"Alain Delon 2" 2024

Dimensions: 100 x 130 cm

Medium: Spray paint and silkscreen on screen-print panel

Artist: Maximilian Wiedemann

A portrait of a man built from the woman who defined him. In “Alain Delon 2,” Wiedemann reimagines the French icon through the eyes—and image—of Romy Schneider, the Austrian-German actress who became his great love and lifelong ghost.

This second installment in Wiedemann’s Delon series sharpens the emotional resonance. At a distance, we see Delon in his youthful intensity—but step closer and Schneider takes over. Her face repeats rhythmically across his own, a haunting pattern of identity and memory.

Wiedemann’s technique is both pop and deeply personal: he overlays meticulously stenciled portraits of Romy in silkscreen ink, layering them with spray paint to build a composite image of Delon. The result is a visually stunning paradox: two people rendered inseparable on one canvas.

This piece is a love letter trapped in time.
It’s Delon as a mosaic of Schneider, just as he may have remembered her.

For collectors and curators, “Alain Delon 2” is more than a technical marvel. It’s a story of obsession, heartbreak, and the visual power of dual legacies bound in repetition.