Bernard Schultze

Born in 1915 and deceased in 2015, Bernard Schultze was often paired with Wols, Bryen and Réquichot whose collective output following WWII was often referred to as « abstraction intime. ». From the beginning, he embraced André Breton’s vision that creativity should be directed by the unconscious. This led him to develop a unique visual language, in harmony with other art forms of the first half of the twentieth century. His work deploys an aesthetic marked by existential destruction, embodied in deconstructed and fragmented forms, as well as by hues suggesting wounds and degradation, elements that seem to resonate with his experiences of the war.
Each of Schultze’s painting was imbued with a profound belief that art is a pathway to reveal the inner depth of one’s psyche.