GOLDROTSCHWARTZ Arthouse
Different - Contrary - Absolute
With bold inspiration and fresh ideas, we aim to surprise and inspire you through our art, projects, and unique exhibitions.
Our mission is to showcase both German and international artists—emerging and established—and to foster cultural exchange across borders.
After returning to Germany in 2023, we are already developing new projects with exceptional artists.
Since August 2025, we have been operating as Goldrotschwartz Arthouse from our new gallery in Lübbecke, Westphalia.
Exhibition from August 1 - August 30, 2025
Leon Herbst
Durchlebte Landschaften - lived landscapes
in our new Gallery in Lübbecke, Niedernstraße 26
The work of Leon Herbst explores the spiritual and interconnected nature of existence, like a kaleidoscope of science, philosophy, and intuition.
Each fragment—whether tiny or vast—reveals a deeper, mystical order beyond our understanding.
Herbst draws inspiration from personal snapshots, imagined or real, from moments and landscapes he has experienced.
Virtual exhibition 1.9. - 31.10.2023
Birgit Borggrebe
Zwischen den Zeiten - Inmitten im Jetzt
Between the times - in the midst of the now
In the summer exhibition of 2023, we present unique works by Berlin artist Birgit Borggrebe, internationally exhibited and awarded.
Her work reflects contemporary themes and the harsh, abstract reality of urban life—apocalyptic landscapes, remnants of nature, and the aftermath of modernity.
Using mixed techniques of painting, photography, and screen printing, she creates powerful cycles that mirror today’s world.
Yet with delicate colors, floral symbols, and poetic imagery, Borggrebe also offers a counterpoint—like a dreamlike search for paradise.
Please also visit the exhibition in the virtual gallery at KUNSTMATRIX
Marked by life. Simply human.
Claude Duvauchelle
Paintings and drawings - Online exhibition 15.1. - 5.3.2022
At the start of the 2022 exhibition year, we present the striking work of French artist Claude Duvauchelle.
His paintings, drawings, and sculptures explore the human body and the alienation caused by modern violence. Through exaggerated poses and visible injuries, he portrays a humanity driven back to its primal instincts.
Inspired by the Italian Renaissance masters like Caravaggio and Mantegna, Duvauchelle uses varied techniques to express contemporary emotions, tensions, and hopes.
His works are shown in prominent galleries across Europe and were featured in our 2022 exhibition.
Please also visit the exhibition in the virtual gallery at KUNSTMATRIX
Positive thougts – breathing the color, pure amazement
Peter Keizer
Floral paintings - Online exhibition 30.7. - 12.9.2021
In summer 2021 we presented the refreshing oil paintings of Dutch artist Peter Keizer.
His works reveal overlooked moments of everyday life, often focusing on nature and floral motifs with intense, layered colors that create a joyful, luminous atmosphere.
Keizer studied at the Amsterdam Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Art College in London and is now internationally renowned.
From 30 July to 12 September 2021, we invited visitors to immerse themselves in his vibrant color worlds.
Csaba Fazakas Work series "Homo deus"
Online exhibition April, 12 - May 31, 2021
Csaba Fazakas is an experimental artist rooted in 20th-century avant-garde traditions.
His work addresses individual and social issues with a timeless, universal quality.
After studying in Romania and later with Arnulf Rainer in Austria, Fazakas has exhibited internationally for over 30 years, and his works are held in public and private collections worldwide.
His series “Homo deus” draws on Art Brut and expressive gestures, using stark contrasts to create a dramatic, emotional impact.
Raumfarbenspiel. Die Vereinigung der Gegensätze
Thomas Schönauer - Sculptures and CTpaintings
Online exhibition November 15, 2021 - January 20, 2021
Thomas Schönauer is an internationally recognized painter and sculptor, known for his steel sculptures in public spaces.
In collaboration with industry, he developed innovative techniques such as Space Paintings on Steel and CT (Computer Tomography) Paintings, using pigmented epoxy resin on stainless steel.
His organic, painterly processes explore the union of chemical opposites and point toward the future of painting, the "painting of tomorrow"
Online Exhibition with the artist of the month September 2020
Thea Vos
Reveries. Sometimes together, but mostly alone
The unique work of Dutch artist Thea Vos is deeply influenced by emotion.
Fascinated by emotion as a universal truth—beyond culture, race, and Zeitgeist—her paintings depict people and animals in a variety of forms.
Sometimes alone, often in groups. “People stare at you, whether clothed or naked. They appear soulless, lonely, and their words fall silent.”
