Michael van Ofen paints representational images that are tightly cropped or simplified to the point of abstraction, just beyond immediate recognition.

Featured Artworks by Michael van Ofen

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• Michael van Ofen
  The Psychology of the Posture (Two Heraldic Colours), in: Théodore Géricault, Trumpeter of the Hussars Seated, 1814-15, Oil on Canvas, 46 x 38 cm
  2019
• Michael van Ofen
  After Paul Hippolyte Delaroche
  2019
• Michael van Ofen
  Sketch after Hubert Robert, Plundering the Royal Vaults at Saint Denis in October 1793, Charcoal and Chalk on Cardboard
  2019
• Michael van Ofen
  The Colours of the Superior, in Emile Jean Horace Vernet: The Battle at the Bridge of Arcole, 1826, Oil on canvas, 194 x 260 cm
  2019
• Michael van Ofen
  The Psychology of the Posture, in: Charles Lock Eastlake, Napoleon Bonaparte on Board the 'Bellerophon' in Plymouth Sound, 1815, Oil on Canvas, 259 x 179 cm
  2019
• Michael van Ofen
  Der Kampf um das Rathaus am 28. Juli 1830
  2017
• Michael van Ofen
  "The wife of a Timucuan chief" by John White after Jacques Le Moyne
  2016
• Michael van Ofen
  Virtue Turn 9
  2017
• Michael van Ofen
  Plants and tattoes after Jean-Baptiste Debret
  2016
• Michael van Ofen
  Virtue Turn 8
  2016
• Michael van Ofen
  Untitled (After unknown artist)
  2016
• Michael van Ofen
  Untitled
  2015

Featured Exhibitions with Michael van Ofen

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• Michael van Ofen
  Ergänzung und Verbesserung

  21. Okt. – 12. Nov. 2022
  Pop-up Location: Schönewald

• Michael van Ofen
  “GERMANIA UND ITALIA”. The Continuance of the Contemporary

  6. Okt. 2013 – 31. Jan. 2014
  Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia

• Michael van Ofen
  Der Abschied der Braut

  2. Mai – 27. Juli 2010
  dkw kunst.museum.dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus

Guide

• CARL GROSSBERG. SACHLICH – MAGISCH – VISIONÄR
  Group show featuring Michael van Ofen

  22. März – 30. Aug. 2026
  Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

• Klassenverhältnisse – die zweite Staffel. Kunstlehre von 1945 bis 2026
  Group show featuring Björn Dahlem, Hedda Schattanik and Michael van Ofen

  10. Mai – 27. Sept. 2026
  Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen

Focus on Michael van Ofen

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• Michael van Ofen
  Oeuvre and World (Werk und Welt)
  Podcast: Matthias Danberg & Michael van Ofen

Stories on Michael van Ofen

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• Michael van Ofen: Germania und Italia
  Interview at Collezione Maramotti

Books on Michael van Ofen

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• Michael van Ofen
  GERMANIA UND / E / AND ITALIA
• No. 01
• Michael van Ofen
  Der Abschied der Braut
• Michael van Ofen