ABOUT ME
Bringing the beautiful world of flowers into a deep, complex context is a challenge that I dedicate myself to with passion. With my art, I not only depict the diverse world of plants, because my paintings use plants as symbols for the totality of life on all levels, with all its facets. In doing so, I capture the expressiveness of flowers in many ways. The splendour of flowers always wants to tell us something. With their curves, branches, elevations, hollows, shapes and play of colours, they want to capture us, communicate with us and delight us.
Flowers show light and shadow, life and death, the dualism of life, which is a constant companion of every living being. Depicting this and making it accessible is a task that I have set myself. My flower paintings act as metaphors for the all-embracing nature of life in a world of cold mass products. Only the attentive look at individual characteristics allows us to recognise the essence and uniqueness of life. Each flower is individual, unique and therefore as precious as life itself can be.
In almost all my paintings, I don’t paint a background on the canvas. This makes the painting technically very demanding, but at the same time allows me to concentrate fully on the flowers. The hints of shadow in the paintings create a spatial effect that lifts the flowers onto an imaginary pedestal.
My paintings can be found in private and municipal collections and museums.
SELECTION OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Timeless – Marieluise Bantel and her Flowers, Florence, Italy
2024
The Stratford Gallery, Worcestershire, England
2023 Marieluise Bantel – Inspired by Pausa fabrics, Pausa Museum, Mössingen, Germany
2022 The beauty of decay, House of Economy, Stuttgart, Germany
2018 Paintings & Poetry, Volksbank Ermstal-Alb, Metzingen, Germany
2017 Plant round dance, Crona Kliniken, Tübingen, Germany
2016 Roses and their versatility, Residential Palace Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany In the garden, Filseck Castle, Göppingen, Germany
2015 Roses and their companions, City Hall, Mössingen, Germany
2014 Roses, tulips, carnations…, Moated castle Kalteneck, Holzgerlingen, Germany
2013 … at any time of the year, Residential Palace Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany Roses in oil, Museum of local history “Beim Strumpfar”, Oberstaufen, Germany
SELECTION OF ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS
2025 London Art Biennale (VII Edition), Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, England
XV Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso Firenze, Florence, Italy
11th Geoje Int. Art Festival, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea
2022 Swiss Art Expo, SBB Event hall, Zurich, Switzerland
2021 art3f Brussels (Internat. Contemporary Art Fair), Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium
XIII Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso Firenze, Florence, Italy
SELECTION OF COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 Flower Power, Maritim Hotel, Stuttgart, Germany
Nature of art – art of nature, Gallery Alte Apotheke, Walldorf, Germany
2022 Into the blue, State technical college for floral art, Weihenstephan, Germany
The richness of diversity, Gallery Kunsthöfle, Stuttgart, Germany
2021 Collective Art Show, Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
AWARDS & HONOURS
2025 Special commendation from the president of the Florence Biennale
Chianciano Art Museum Award
Excellence Award 2025, Haegeumgang Museum, South Korea
2022 Finalist Art Renewal Center Salon Competition
2022 Gold List Award, Art Market Magazine
(Curated by Jacopo Celona, General Director Florence Biennale /
Eric Smith, President & CEO Redwood Media Group /
Jörgen Golz, Chief Director Discovery Art Fair /
Mark Edward Harris, Int. Acclaimed Photographer /
Dafna Navarro, CEO & Editor in Chief Art Market Magazine)
2022 Finalist, Artbox.Projects, Projekt Zurich 4.0
2021 Finalist, London International Creative Competition, Section: Create (Art)
2020 1st place, Ash Wednesday Art Prize, Freie Kunstschule Stuttgart
2020 3rd. place, Florals & Gardens Contest, International Artist (Magazine)
GALLERIES & COLLECTIONS
Gallery Kunsthöfle, Stuttgart, Germany
The Stratford Gallery, Worcestershire, England
Gagliardi Gallery, London, England
City of Mössingen
City of Eningen u. A.
Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea
COOPERATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Since 2021 Collaboration with the English designer Suzannah Crabb for the label Suzannah London (haute couture for the English Royal Family, among others): A dress with the floral motifs by Marieluise Bantel was worn by HRH Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and Canadian singer Shania Twain.
Membership: American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA)
IN THE MEDIA / PUBLICATIONS
XV Florence Biennale Catalogue (IT), 2025Esslinger Zeitung (GER), Die zweite Karriere der Marieluise Bantel, August 2025London Art Biennale Catalogue (UK), 2025
Stuttgarter Zeitung (GER), Plochinger Künstlerin bei Londoner Schau, June 2025
Restoration Conversations Magazine (UK), Issue Autumn/Winter, November 2024/2025
Süddeutsche Zeitung (GER), Schönheit, die in der Vergänglichkeit liegt, December 2022
Art Market Magazine Gold List (ISR), 2022
International Artist (USA), Issue 148, Dec./Jan. 2022
The Botanical Artist (UK), The Beauty of Decay, Issue June 2022
Florieren! (GER), Blumenmalerei von Marieluise Bantel – Die Schönheit des Vergehens, 4/2022
Art Market Magazine (ISR), The Beauty of Decay, Issue 67, February 2022
XIII Florence Biennale Catalogue (IT), 2021
American Art Collector (USA), Observing beauty, January-Issue 2021
International Artist (USA), Florals & Gardens contest, Issue 133, June/July 2020
Online
The Florentine (IT), Celebrating flowers at Il Palmerino, March 2026
Stuttgarter Nachrichten (GER), 75-jährige Künstlerin aus Kreis Esslingen macht Weltkarriere,
Aug. 2025
Stuttgarter Zeitung (GER), Ihre Blumen zierten Shania Twain – Marieluise Bantel bei
London Art Biennale, Juni 2025, June 2025
Restoration Conversations Magazine (UK), Issue Autumn/Winter, November 2024/2025
Süddeutsche Zeitung Online (GER), Schönheit, die in der Vergänglichkeit liegt, December 2022
Florieren Online (GER), Die Schönheit des Vergehens, March 2022
Der Blumenblog (GER), Vergänglichkeit, die Mut macht, March 2022
Art Market Magazine (ISR), On the Spot Light, February 2022
Contemporary Art Issue (BEL), Marieluise Barbara Bantel: The Beauty of Decay, Dec. 2021