Christian Nesvadba

Christian Nesvadba was born in 1977 in Vienna, Austria into a family with an artistic heritage spanning over several generations. Participating in ordinary school systems, his talent for drawing was soon recognized by many of his professors, so he began attending a school specializing in drawing and engineering. That, however, was too technical for a young man his age and he decided to devote himself to a more artistic career. His first, and most important tutor was his father, who was a very well-known and highly successful artist. Nesvadba's first paintings were created on his father's easel. Although he learned a great deal about drawing from his father, he soon developed his own sense and style of color - bold, fresh and vibrant. Christian Nesvadba has an amazing love of flowers. He travels extensively and is an ardent photographer. This is how he collects his ideas for new subjects and compositions. They are not in exact botanical form, instead he expersses their exploding colors in his paintings. A major leap in his career was winning the "Salzburger Kulturfonds" prize in 1997, which is highly prestigious award for such a young artist to be given. In 1998 he had his first one-man show in Salzburg, another in Linz, and also at the renowned Galerie Otto in Vienna in 1999. He made his American debut at the 2000 New York Art Expo and held his first American exhibition at a gallery in New York in 2007. In October of 2008 Christian passed away due to an unfortunate car accident. The news of his death is truly a tragic end to a promising career of a talented artist.

Vienna, Austria

Medium:   Oil

Subjects:  Floral