FRANZ STEIN
FEELS LIKE SPRING

KÖNIG GALERIE
ALEXANDRINENSTRASSE 118–121, 10969 BERLIN

20 FEBRUARY – 22 MARCH 2026

OPENING
19 FEBRUARY 2026 | 6 – 8 PM

KÖNIG GALERIE is pleased to present FEELS LIKE SPRING by Franz Stein, the artist’s second exhibition with the gallery, on view in the Chapel of St. Agnes.

Franz Stein, SUNNY BREATH, 2025

FEATURED ARTIST

FRANZ STEIN

Franz Stein (b. 1989 in Bayreuth, Germany) studied from 2018 to 2025 at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in the class of Gregor Hildebrandt, becoming his master student in 2023. Supported by an Erasmus+ scholarship, he spent the academic year 2023–2024 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the class of Daniel Richter.

Stein’s paintings are developed through a process of layering numerous thin coats of acrylic paint on canvas. Overlapping lines, strokes, dots, and fields—applied with oil pastel, charcoal, and spray paint—form the visual structure of his works. His compositions are characterized by fluid, gestural brushwork in bold, viv...