actually visited your blog marzenki.blogspot.com. Those are beautiful photos, and I loved the wedding blog too. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE ALL OF THESE! They are so unique and I just LOVE the eerie feel that most of them have, but yet, they're so fun at the same time! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can help me out. I’m looking for the 'Fish-men picture', do you know which museum has it or where I can find it?
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ReplyDeletedreary paintings, but still have to smile while looking at them.
ReplyDeleteAw. These paintings are so sweet! I like the way he depicts the various animals in them, especially the pigs. Normally, I don't find pigs very interesting. There's just something about the way he paints them, they seem so...playful. All of the paintings do.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me how much I love Sowa's work; it is quietly whimsical; very atmospheric. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback, Jody
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know where I could buy a copy of "Rabbit on a Rainy Street"?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your brilliant window into the wonderful world of rarely seen art, loving the journey!
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Thank you, Charlie, I sincerely appreciate your feedback!
DeleteFantastic - love the whimsy and the animal themes.
ReplyDeleteThe word "Katzenschinderei" on a picture with cats waiting at a small house entrance means a "knacker's yard for cats". "Eintritt nach Aufruf" - smth. like "Enter when called"
ReplyDelete"Katzenschinderei" means "a knacker's yard for cats". "Eintritt nach Aufruf" on the same picture means "Enter after being called".
ReplyDeleteLooks like the comments from the people commenting here say it all. Fab stuff, I love the haunting reality aspect of it. I think I've been to some of these places, somewhere in time, somewhere in my mind.
ReplyDeleteWould love to find a print of the one with giraffes. Have seen it called Quiet Afternoon with Giraffes, but this may not be correct. If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much apprreciated.
ReplyDeleteLovely blog post. Wonderful to see his work so nicely presented.
fun thank you!
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