Armin Mueller-Stahl: “In the Studio” (2021), original giclée print on Zerkall laid paper

He is one of the few German international stars, a character actor, and a Hollywood star. Armin Mueller-Stahl, born in December 1930 in Tilsit, East Prussia, is a multi-talented artist with diverse creative output. Previously, only a select few knew of his great talent as a painter. Armin Mueller-Stahl paints as he acts: magnificently! His portraits are expressive depictions of people. With sometimes expressive brushstrokes, reduced to essential features and abstracted, he lends each character a pictorial existence. In his landscape paintings, Armin Mueller-Stahl pushes abstraction even further. He concentrates on constellations of light and color, which he interprets with great virtuosity. Here, the trained eye of the meticulous observer is evident, someone who, for decades, has approached his surroundings with curiosity and a fundamental sense of empathy.