Scheriau Hallwang bei Salzburg, Austria
Left: Humor Painted silk on canvas 50 x 100 cm or 20 x 39 in. Right Top: Flood Painted silk on canvas 85 x 55 cm or 33 x 22 in. Bottom: Unfounded Painted silk on canvas 50 x 50 cm or 20 x 20 in.
HANNA SCHERIAU was born in Vienna, in 1942 and studied Dramatics at the University of Vienna, giving priority to Scenery and Costume Design. She absolved Oskar Kokoschka’s legendary ‘School of Seeing’ in Salzburg. Then for a long time her family was the most important thing in her life, but she never gave up her passion for drawing and painting. Around the year 2000 the artist discovered silk, as a medium for her paintings, and developed a completely new way of painting. This new style requires a great deal of energy, feeling and painting skills. Each of the images is fresh and unique and it cannot be copied because of the special technique. In contrast to working with canvas or paper the silk fabric can move freely while painting. This artistic work is a world-wide unique kind of art, especially because of silk, a material that today cannot be found in the established scene of art. But silk is a medium for painting since thousands of years and extremely durable, much more than canvas. The silk colours for artists are not a bit photo-sensitive and they have a special luminous power. Exhibitions of works by Hanna Scheriau found their way not only in Europe but also in Asia and America. Her work has been prized in several countries. Paintings of Hanna Scheriau are found in collections around the world. Email: info@neueartmalerei.at Website: www.neueartmalerei.at Tel.: +43(0)662/660087
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