Frédéric Matys Thursz
Frédéric Matys Thursz (born July 7, 1930 in Casablanca , † July 4, 1992 in Cologne ) was a Moroccan - American monochrome painter .
life and work
Frédéric Matys Thursz was born in Casablanca and grew up there until he was eleven. In 1941 his family moved to the USA. Frédéric Matys Thursz studied at Queens College, City University of New York and Columbia University . He was a professor at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture . His third marriage was to Nina Lünenborg Thursz.
His large-format monochrome paintings are known, especially the Elegia Judaica series , which comprises a total of eight paintings, and the Blood Paintings .
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1989: Frederic Matys Thursz - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
- 1999: Frederic Matys Thursz "Elegia Judaica" Gallery Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
Group exhibitions
- 1992: documenta IX , Kassel, Germany
- 1999: The color (red) got me Osthaus Museum Hagen , Hagen, Germany
- 2001: Frederic M. Thursz / Nina Lünenborg - Von der Heydt-Museum , Wuppertal, Germany
- 2003 Social Facades - u. a. Color and surface in contemporary art, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, Germany
- 2004: The color got me II - new acquisitions by the Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen , (with Christiane Conrad , Gottfried Honegger , Joseph Marioni , Andrea Schomburg , Peter Tollens , Dieter Villinger , Herman de Vries, among others )
- 2008: Unique Act , Dublin City Gallery, Ireland
- 2009: Die Neue Galerie - appearance in Schloss Wilhelmshöhe Palace , Kassel, Germany
Works in public collections
literature
- Frederic Matys Thursz: Elegia Judaica by Frederic Matys Thursz and Bernard Ceysson , Galerie Lelong Zurich, (September 1, 1999) ISBN 978-3-906163-30-7
Web links
- Frederic Matys Thursz at artfacts.net
- Frédéric Matys Thursz on kunstaspekte.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documenta IX: Kassel, June 13th-20th September 1992 - catalog in three volumes, volume 1, page 229; Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-89322-380-0
- ↑ The New York Times, July 10, 1992 Frederic Matys Thursz, Abstract Painter, 62, accessed October 29, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Michael Fehr Painting as Reflection For three pictures by Frederic Matys Thursz. Accessed October 29, 2016
- ^ Galerie Rupert Walser: Antonio Calderara - Frederic Matys Thursz, accessed on October 29, 2016
- ↑ The color got me II (not just red). In: kunstaspekte.art. Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thursz, Frédéric Matys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan-American monochrome painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casablanca |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1992 |
| Place of death | Cologne |