Gail Sauter

Lorenz Stoer – from Geometria et Perspectiva - 1567

Lorenz Stöer was a German printmaker and painter who lived in the late 16th Century. He created wonderfully idiosyncratic geometric forms of imagined architecture and landscapes. Virtually unknown to us today, except for a folio of 11 woodcuts from his book called Geometria et Perspectiva, an unpublished portfolio of color drawings has recently been attributed to him (at the Munich Library).

I find these complex and inventive worlds intriguing. I can get lost in them, following lines and planes to see where they lead. In our modern world where we strive for simplicity, it is refreshing to loose oneself in their complexity – a visual sudoku puzzle!

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