Krüger Live in California 2009!

In April 2009 Sebastian Krüger and his team will organize 2 Friday - Sunday weekend workshops (April 10 -12 & April 17 -19) for artists in the USA. The main focus of both workshops is the preparation of portrait paintings and working with acrylics. Krüger will give live presentations during these events. The maximum number of spots for each class is limited to 40 participants.

Pre-registration is now open for both US workshops!
For further information please contact Bernd.

Santa Monica Book Launch - Review

Plenty of people came to enjoy the Krüger collectors' night in Gallery 319 to see Sebastian and his latest works in person. During the night Sebastian signed more than 200 books for his collectors and fans. A special guest, the former Guns ´n Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin was there to meet Sebastian. Many thanks to Michele and her team for the memorable evening.

Stan, We will all miss you greatly.

Faces in Santa Monica

There will be a Krüger exhibition on June 27th and 28th at Gallery 319 in Santa Monica, California. Krüger will exhibit new works and new limited edition prints.

Here Sebastian Krüger's new book "FACES" will make it's public US debut. Krüger will fly in from Germany to attend the two night event; the private collectors' night on the 27th and the public viewing on the 28th. The artist will be available throughout both showings to sign his new book.

More information at: KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

New attraction in Monte-Carlo

Photo © darrasse/realis/sbm: H.S.H. Prince Albert II, Bill Wyman & Gary Brooker (from right to left)

The premier music club MOODS opened on March 27th in Monte-Carlo. MOODS will present live music ranging from jazz to blues and soul, along with other musical genres like techno and salsa. The club will showcase the Principality's up and coming performers. Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings played at the opening to an audience of H.S.H. Prince Albert II and other VIP guests.
7 Krüger images were chosen, by the management of MOODS, for permanent display above the bar. If you'd like to learn more about this exciting new place for music please visit: Moods

Many thanks to Jean-René Palacio and his team!

Stones' Guitarists Suite

Soon we will present Sebastian Krüger's first set of colored serigraphs. These silk screen editions were printed with an 11 color process by a true German screen print master. Each serigraph is signed and numbered by Krüger.

More information at: KRÜGER PUBLICATIONS

New Krüger Book: Faces

Sebastian Krüger's new book "Faces" will be launched in June 2008. There was a slight delay due to the dual language (German/English) text translation. Above is the final hardcover design.

Krüger Workshop 2008 in Germany

Dear Artists, Colleagues and Friends:
Krüger's 2007 workshop for professional artists was a huge success. Registration is now open for the 2008 Krüger workshop! This year's workshop will take place September 15-19, 2008 at the Sporthotel Fuchsbachtal in Barsinghausen, Germany (close to Hanover Airport and Krüger's home). The main focus of the 2008 workshop will be preparation for portrait painting and working with acrylics.

The deadline to register for the 2008 workshop is April 30, 2008. Bernd will be available to answer any questions via email directed to: schoenebaum@mc-art.de The workshop event is capped at a maximum of 20 participants.

If you'd like to find out more about the hotel and location please visit: www.gilde-sporthotel.de.

"I look forward to seeing you all at the 2008 workshop."
-Sebastian Krüger

Merry Christmas!

HO HO HO!

Krüger in London (Gallery 27): REVIEW

You can see the Review of the London show in:
KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Calendar 2008 - Collector's edition

The 2008 Deluxe Collector's Edition of 99 have just arrived. This collector's edition will be numbered and signed by Sebastian, have a special binding, and come delivered in a wooden box. Each edition contains 12 art prints + cover. Size: 80 x 60 cm (31 x 24 inches).

To preview this Calendar please visit KRÜGER PUBLICATIONS

The Boss

A new Bruce Springsteen painting by Sebastian. Acrylic on board. Size: 36.5 x 51 cm (14 x 20 inches). Completed November 2007.

New Pop Realism in London: 11 - 22 Dec. 2007

Jonathan Poole invites you to an exhibition by Sebastian Krüger to be held at Gallery 27, Cork St., London, W1.

More information at: KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Greetings from everyone at the 3rd Krüger Workshop

Gerald, Patrick, Salem, Siv Grethe, Bernd, Vilma, Nelson, Maester, Anthea, Peer, Bruce, Bob, Allan, Jeremy, Jeff, Niall, Jens-Uwe, Magnus, Sebastian, Lisa

More information about the workshop at: KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Krüger Workshop III St. Goar

At this year's Professional Artists' Workshop, artists from 10 different countries came to St. Goar in the Rheinland/Germany.