Thea Vos' paintings have been exhibited across Europe and were featured in our exhibition from September 1–30, 2020.
Annette Besgen - Spiegelungen. Schatten im Blick
Online exhibition with works from the series Bacino I and Bacino II
Annette Besgen’s “Bacino” series, inspired by her own photographs, captures the longing for light through miraculous brushstroke-created structures.
The viewer is invited to immerse themselves in the dance of light and shadow, a theme that has always fascinated Besgen.
A moment of stillness, where time and timelessness converge, experienced in the intensity of the “Bacinos” in our online exhibition from July 1–28, 2020.
Claudia Kaak – Gefühlte Welten. Momente im Sein
In the June 2020 online exhibition, we presented the unique, realistic paintings of figurative artist Claudia Kaak, artist of the month June 2020
Her works, with autobiographical and socially critical references, explore existential emotions and subtle inner states. Kaak addresses taboo topics like mental health and the unspoken struggles people face.
We invite you to experience her deeply personal works, which have gained international recognition and numerous awards.
Artist of the month May 2020 - Uwe Fehrmann - Between times
The focus of Uwe Fehrmann’s work is the human being and their relationship to society and the environment.
The Hamburg-based painter creates complex, often large-format works that address both current and fundamental questions.
Recurring themes include deconstruction, forgetting, and the superficial dismissal of political upheavals.
His imagery also evokes associations with German history as well as contemporary social positions.
Christian von Grumbkow - Artist of the month April 2020
"I do not paint a message. No thoughts. I simply paint colour."
Christian v. Grumbkow’s paintings resemble landscapes with layered vertical gradients and stripes.
He captures natural light phenomena, transforming a chaotic color field—often reflecting his emotional state—into a turbulent image that gradually calms into a meditative harmony.
These evolving emotions resonate with the viewer.
About the painting of ROLF OHST
Rolf Ohst’s works present enormous, glossy bodies—stacks of meat-like forms that recall the excesses of art history as much as they evoke a grotesque fascination with carnality.
He references classical nudes from Botticelli and Titian to Rembrandt, Manet, Matisse, and Cézanne, exaggerating their voluptuousness to the extreme.
His figures, placed in dramatic landscapes, blend baroque abundance with modern expression, often with a darkly humorous edge.
By reworking iconic motifs—such as a whale-like “resting beauty” or echoes of Munch’s The Scream—Ohst transforms the tradition of nude painting into a bold, contemporary presence.
About the work of Jörg Menge
Jörg Menges’ work reflects the loss of the “true world” (Nietzsche) caused by the decline of religion and metaphysics.
His broken, contorted bodies—often nude or in simple work clothes—move toward the viewer in undefined space, creating a sense of static presence despite their motion.
These atomized figures remain individuals even as they merge into groups, expressing a loss of truth and a profound existential rupture.
Walter Padao
The work of Walter Padao explores the relationship between physicality, movement, and space.
Moving bodies interact within dynamic, stage-like settings, shifting between tension and release, motion and pause.
Unusual, sometimes grotesque postures create lines of force and fleeting choreographies that merge into enigmatic compositions.
Padao studied painting in Kassel,
Hanjo Schmidt
Hanjo Schmidt initially focused on painting bodies and faces of people aged 25–35. In 2009, he shifted his attention to aging bodies, recognizing it as a taboo subject. While he painted older friends and commissioned portraits, he soon realized his most constant model was himself.
Through self-photography, Schmidt observed that youth is defined by movement and strength in the limbs, while the aging body becomes concentrated in the torso, as arms and legs grow weaker and less mobile.
His work reflects this thoughtful, philosophical exploration of the body’s transformation.
About the work of Willi Kissmer
Willi Kissmer was a West German realist artist, often described as a young master in the tradition of the Old Masters.
He gained a strong following in Europe and the USA with his quietly beautiful paintings and graphic works.
Unlike many contemporaries, Kissmer rejected abstraction and expressionism, remaining rooted in Northern European realism.
His subjects include still lifes, architectural scenes, and the female figure, all rendered with meticulous detail and a subtle sense of heightened observation.
Ralf Rduch
Ralf Rduch creates large nude paintings, focusing solely on the human body. By removing clothing, he eliminates cultural and social markers, revealing the body as a truth that cannot be feigned.
The figures are placed in a monochrome, stage-like space and illuminated from above, emphasizing strong contrasts of light and shadow.
The eleven shades in his work symbolize the human desire for truth, while the twelfth— the background color—represents the unattainable yet ever-present approach to it.
For information about the artists, exhibitions, prices, and formats, please contact:
info@grs-arthouse.com