Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik
(2012) oil on canvas
47.2 x 31.5 inch
(2012) Öl auf Leinwand
80 x 120 cm
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I was only 8 when I saw him on the TV. The Benoni, the English opening in especially the Sicilian was very great. He is the last champion in chess before Computers take over. But there ist more. His face was so melancholy. This is a painting which shows him after the matches against Spassky. He should be a winner, but he wasnt. He dont want to talk to Reporters after the matchwin. He wants the quiet Island, his chauffeur drove him to. This is the real feeling. We are artists. We try and try and try to make a good work. We hate these days of anger and the nights of horror so much when everyone sleeps but we are working. But we try to do the next painting. If we get famous and there are only a few, in the first time we are satisfied. And then we get - crazy like Bobby. Because if you really put your live in paintings you normaly get crazy. Its a tragedy. So lets paint the next one...