Christoph Schmidberger (born 1974 in Eisenerz, Austria) is a painter based in Los Angeles.
His works, drawn or painted in a hyperreal style, typically use traditional compositional forms (woodland scenes, reclining lovers, portraits with pets, etc.)
to portray youthful eroticised figures relaxing in modern suburban settings.
[1] ("Christoph Schmidberger paints a kitschy dream of pre-Raphaelite surrender, revelling in pornography's influence on today's sexual economy").
He is represented by Patrick Painter Inc. in Santa Monica, California, and Union Gallery in London.