Franz Ackermann: Lima, Altötting

by Rainer Metzger, Franz Ackermann (Illustrator)

Franz Ackermann, one of today's most admired artists, is also among the most widely traveled. Absorbing the moods of far-flung places, Ackermann makes colorful watercolors that inform larger paintings he calls "mental maps." This book documents Stadtgalerie Altötting's exhibition of pictures inspired by a bus journey along the west coast of South America.

104 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2010

About the author

Rainer Metzger is a writer and cultural historian, and professor of art history at the Academy of Karlsruhe, Germany.