Dr. Florian Messner has been residing of the UAE for the past 10 years. He is a member of Khalood Al Jabri’s Abu Dhabi Fine Arts Group. Born in  Austria, he is a graduate of the Teachers College where he received his art education and he is a graduate of both, the University of Vienna (PhD), and the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna.
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Dr. Messner describes the inspiration of his paintings as being from great works of art and their context from remote antiquity to the present. His paintings are both rich in colour and meaning. During his field research on ‘Ritual Performance’ in traditional cultures of Oceania, Indonesia and Mexico, he had been granted the privilege to live with people in remote areas and witness their cultures. … Read More