Frank Schult

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Frank Schult (left) and Superintendent Hans-Georg Sundermann, pastor at the St. Marien town church in Celle

Frank Schult (born February 13, 1948 in Ilmenau , Thuringia) is a German painter , sculptor and graphic artist . He studied painting with Bernhard Heisig and was a master student with Willi Sitte . In 1988 Frank Schult was expatriated from the GDR. Frank Schult is an artist from the Leipzig School .

Life

"Association of Municipalities ", Berlin-Lichterfelde

Frank Schult grew up in Ilmenau. He has been married since 1976 and has two daughters and a son.

Through contact with the color designer Roland Klemmer, the first intensive occupation with painting took place. From 1972 to 1977 Frank Schult studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig with Bernhard Heisig , Arno Rink and Hans Mayer-Foreyt .

In 1977 Frank Schult was accepted into the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . First exhibitions and trips abroad to what was then the Eastern Bloc followed . In 1982 Frank Schult became a master student with Willi Sitte in Halle. He got involved through his friendship with Pastor Steffen Metzger in the parish of Halle / Beesen. Numerous exhibitions at home and abroad followed. a. in Grabrowo, Lausanne, Nuremberg, Hanover, Budapest, Leningrad, Białystok, Prague.

In 1985, Frank Schult applied to leave the GDR and terminated his master class relationship with Willi Sitte. He participated in prayers for peace in Halle and Leipzig ( Nikolaikirche ). In 1986 his identity card of the GDR was withdrawn and Frank Schult was banned from Berlin. From then on, Schult was under constant surveillance by the State Security . In 1987 - on Human Rights Day - an internal church magazine was founded with graphics by Frank Schult. In February 1988, Schult was co-initiator of the graphics auction "Peace, Creation, Human Rights" in the Leipzig Reformed Church . The proceeds were used to support those imprisoned for the Berlin Rosa Luxemburg demonstration. This was followed by the performance "Mourning and Fire - Film" with Ludwig Erle, Hans-Jürgen Wenzel, Frank Hiller and numerous amateur actors from Halle / Saale.

