Kaspar Hauser: The Holy Fool & the Path of Sacrifice

Kaspar Hauser: The Holy Fool & the Path of Sacrifice — Paintings by Greg Tricker

Paintings by Greg Tricker. Text by Johannes Steuck with a foreword by Jonathan Stedall.

This inspired collection of over forty original paintings by Greg Tricker portrays the extraordinary life of Kaspar Hauser. The paintings have a visionary quality which presents a fresh, contemporary image of Kaspar Hauser, portrayed as the Holy Fool, on a path of sacrifice akin to the suffering of Christ.

The mysterious life of Kaspar Hauser is explored by the writer and artist Johannes Steuck with a foreword by Jonathan Stedall.

“Not since the paintings of Cecil Collins have I seen work that captures so poignantly the essential purity and innocence of the human being. The Holy Fool is, thank heaven, alive and well in the hands of Greg Tricker.” —Jonathan Stedall

About the Author

Johannes Steuck was born in Stockholm and has been an artist and educator throughout his working life. He was a student of Edward Payne and is a graduate of Winchester College of Art. Johannes has his own teaching studio, in which he gives courses in stained glass, mosaic, and sculpture. He is the author of Kaspar Hauser: The Holy Fool and the Path of Sacrifice (2006) and coauthor (with Greg Tricker) of Francis of Assisi: Paintings of Our Time.

Greg Tricker was born in London in 1951 and developed batik painting on the Isles of Scilly. He has produced a number of themed books and exhibitions, notably Paintings for Anne Frank (exhibited at Peterborough Cathedral and St Clement Danes, London); The Catacombs and Francis of Assisi (exhibited at Salisbury Cathedral and Piano Nobile Gallery, London), and recently The Life of Kaspar Hauser (2006). Greg lives with his family in Nailsworth in Gloucestershire and teaches stone carving at Ruskin Mill Education Centre.