Bronze sculpture “Asian Woman” by Paul Wunderlich

Paul Wunderlich, like few other artists of our time, was one of the truly style-defining artists of modernism. As recently as 1960, the Hamburg public prosecutor's office confiscated his works as "offensive." Three years later, the still-young Paul Wunderlich was appointed professor at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts. He was the only German artist to be admitted to the Parisian "Académie des Beaux-Arts." Paul Wunderlich lived and worked alternately in Hamburg and France until his death in June 2010. "His works are recognized and appreciated worldwide, and are also purchased by a broad public," writes Paul Wunderlich's biographer, Jens Christian Jensen. "Art experts agree: Paul Wunderlich is the leading master of fantastic realism and one of the few style-defining artists of our time."