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ARTIST BIO: Hans-Werner Sahm
Hans-Werner Sahm was born in Lodz, Poland in 1943. He spent his childhood in Seeg im Allgau, a landscape that still fascinates him today.

has.jpg (13693 bytes) Throughout the seventies he worked for a research institute. During that time he did a great deal of hang-gliding which symbolized, for him, his desire for freedom. Through this sport, which for him was an art form, he wanted to break through into a new world of adventure in his painting.

The paintings of Hans-Werner Sahm give us a chance to experience the phenomena of space and time. Sahm uses a special technique of acrylic glazes for his paintings. He handles nature without taking it into his possession. He puts himself and the viewer into an energy field where nature seems familiar to us and impossible to relate to at the same time. Light and the power of nature are the pivotal subjects of all his paintings. Nature does not function as an allegory, but works directly via the senses.

But, nature does not represent itself unbroken. The paintings are amplified, set off, emotional images disturbed by visions. They represent the search for freedom and the search for home, the search for a point of reference, a Refuge. Hope dominates the paintings without hiding the reason, the cause for the longing.

Hans-Werner Sahm has the courage to leave his visions untouched in their visual quality. The intensity of his paintings originates from their simple and direct visual language. The works evoke emotions that allow us to truly experience terms like Freedom, Light, Open Space, Shelter, and Home.

ARTIST BIO: Andreas Nottebohm

[Nottebohm: Limited Edition Print Gallery]

Andreas Nottebohm was born in Eisenach, Germany on October 13, 1944. From 1965-1969 he
studied at the Academy ofFine Arts in Munich with surrealist Mac Zimmerman. In 1968 he studied
etching at J. Friedlander's workshop in Paris and then lithography in Salzberg from 1971-1974. In 1981
he moved to California, where he presently resides. In 1985, Nottebohm was asked to create a painting commemorating Halley's Comet to be featured at the National Air & Space Museum. A full page reproduction
of that painting was included in the November 1985 issue of Smithsonian Magazine.

As a participant in the NASA art program, Nottebohm has attended many space shuttle launches including
the first launch of the Columbia, the first night launch and the launch of the Hubbell space telescope.
Abstract renderings created from these experiences have been used by Omni Magazine and NASA,
in its publications and commemorative posters. In 1987 Kennedy Space Center celebrated its twenty-fifth
anniversary, using a Nottebohm painting on the cover of the invitation, the poster and program.

Nottebohm is included in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., the NASA Art Collection and numerous corporate collections internationally.


ARTIST BIO: Hans-Werner Sahm Hans-Werner Sahm was born in Lodz, Poland in 1943. He spent his childhood in Seeg im Allgau, a landscape that still fascinates him today. Throughout the seventies he worked for a research institute. During that time he did a great deal of hang-gliding which symbolized, for him, his desire for freedom. Through this sport, which for him was an art form, he wanted to break through into a new world of adventure in his painting. The paintings of Hans-Werner Sahm give us a chance to experience the phenomena of space and time. Sahm uses a special technique of acrylic glazes for his paintings. He handles nature without taking it into his possession. He puts himself and the viewer into an energy field where nature seems familiar to us and impossible to relate to at the same time. Light and the power of nature are the pivotal subjects of all his paintings. Nature does not function as an allegory, but works directly via the senses. But, nature does not represent itself unbroken. The paintings are amplified, set off, emotional images disturbed by visions. They represent the search for freedom and the search for home, the search for a point of reference, a Refuge. Hope dominates the paintings without hiding the reason, the cause for the longing. Hans-Werner Sahm has the courage to leave his visions untouched in their visual quality. The intensity of his paintings originates from their simple and direct visual language. The works evoke emotions that allow us to truly experience terms like Freedom, Light, Open Space, Shelter, and Home.

ARTIST BIO: Andreas Nottebohm [Nottebohm: Limited Edition Print Gallery] Andreas Nottebohm was born in Eisenach, Germany on October 13, 1944. From 1965-1969 he studied at the Academy ofFine Arts in Munich with surrealist Mac Zimmerman. In 1968 he studied etching at J. Friedlander's workshop in Paris and then lithography in Salzberg from 1971-1974. In 1981 he moved to California, where he presently resides. In 1985, Nottebohm was asked to create a painting commemorating Halley's Comet to be featured at the National Air & Space Museum. A full page reproduction of that painting was included in the November 1985 issue of Smithsonian Magazine. As a participant in the NASA art program, Nottebohm has attended many space shuttle launches including the first launch of the Columbia, the first night launch and the launch of the Hubbell space telescope. Abstract renderings created from these experiences have been used by Omni Magazine and NASA, in its publications and commemorative posters. In 1987 Kennedy Space Center celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, using a Nottebohm painting on the cover of the invitation, the poster and program. Nottebohm is included in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., the NASA Art Collection and numerous corporate collections internationally.