In February 1988 his exhibition “Mourning and Fire” in the “Phillip Müller” cultural center in Halle / Saale was banned. On December 10, 1988, permission was given to leave the country with the family to the Federal Republic of Germany. After working in Schlitz / Hessen and Fulda , Frank Schult lives and works in Celle and Hamburg.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1973–1988: Suhl, Halle / S., Berlin, Wittenberg, Magdeburg, Hanover, Querfurt with exhibition music (SCHULT-Musik) by Hans J. Wenzel, Bucharest; Gabrowo, Budapest, Zeitz, Leipzig with video and music by F. Schult and Hans J. Wenzel, multimedia in the new theater hall “Mourning and Fire”; By F. Schult and Hans J. Wenzel, Triennale “Young Artists and Masters of Hand Drawing”, Nuremberg;
  • 1989: Hallenburg, Schlitz / Hessen; Zweckverband Greater Hanover;
  • 1990: Galerie "Glasnost", Nuremberg; “Libertas” gallery, Frankfurt / Dreieich;
  • 1990: "Expatriated from the GDR", Dresden / Hamburg;
  • 1991: Vonderau Museum, Fulda; "THE BIG PRINTS", Weinheim and various cities in the USA until 1995; 1st RIADEM, Rencontres Internationales d´Art Contemporain et de Musique Classique, Paris / Montigny;
  • 1992: Gallery “Art Communication”, Berlin; “Glasnost” gallery, Nuremberg; “Open sea”, Dresden; “Galerie am Herrenteich”, Suhl; “Galerie Marktschlößchen”, Halle / S .; Accrochage - Expression five - Gallery “Art Communication”, Berlin; “Sagas, fairy tales, legends”, Kreissparkasse Alfeld;
  • 1993: "Meer offen", Bethanien Berlin / Kreuzberg; “Ways”, Diakonieverein Wehr-Oeflingen, traveling exhibition and annual gifts; “What is it about - bilingual”, Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim ; Art Communication Gallery, Berlin; Gallery “Schilling”, Cologne;
  • 1994: “Galerie Boisseree”, Cologne; “Galerie Schlehn”, FAUST Culture Center, Hanover; “Elective Affinity”, Bomann Museum Celle; "Art Multiple", Düsseldorf;
  • 1995: “Commissioned Art”, German Historical Museum, Berlin; “ArtCommunication” gallery, Berlin; "Because our knowledge is a piece of work", Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sankt Augustin; “Galerie Boisseree”, Cologne “10 contemporary witnesses” Art Cologne;
  • 1996: "Blinded by the sudden light of memory", presentation of Frank Schult's artist book on poems by Georg Trakl, Hanover; Scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from the Else Heiliger Fund ; "Bodemannstrasse Gallery", Gifhorn; “The little rest”, gallery im bib, Hanover
  • 1997: Gallery "EGO ART", Mannheim; “Horizonte”, Wehr-Oeflingen Diakonieverein, traveling exhibition and annual gifts; “Neither GOOD nor EVIL”, Hanna and Paul Gräb Collection, Munich; “Galerie Cornelia Priess”, Celle; "Both sides", Lutheran parish church St. Marien, Marburg; “Great Art Exhibition Düsseldorf NRW”, 1997/98, Düsseldorf; Presentation of the “Edition Endtenfang” 1/97 by Frank Schult in the “Fürstenhof”, Celle;
  • 1998: “augenart” gallery, Hamburg; “Gallery in the Congress Center”, Suhl; “Strongly compressed”, gallery im bib, Hanover; "The fragility of the beautiful", Nord LB / Art - Porcelain Manufactory Fürstenberg, pictures and porcelain painting; Kunstmarkt Dresden 1998, “Art of the 20th Century on Paper”; Biblical Gallery Meersburg “Images of God by Great Artists”; Galerie Priess, Hanover “Miracles of Creation - The Hand”; Les Beaux Arts Gallery - Villa Hoffmann, Berlin;
  • 1999: "Large Art Exhibition Düsseldorf NRW", 1998/99, Düsseldorf; “Galerie am Wasserturm” “The Big Print”, Berlin; Gallery “D'ART CONTEMPORAIN”, Marseille FRANK SCHULT;
  • 2000: "Randzeichen", exhibition in the art gallery of the Nord / LB Hannover; "Art Cologne 2000", International Fair (Gallery / Edition Grimm, Magdeburg); "PENTIMENT 2000", International Summer Academy for Art and Design, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences / Design Department; "Expo 2000" - Hanover, Germany pavilion; "The Egg - The Origin of Life / The Child of Our Future" - "Holy See", Expo Project; "Guan Shanyue Art Museum", Shenzhen / PR China;
  • 2001: "Print graphics (elements 2)", Beck Priess Gallery, Berlin; "Great Art Exhibition Düsseldorf / NRW", Düsseldorf:
  • 2002: “Art Vienna”, Vienna; “From artist club to modernity”, Herold Gallery / Hamburg - Kampen; "Art Cologne", exhibition halls Cologne;
  • 2003: “The moment is eternity” - At the crossroads: Christian symbols in contemporary art, KunstHalle - Villa Kobe, Halle / Saale; Dialogues, defense - opening; Leopold Richter Gallery, Hanover;
  • 2004: Galerie Raab, Fulda; Museum of the City of Bad Hersfeld; Lorraine Ogilvie Gallery, Marburg; Herold Gallery, Hamburg;
  • 2005: opening exhibition, ben zi bena art foundation, Merseburg; Hamburg Art Fair, Herold Gallery;
  • 2006: “Dialogue of Positions”, ben zi bena art foundation, Merseburg; Art Fair Hamburg, Galerie Herold, Hamburg; “Dialogue of Positions”, Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim; “From the Secession to Today”, Galerie Herold, Hamburg; “Complex answers to simple questions”, Galerie Im Haesler Haus, Celle;
  • 2007: "Holztheater", Kunstverein Buchholz / Nordheide; "Contemporary witness" in the Association of Northwest German Newspaper Publishers e. V. Hanover; Art Fair Hamburg, Galerie Herold, Hamburg;
  • 2008: Kunstverein Kehdingen e. V., Freiburg / Elbe; gallery m beck, Homburg / Saar; “Frank Schult for the sixtieth”, lounge / area; Kunsthalle Villa Kobe, Halle / Saale; North German art "ZEITGENOSSEN", Herold Gallery Hamburg and Kampen;
  • 2009: Art Contemporain et de Musique, Paris / Montgnuy; Himmelreich Gallery, Magdeburg; State Music Academy Hessen, Hallenburg Castle; Exhibition “Beer”, Raab Gallery, Berlin Fasanenstrasse;
  • 2011: Lorraine Ogilvie Gallery, Marburg; Kunstverein Buchholz / Nordheide; Municipal Gallery Wangen / Allgäu;
  • 2012/13: Marburger Kunstverein (Marburg Art Gallery)
  • 2013: Herold Gallery, Hamburg
  • 2013: Gallery in the Congress Center Suhl
  • 2014: Galerie Herold, Hamburg "Summer Guests", group exhibition (with Rainer Fetting, Dieter Glasmacher , Christopher Lehmpfuhl, among others )
  • 2014: Pop-up art, Keitum
  • 2015: Galerie Patrick Herold, Kampen / Sylt, contemporary art, "Modern Times", group exhibition (with Neo Rauch, Gerhard Richter, Jonathan Meese, Christo, Dieter Glasmacher, Rainer Fetting, among others)
  • 2015: Galerie Herold, Hamburg (introduction Ulrich Krempel)

