Astrid and Stu Artistically

This fan page is dedicated to the two most beautiful people who led beautiful and artistic lives. Though one life was taken away from us, he will never be forgotten. Astrid's talent is timeless. Their lives and art will never be forgotten. This is for them. Sometimes there'll also be Klaus Voormann and Jurgen Vollmer. Any questions, comments, requests, or submissions of pictures or facts are greatly appreciated.

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Paddy, Klaus and Gibson - Rejected.

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Jurgen and Astrid self-portrait in 1961.

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Klaus, Astrid and Stuart at the Lilale Art School Festival, always held in February. Timeline: Stuart returns to Liverpool (after the others had been deported or in the case of Lennon, returned alone) on January 20, 1961.  On February 21st 1961, Stuart played the Cavern with the band for the first time (that’s when the above outdoors picture was taken by Mike McCartney),  He must have attended the Lilale Festival upon his return to Hamburg.

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Come home sooner. It’s no good with Paul playing bass, we’ve decided - that is if he had some kind of bass and amp to play on!

George Harrison in a letter to Stuart Sutcliffe, sent from Liverpool to Hamburg, 16 December 1960 (via thateventuality)

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While in Hamburg, Sutcliffe was drawn to a group of young avant-garde German art students, of which Kirchherr was a member. They called themselves the “Exis,” short for existentialists, and were characterized by their distinctive dress and hairstyles. Because of the relationship between Stuart and Astrid, the other members of the Beatles freely mixed with the Exis, and clearly came under their influence in terms of their appearance and attitudes.

Certainly the Beatles were the first pop musicians whose work consciously developed from album to album and the first to absorb influences from serious art. Many people close to the Beatles in those days now see in the romance of Stuart and Astrid the foreshadowing of another relationship: the one between John Lennon and Yoko Ono.——Los Angeles Times

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“I always had a vision that I want to take pictures of outstanding faces who can tell a story  behind the mask. Imagine what is behind this rough, young man, John Lennon. And what is behind the funny, joking Paul. Or the lovely, sweet little George.” -Astrid Kirchherr 

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Hamburg, 28 September 1960

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"John was always much more intimidated by Stuart’s talent than he was by Paul’s. Paul he saw as a friendly rival, someone who (certainly in the early days) –was his musical equal. However, you get the John-Stuart relationship totally wrong when you say, "John was so forgiving of the fact that Stu had no talent."

John always had the two sides to him – the musician and the artist. Stuart was the most talented artist that John had ever met, so talented that John knew he would never be as good as him. John excused Stuart’s “adequate” bass playing because he would do anything to be close to the talented artist. If John was intimidated by anyone because of their talent, it was Stuart.

Look at how often John dumped close friends out of the Quarrymen because he considered they were not good enough musicians, yet Stuart he would not say a word against because he was such a talented painter and his best friend. He was in awe of/intimidated by Stuart in a way that he never was of/by Paul.”

—-www.beatlesbible.com