Robert Janitz

Robert Janitz is a German-born artist known for his abstract paintings and sculptures that explore texture, color, and the materiality of paint. He was born in Cologne, Germany in 1962 and currently lives and works in New York City.

Janitz studied painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the 1980s before moving to New York City in 1989. His early work was influenced by the German Neo-Expressionist movement, but he eventually moved towards abstraction and began experimenting with paint and other materials.

Janitz's paintings are characterized by their thick, layered surfaces and bold, gestural brushstrokes. He often uses a palette knife to apply thick layers of paint, creating a textured surface that obscures any underlying imagery. In recent years, Janitz has also been exploring sculpture, creating abstract forms out of found materials and painted steel.

Janitz has exhibited his work in galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe, including solo exhibitions at the Emily Harvey Foundation in New York City, the Maruani Mercier Gallery in Brussels, and the Galerie Rodolphe Janssen in Brussels. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Saatchi Collection in London, among others.