Publications (selection)

  • 1979: Catalog "Fiatal kepzömüveszek az NDK - bol", 1979, Budapest, SKV Nyomdaüzem -79-1195-8
  • 1980: Edition Peters Leipzig No. 10455, score by Hans J. Wenzel for flute, clarinet in Bb, trumpet in C and two violoncello "SCHULT-MUSIK", 1980, on the occasion of an exhibition at Burg Querfurt
  • 1980: Catalog "Art from the GDR - Halle District", Kunstverein Hannover
  • 1982: Catalog “2. International Youth Triennial and Masters of Drawing ”, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, from 11.06. - October 31, 1982 (publisher Kunsthalle, cat. No. 54/82)
  • 1990: Catalog "les must de Cartier", art auction, November 13, 1990, Kunstpalais des Wiener Dorotheum, "Artists from Central and Eastern Europe in Vienna"
  • 1990: Catalog "AUSGEBÜRGERT", Albertinum in Dresden and Kleine Deichtorhalle Hamburg, editor Werner Schmidt, Argon-Verlag, ISBN 3-87024-160-8
  • 1991: Catalog "THE BIG PRINT", 1991, exhibition start in the USA, University Art Museum Arizona 1992 (publisher and printing EA Quensen, Lamspringe)
  • 1992: Catalog "APENT HAV - Open to the Sea", exhibition of the German-Norwegian Society 1992, Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn GmbH, Herford; Bonn, ISBN 3-8132-0387-5
  • 1993: Catalog “What is it about? Artistic positions 1000 years after Bernward von Hildesheim ”from 08.15. - November 29, 1993 in the Römer Museum Hildesheim, editors Manfred Boetzkes and Heinz Thiel
  • on December 12, 1993: broadcast on RTL - broadcast: "Art and Embassy", picture review by Frank Schult "Last Supper", explanations by Wilhelm Gräb, Berlin
  • 1995: Catalog "Because our knowledge is piecemeal - Frank Schult", Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sankt Augustin / Bonn, 1995
  • 1996: Catalog "Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig - Annual Issue 1996", ISBN 3-86060-002-8
  • 1999: Evangelical Commentaries, "In the whirlpool of life", symbolic references to works by Frank Schult, Horst Schwebel, volume 3/99
  • Catalog "1 eres RIADEM 19991 Rencontres Internationales d'Art Contemporain et de Musique Classique", Paris, RGDP 93200, Saint - Denis / F.
  • various catalogs from Verlag Kunst und Diakonie, Wehr -öfflingen, editors Paul Gräb and Heinz-Jörg Güspert, z. B. "Horizonte" ISBN 3-00-001446-2
  • Catalogs " gegenwartsvergangen " ISBN 3-925090-04-5 , "Wahlverwandnung" publisher Bomann Museum Celle, "both sides ISBN 3-925090-03-7 publisher Heinz Thiel (all)
  • "Randzeichen" catalog, publicist and exhibition organizer Andreas Mertin, Horst Schwebel, Hagen
  • 2003: Catalog “From Impressionism to Modernism”, publisher Galerie Herold, Hamburg, 2003
  • 2004: Catalog "Perceptions of Life", picture and text volume by Uwe Gerber, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH Leipzig, 2004, ISBN 3-374-02216-2
  • 2006: Catalog "Holztheater", Kunstverein Buchholz Nordheide e. V., Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-981017-1-9 .
  • 2010: Catalog “Tradition and New Beginning”, publisher Neuer Leipziger Kunstverein e. V., Leipzig 2010, contribution by Dietulf Sander: “Thinking in Kringeln” ... on paintings by Frank Schult
  • 2013: Catalog "You don't want to say ...", exhibition at Marburger Kunstverein e. V. 2013, authors Axel Feuss, Michael Herrmann

