Ferdinand Spindel

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Ferdinand Spindel (* 1913 in Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia ; † 1980 in Neuenkirchen near Soltau , Lower Saxony ) was a German artist who worked as a painter , sculptor and object artist, among other things .

life and work

From 1932, Spindel initially trained as a commercial artist with Max Burchartz at the Folkwang School in Essen . In 1947 he began working as a freelance artist and had been a member of the Halfmannshof artists' settlement in Gelsenkirchen from 1963 , of which he became chairman in 1970. In the 1960s he was in close contact with the artists of the ZERO group and discovered foam as a working material. In 1969 he was a founding member of the artist group B1 . He traveled to Paris, Prague, New York and Moscow and exhibited at numerous well-known exhibition venues, including the Kunsthalle Bremen .

Ferdinand Spindel was a member of the German Association of Artists .

Awards

  • 1964: Art Prize of the City of Gelsenkirchen
  • 1971: Art Prize of the City of Gelsenkirchen
  • 1972: Konrad von Soest Prize from the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Grochowiak (Ed.): B1 at the "B1" . Gelsenkirchen 1969.
  2. ↑ Alexander von Knorre (Ed.): B1. An exhibition in the Flottmann-Hallen, Herne . Herne 1989.
  3. ^ Daniel Spanke: B1. Utopia and reality of an artist group in the Ruhr area 1969-1971 . In: '68. Art and culture . Schuffelen, Puhlheim 1993, ISBN 3-929769-02-6 , pp. 74-84 .
  4. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Spindel, Ferdinand ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 12, 2016)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
personal data
SURNAME Spindel, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, sculptor and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Essen , North Rhine-Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH 1980
Place of death Neuenkirchen near Soltau , Lower Saxony