Günter Sponheuer
Günter Sponheuer (* 1945 in Essen ) is a freelance German painter and graduate designer.
Life
After studying painting at the Folkwang School of Design in Essen , the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the Free Academy in The Hague , Günter Sponheuer co-founded the "Kunsthaus Essen eV". Here and in the “Business Association of Fine Artists NRW” he was first chairman for many years. Since the mid-1970s, he has been imparting his in-depth knowledge of painting in seminars and advanced training courses and has published books on the subject of oil painting .
The motifs of his works are very different. His work includes landscape pictures, everyday scenes, but also war scenes, such as the three-part picture painted, which shows the city of Kobane in northern Syria. He also experiments with reverse glass painting, in which he layers acrylic glass panes on a painted surface so that the picture creates an amazing effect of depth.
Günter Sponheuer has been exhibiting his pictures in solo and group exhibitions in Germany , Austria and the Netherlands since 1967 . a. in the Kunsthaus Essen and in the Museum Folkwang in Essen. He lives in Fürstenau .
In 1967 Günter Sponheuer won the Folkwang Prize.
Publications
- Oil painting workshop. Basics and exercises. English publisher ISBN 978-3-8241-1311-8
- The art guide oil painting. Artistic portraits. English publisher ISBN 978-3-8241-1315-6
- The art guide oil painting. Landscapes. English publisher ISBN 978-3-8241-1254-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Sponheuer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Tom Bullmann: New exhibition with works by Günter Sponheuer. In: noz.de. January 6, 2017, accessed January 8, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sponheuer, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graduate designer, lecturer and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |