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"The Nap"
by Klaus Strubel
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Academic Painter of Fine Art / Art Historian


We are

in a historic deep, cool and airy wine cellar of a European Monastery in the 19th century, in which you notice authentic details and

equipment.

Brother John (on the left) was asked to bring wine up from the cellar for the supper time of the brothers. Of course, he had to

carefully taste some wines to pick out the right sort for their meal. This responsible job made him a little tired and he felt, he needed to take a

tiny nap.

As brother John and the wine were missed by the other brothers, Brothers Bartholomew and Henry were sent down to look what is taking

Brother John so long and, of course, they found him blissfully dozing. Now, as all three did not show up after a while, the fourth brother Dominick

is opening the cellar door to look what is keeping them.

While I was university student in Germany, I also studied Art History and travelled

through Europe to visit historic landmarks, museums, cathedrals and famous monasteries. I often took the opportunity to rent a boarding room in some

of the famous monasteries because you could learn so much about the history and the various fields of expertise, - especially the one that fascinated

me: The making of wine and champagne.

For ages, the brothers in their different orders have represented the highest level of culture. They were

the keepers of science, education, inventions, literature, fine art, music and developers of world famous champagne and excellent wines.



During wine tasting in their cellars, I was surrounded by historic tools and equipment, hand carved casks and had wonderful talks with the

cellarers.

These lasting impressions inspired me to preserve certain situations in the life of the Masters of Winemaking

The play of

the feature in my works tells whole stories. Each mime in their faces, their gestures, their hands and fingers and many more details, bring life into

these captured moments. Now and then, I inject a little touch of humour in circumstances of their life; after all, they are only human.

The

artistic quality of my painting contains historic details and authentic tools the winemakers worked with.

I want my paintings to be

entertaining, conversational pieces for the art collectors and at the same time to be very

decorative.
                  
                  
                  
monks, cellar, winery, wine, tasting, vintage

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