The artistic bequest of the painter Anthony Canham astounds even connoisseurs of his work. Numerous meticulously kept sketches and diaries provide in-depth insights into an extremely intensive and disciplined approach to work. From the remarkable collection of more than 1200 works, this exhibition has had to limit itself to about 50: early figurative drawings; enchanting gouaches reminiscent of oriental carpets; collages that hint at an urban environment; oil paintings whose sensitively executed painting is on a par with that of the outstanding masters’ in art history. Frugal with solo exhibitions, reserved as a personality, but always cultivated in his dealings with colleagues and friends, essential and accurate in his artistic work - this is how Anthony Canham lives on in our memory. This artist is no stranger to the Werkstättengalerie. He was significantly involved from 1996 to 2009 in four exhibitions with earlier paintings. This exhibition now spans an arc from the very beginning to the last pictures he produced - a particularly diverse oeuvre of surprising ingenuity. Maria-Ilona Schellenberg