About the Artist Herbert Volkmann

The life of Herbert Volkmann (1954–2014) followed an unusual path: after studying art under Hermann Bachmann at the College of Fine Arts in West Berlin, he first worked in his father's fruit business and became a successful fruit wholesaler before returning to painting — encouraged by Jonathan Meese. His pictures, inspired by Francis Bacon, combine magazine cuttings and photographs with oil paint in a collage-like manner. Volkmann, who early on collected works by Daniel Richter, Franz Ackermann, Peter Doig and the Young British Artists, lived and worked in Berlin.