ArtistBefelein, Alexander

Artist Years1952-living

Artist NationalityGerman

TitleTikal – I

Year1989

MediumDrawing > Watercolor

Dimensionscomposition: 8 X 11 inches

Accession NumberRC1891

NotesBefelein was born in Bremen, Germany in 1952 but spent his youth in Nuremberg. In 1971 he moved to Munich to study fine art and has lived there ever since. In 1977 he traveled to Italy, England, and Yugoslavia to continue his studies. He received his degree from the University of Munich in 1981 and then began his career as an artist and teacher. During the early 80’s he took short trips to Vienna, Venice, and the south of Tyrol, filling many sketch books with renderings of well-known sites in each city. In 1989, he visited Central America where he documented many of the archeological Mayan cites. Befelein is regularly exhibited in numerous galleries in Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Japan, and the United States.
(source: Gallery 71)