Theater / stage design (selection)

  • 1991: “Romeo and Juliet”, stage painting, in the Celle Castle Theater
  • 1992: "Nathan the Wise", stage design a. Costumes in the Celle Castle Theater
  • 1993: "Biedermann und die Brandstifter", stage design in the castle theater in Celle; "The tragedy of the Ducessa von Malfi", stage design a. Costumes, Rudolstadt Festival
  • 1994: “The Last Things”, set design by FK Waechter, Free Workshop Theater, Cologne
  • 1999: "Jedermann" by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, stage design a. Costumes, in the Ev. Church in Koserow / Usedom (1999/2000)
  • 2002: “Hamlet Stage Equipment”, Theater Anklam, Zinnowitz
  • 2009: Equipment Wilhelm Tell, Putbus Theater; Ensemble Klassik am Meer, Berlin
  • 2010: Celle Castle Theater “Die Nibelungen”, stage and costume designer
  • 2013: Theater Neustrelitz "The Caucasian Chalk Circle", stage and costume designer

Honors

  • 1991: "Sponsorship Award of the Heitland Foundation"
  • 1995: "Else-Heiliger-Scholarship" from the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

Purchases and collections (selection)

  • 1979: Triptych, city of Gabrovo / Bulgaria
  • 1980: Drawings, Moritzburg Art Museum Halle / Saale
  • approx. 1980: Mural "Children want to be grown up", POS Bitterfeld, size: 5.00 m × 3.50 m
  • 1984: "Sport" sculpture, stainless steel, Weißenfels sports stadium, size: 4.00 m × 3.00 m
  • 1990: Panel painting “Those who have power ...”, City Hall Halle / S.
  • 1991: "OHA - VA - MUTHER" panel, Vonderau Museum Fulda
  • 1992: "Followers" panel, Lower Saxony City and Municipal Association of Hanover
  • 1992: 2 works on paper, Kupferstichkabinett Dresden
  • 1992: cycle of pictures “Everyone sees in his own way”, Städtische Union Celle
  • 1995: Panel painting "Inquiry to Babel", Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
  • 1995: Panel painting "Anthropocentrism", City Hall of Lohne
  • 1995: "The great person" panel, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Wesseling
  • 1996: 6 wooden sculptures, each 3.00 m high, conference room of the Städtische Wohnungsbau GmbH Celle
  • 1998: "In the beginning was ...", Protestant meeting place Hohenwart, Pforzheim
  • "Open sea" u. "Altar", bishop of the Protestant Church of Kurhessen and Waldeck
  • “Everyone in his own way”, 3 panel paintings, size: 3.50 m × 1.60 m each, Kunststiftung Celle
  • 2000: "Nature, Technology", 2 panels on the topic: "Nature, People, Technology" New Town Hall, Celle
  • “Big Print”, Anadolu Universitesi Museum Eskisehir
  • 2013: Panel painting "Europe", size: 2.00 m × 4.00 m, Reyher Hamburg
  • 2013: Sculpture "Bronze", size: 1.60 m × 1.40 m × 1.40 m, Reyher Hamburg
  • Collection D. Kalden, Wetter,
  • W. Haack Collection, Celle
  • Hanna and Paul Gräb - Collection, Wehr-Openlingen
  • S. Metzler Collection, Celle,
  • 2015: John Turner and Jerry Fischer Collection, Louisiana, USA
  • 2015: Martin Peters Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Commons : Frank Schult  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Schult, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilmenau