Art is life
Dedicated to the artist Horst Janzen (1930-1978)
Next exhibition
8th to 31st of May 2026
On the occasion of this year’s anniversary of the city of Bergneustadt, several pieces are on display at Bergneustadt’s city hall, the secondary school and the Krawinkel Hall.
The Artist
Horst Janzen discovered his artistic talent while fleeing at the end of the II World War and persued his passion intensively until the end of his days.
¨Every piece of nature..., a stone, an old object or even a nearby landscape, gives me the desire to immortalise that object in the form of painting¨ - extract from the diary
Art
Horst´s art bridges artistic styles. His work ranges from impressionist work to expressionism, including also elements of surrealism.
Horst saw Pablo Picasso as one of his great role models. Others described him as a painter between E.L. Kirchner and the Surrealists.
Prof. Stein, former member of the Bundestag from the Oberberg region, also stressed that Horstjanzen is “one of the three finest artists of the Oberberg region, which should encourage the people of his region to engage with him and his work”.