A unique smiling Ludwig van Beethoven done on two canvases emerged from Krüger's 4 hour live painting demonstration.

New Krüger Book

A new Krüger book titled "Faces" will be launched in spring 2008. The book features more than 80 original Krüger images being published in book form for the first time. Genres will include Jazz, Pop, Rock, Classics, Movies and more! Stay tuned for further information. Cover layout subject to change.

Krüger Calendar 2008

In late November we will be launching our 2008 Krüger calendar. There will be two editions available. A deluxe collector's edition limited to 99 worldwide! This collector's edition will be signed by Sebastian, have a special binding, and come delivered in a wooden box. The second offering is an art calendar limited to 400 worldwide! Both calendars will feature the same images.

To preview this Calendar please visit KRÜGER PUBLICATIONS

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash with Visionary Third Eye.
Acrylic on canvas. Size: 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 inches). Completed October 2007.

Michael Philip and Wasp

This new Krüger masterpiece shows Mick Jagger with hat and wasp. It's a large size acrylic painting on canvas. 160 x 120 cm (63 x 47 inches).

Dine with Krüger's Stars

Our good friend Andy (from Switzerland) has opened L'UNIQUE. A Restaurant-Bar located in the historic city center of Basel. On two levels you can see plenty of guitars, photos, clothing from Rock Stars and many more collectibles. In the dining area he presents 8 Krüger paintings. Find more information at www.lunique.ch.
We wish Andy and his loved crew all the best! See you soon in Basel.

Play with The Tongue

Finally, here is Krüger's art guitar #3.
All three guitars presented on the Blog are hand painted and covered with a high gloss surface finish.

The Winston Effect

A deluxe retrospective featuring hundreds of photographs and artworks never seen before from the Stan Winston Studio. Stan Winston and his crew have been creating unforgettable creatures for movies, including 'The Terminator', 'Aliens' and 'Jurassic Park'. This book also includes a full page portrait of Stan Winston by Sebastian Kruger (from Stan Winston's own private collection).

Happy 60th Birthday Ronnie!

The Rolling Stones as Kids

Who was the pirate? Acrylic painting on board. Size; 118 X 68 cm. (46X27 inches).

Charlie, Mick, Keith and Ronnie

A New Rolling Stones group painting is ready. Above you can see a quick sketch of 'the boys'. The original painting is in the scan shop so stay tuned.

"70!"

Happy 60th Birthday Iggy!

Krüger Pin-Up Guitar

Warning: Don't play with fire! It's hot...but it's acrylic too!

Sebastian Krüger painted this "Pin-Up" guitar in January 2007. It's guitar No. 2 of 3 total Krüger art guitars. All guitars were displayed in a special Krüger window at Harrods London last month.

Krüger Workshop 2007 in Germany

Dear Artists, Colleagues and Friends:
Since we've been getting so many requests for an art workshop, I've asked the Krüger team in Germany (Andrea and Bernd) to start organizing a 2007 workshop. This year the artists' workshop will begin on October 29th and run through November 2nd, 2007. The event will take place at the Schloss Rheinfels Hotel in St. Goar, Germany. The main focus of the workshop will be preparation for portrait painting and working with acrylics.

Bernd is now collecting registration information from all participants. The deadline to register for the 2007 workshop is May 31st 2007. Bernd will also be available to answer any questions via email directed to: schoenebaum@mc-art.de. The workshop event is capped at a maximum of 20 participants.

If you'd like to find out more about the hotel and location please visit: www.schloss-rheinfels.de.

I look forward to meeting you all at the 2007 workshop.

Sebastian Krüger

Krüger Rocks at Harrods

From the 1st of February until the 3rd of March, an exhibition of rock guitars is taking place at Harrods London. All the major guitar manufacturers will be present touting their wares. Many different events will be taking place under one roof as "Harrods Rocks". Sebastian Krüger has a special display in Harrods' window featuring several prints and 3 "Krüger Guitars" specifically designed for the event. For more information, please visit: www.harrods.com . Soon we will be presenting all three Krüger guitars on our Blog, so stay tuned! Photos by Scott Hortop/London.

Big head slim body!

It's not on board...it's not on canvas...it's acrylic on a guitar!

The Human Riff

Introducing, a brand new acrylic painting on board of Keith Richards.
Completed December 2006.
Size: 73 x 51 cm ( 29 x 20 inches).

Happy New Year !

Introducing Sebastian's most recent self portrait. This acrylic painting on board was completed in 2005.


