Albert Kiefer

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Albert Kiefer (born March 21, 1918 in Niederbühl ; † February 21, 2018 ) was a German painter.

Life

Kiefer served as a soldier in World War II and later worked as an art and craft teacher at various schools. He was rector at the educational model school Carl-Schurz-Schule in Baden and then worked in teacher training in Hesse.

Kiefer was first from 1964 a student advisor in the university and from 1972 professor for art education at the institute for art education of the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . Here he mainly taught the basics of design. In 1983 he retired, but taught until 1997 and offered seminars on “Aesthetic Education in Theory and Practice since 1945”.

His son is the well-known painter Anselm Kiefer .

Exhibitions

  • 2008: Stadtmuseum Rastatt, naturalistically painted landscapes, trees and flowers, views of Biederbühl and the surrounding area
  • 2013: Städtische Galerie Fruchthalle, art in Baden, Rastatt
  • 2018: 25 years of Fruchthalle , Städtische Galerie Fruchthalle , Rastatt

literature

  • Helmut Müller-Ortstein: Albert Kiefer - A life for art, Rastatt, Sommerberg Verlag, 2018
  • Albert Kiefer: From source and mouth, Karlsruhe, Info Verlag, 2016
  • Michael Hübl: Return of the Fathers, Kunstforum International, Vol. 243, 2016, pp. 224–231
  • Albert Kiefer: Object boxes, Berlin, books & notebooks, 2013
  • Albert Kiefer: In times of war and peace, Hamburg, Kovač, 2003

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary of the University of Frankfurt , Unireport 2/2018, p. 26
  2. ^ Albert Kiefer died at the age of 99 , Badisches Tagblatt , February 26, 2018
  3. ↑ Anniversary exhibition relies on changing exhibits , Badische Latest Nachrichten , February 16, 2018
  4. ^ Alumni initiative for art education: Adelheid Sievert: Current KUNSTFORUM International on Albert and Anselm Kiefer. In: Alumni-Initiative Kunstpädagogik. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kiefer, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederbühl
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 2018