Gernot Kissel's stylized figurative works capture the feminine mystique with deftness and precision. His compositions center on the female gaze, encapsulating a fierceness of character not seen since Kees van Dongen's bewitching "Woman in a Black Hat." Kissel's still lifes and landscapes are strong and bold expressionist works executed with vibrant color and stark line. "His female figures have a direct and powerful sensuality and force the observer to admire them," in all their intensity. Passionate and audacious, these women look out from within the frames of the compositions with unapologetic and electrifying stares, daring and mystifying the viewer. Though he is deserving of comparison to the great German Expressionists of the early 20th century, including Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, and Alexey von Jawlensky, his heroines have an unparallel and uncompromising contemporaneity.

Gernot Kissel, born 1939 in Worms on the Rhine, Germany, was an Engineer and Architect. A self taught painter, he started painting at 18 and has been painting ever since. His works have been exhibited across Europe and can be found in museums, galleries and private collections across Europe.