Dear Friends:
Thank you to all who visited the Krüger Blog in 2006. Thank you also to the lovely people who visited our live shows in the US, England and Germany. Warm greetings and thank you as well, to the artists who attended our 2006 workshop.

For 2007, we are already planning shows outside of Germany, and working hard on the 'All New' Krüger web gallery; So stay tuned to the Blog.

We wish you all the Best, and a very Happy New Year!
Sebastian and the entire Krüger Team (Hanover/London/Los Angeles)

Merry Christmas...

Cheers !

Happy Birthday Keith!

Clint Eastwood: 'The Good'

Acrylic on canvas by Sebastian Krüger; December 2006.
2 meters x 1.2 meters (79 x 47 inches)

Clint Eastwood painting

A big new Kruger painting is ready; 'Clint Eastwood'! The painting is acrylic on canvas and measures about 2 meters x 1.2 meters (or about 79 x 47 inches). Two months ago Sebastian received a blank canvas stretched on a wooden frame. Today he has handed back a full size painting of 'Clint Eastwood'. The painting now goes off to the scan shop. Stay tuned as the image will be posted on the Blog in the coming days.

The image shown here, are plates that were used as palettes during the creation of the 'Clint Eastwood' painting.

Keith Richards: Pencil on paper

During his most recent US tour, Sebastian has created a new
pencil drawing of Keith Richards. It was exhibited to the public,
along with other new originals, during the Kruger show in
Santa Monica at Gallery 319.

Book launch

11 New Kruger Illustrations
Felix Dennis has launched his third book of poetry, When Jack Sued Jill: Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times. The book is illustrated by Sebastian Kruger and Bill Sanderson. The illustrations conjure into vivid life, the characters and situations depicted in the 67 nursery rhymes. Eleven full page Krüger illustrations are featured in the book. For order and more information please visit www.felixdennis.com.

Cologne, 27 November 2006

Two years ago Wolfgang Niedecken, head of the German Rock Band 'BAP', commissioned Sebastian Kruger to illustrate two new CD release covers "3 mal zehn Jahre" (www.bap.de).
On November 27th at 3:00 PM local time, a Cologne city train dressed in Kruger's 'BAP' artwork was presented to the public for the first time. 500 fans were invited to see the launch of the new "BAP-train". During the ceremony BAP played 30 minutes unplugged.

"For the next two years the 'BAP-train' will be the highlight of our train fleet" underlined Mr. Bollinger, CEO of KVB Cologne.

Santa Monica Show : Review

You can see the Review of the Santa Monica show in:
KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Santa Monica, November 12th

Krueger visited the Iraq War Memorial at Santa Monica Beach, CA;
And talked to war veterans.

Santa Monica Show : November 16th 2006

On November 16th from 7:00 - 9:00 PM (Pacific Time) the German

born Artist will exhibit new works and new limited prints.

Krüger will fly in from Germany to give commentaries and inside information on his different artworks.

More information at: KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Scottsdale Show : Review

You can see the Review of the Scottsdale show in:
KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Scottsdale Show: 4 - 18 November 2006

The show will feature never before seen paintings of Rock Stars and Hollywood Icons.

More information at: KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Krüger Workshop 2006, Richard Wagner

A group of 18 diverse artists joined the 2nd Krüger Professional Artists' Workshop held in one of Germany's most beautiful tourism areas, Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

In a 3 hour live presentation Krüger painted an image of the famous
German composer, Richard Wagner.

For more photos and information please visit KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Greetings from everyone at the 2nd Krüger Workshop

Gerald, Ben, Stefan, Jens-Uwe, Jeff, Michael, Glenn, Jeremy, Wolfgang, Stefan, Jürgen, Patrick, Bernd, Henning, Rohan, Sebastian, Andrea,
Derek, Siv Grethe
(from left to right) Photo: Bernd

Exhibition Reviews

You can see Reviews of the New York and Boston shows in:
KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS

Welcome to 'The Official' Sebastian Krüger Blog!

Here you will find the latest news and information about Sebastian Krüger. Featuring helpful links to upcoming events such as exhibitions, shows, workshops, autograph sessions, etc. Krüger calendar publications and other limited edition offerings will be announced here first.

Explore the latest on Sebastian Krüger, and have fun!

Krüger Workshop 2006, 16 - 21 October

This year's Krüger artist workshop will take place at the Mercure Hotel
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Germany.
An update on this workshop (including photos) will follow soon on this
Blog.

More information at: KRÜGER EXHIBITIONS