By virtue of the early recognition of this talents, Roland Frey, born in Munich in 1927, was accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts in his home town when he was 16 years old. His teachers were the professors H. Kaspar, A. Schinnerer and W. Geiger. He learned the technique of the old masters, whom he took as his example, while working as a restorer in sacred art studios and at the Doerner Institute, the State research centre for painting technique in Munich. He earned his living by means of commercial art, and by portrait, child and genre painting while perfecting his virtuoso technique.
Roland Frey pursued his study of the spiritual foundations for his painting with the same consistent determination as that devoted to the study of his painting technique. He occupied himself deeply with philosophy, esoterism and the great religions.
Since religious faith has ceased to serve as a frame of reference in pictorial art during the 20th century, the artist – in Roland Frey’s opinion – must seek a new starting point within himself. Then, as in all cultures, he can – if he is able – fulfill this duty of pointing the way for others.
Roland Frey’s paintings show the path he has travelled to self-discovery in order to give others the impetus for their own development. The aim of his art is to breach people’s personal limits and to bring them closer to the ultimate truth which cannot be grasped by means of logic and intellect but which can be encompassed by experience.
By virtue of the early recognition of this talents, Roland Frey, born in Munich in1927, was accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts in his home town when he was 16 years old. His teachers were the professors H. Kaspar, A. Schinnerer and W. Geiger. He learned the technique of the old masters, whom he took as his example, while working as a restorer in sacred art studios and at the Doerner Institute, the State research centre for painting technique in Munich. He earned his living by means of commercial art, and by portrait, child and genre painting while perfecting his virtuoso technique.
Roland Frey pursued his study of the spiritual foundations for his painting with the same consistent determination as that devoted to the study of his painting technique. He occupied himself deeply with philosophy, esoterism and the great religions.
Since religious faith has ceased to serve as a frame of reference in pictorial art during the 20th century, the artist – in Roland Frey’s opinion – must seek a new starting point within himself. Then, as in all cultures, he can – if he is able – fulfil this duty of pointing the way for others.
Roland Frey’s paintings show the path he has travelled to self-discovery in order to give others the impetus for their own development. The aim of his art is to breach people’s personal limits and to bring them closer to the ultimate truth which cannot be grasped by means of logic and intellect but which can be encompassed by experience.
