Early work

A journey through time – change as a constant

Early work

From 1978
Drawings / own comic stories / then animated films from 1979
Film work / experimental film work

 

1982
Special prize for a film from the City of Frankfurt

 

1984
Sale of broadcasting rights for a short film to SRG (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation)

 

1986
First place at the Swiss Youth Film Festival

 

From 1983
Experimental photography

 

1984-85
Photography and graphic design at the Ravensburg Free Art School

 

1985-87
Technical drawings for Richards Medizintechnik (now Smith & Nephew)

 

1986-90
Airbrush on paper and vehicles

 

1988-91
Technical documentation,
exploded views for operating instructions

 

1987-91
Studied art, graduating with a degree in design in 1991

 

From 1990
Influenced by Tomi Ungerer

 

1991
Exhibition at the open-air museum Watercolor and water-washed ink

 

From 1991
Applied work / commissioned work for industrial brochures Distinctive style: media mix of pastel, ink, watercolor (until 2005)

 

2009
CityPop editions (solvent printing on canvas) / Exhibition at the Kreissparkasse Tuttlingen

 

2011
Automotive Art (solvent printing on canvas)

Main work

Since 2013
Abstract, initially only acrylic, later also oil influenced by Gerhard Richter
Abstract Pop – Abstract works combined with collages
Abstract Pop Automotive Art since then Refinement of style, additional layers, additional stylistic elements, additional motifs
Projects Metalwork / Climbies

 

Why vehicles
Exploration of technology, speed, events, shapes, noise, emotions

Film work and film club

from 1979

1982: Special prize from the city of Frankfurt for a film

1984: Sale of broadcasting rights for a short film to SRG (Swiss Broadcasting Corporation)

1986: 1st place at the Swiss Youth Film Festival

and many other awards

Pencil and charcoal drawings

from the mid-1980s

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffenspahsen Bleistift und Kohle Bonbon 1987

1987

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffenspahsen Bleistift und Kohle Auge

1987

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffenspahsen Bleistift und Kohle Landschaft 1986

1986

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffenspahsen Bleistift und Kohle Tier 1990

1990

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffenspahsen Bleistift und Kohle Akt 1990

1990

Technical drawings and technical documentation

Technical drawing
Ink on paper
Late 1980s

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Technische Zeichnung 1 1986

1986

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Technische Zeichnung 2 1987

1987

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Technische Zeichnung 3 1989

1989

Technical documentation
Ink on foil
Mid-1990s

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Technische Doku 1
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Technische Doku 2
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Technische Doku 3

Ink and water-washed ink

from the mid-1980s

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Tusche 1986

1986/87

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Tusche 1986
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Tusche Akt A

1990

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Tusche Akt B 1991

1991

1991

Influenced by Tomi Ungerer

Applied work / commissioned work for industry brochures
Late 1990s

Watercolors

Early 1990s

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Aquarell Abend
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Aquarell Eule
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Aquarell Winter
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Aquarell Stillleben

Watercolor series and exhibition Open-air museum

1991

Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Aquarell Freilichtmuseum Totale
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Aquarell Kater
Bernd Luz Frühwerk / Schaffensphasen Aquarell Wagen

Pastel illustrations

from the mid-1990s

Bernd Luz Frühwerk Schaffensphase Pastelillustration Arzt

1994

1997

Example: Title and advertisement motifs for a rotary encoder manufacturer
Mid to late 1990s

Example: Title and advertisement motifs for Fürstlich Hohenzollerische Werke (Zollern)
ca. 2000-2010

Acrylics

2003

2004

2003

Comics & Characters

from 2000

Numerous developments and designs of popular figures for companies and the public sector. Often implemented as fabric figures.

Aesculap AG,

Vacu Max

Aesculap AG,
several products as figures

Vega Medizintechnik,
Lukas, also as a plush toy

Stadt Tuttlingen,
Tudo, also available as a stuffed animal and lifelike figure

Heppler Group

White Line Dentistry

Sachs Engineering

Kreissparkasse Tuttlingen

D’Kurs,
Brasil

Heinrich AG,
standard parts

Gartenmacher (CH) Mole,
here as a large 3D figure

Turkey Harry

Storz Schokolade

From the late 1990s onwards for Storz Chocolate, over 100 chocolate figures, packaging designs, and comic-style coins.