Günter Fruhtrunk

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Günter Fruhtrunk (born May 1, 1923 in Munich ; † December 12, 1982 there ) was an abstract painter and graphic artist.

life and work

After graduating from high school, Fruhtrunk began studying architecture at the Technical University in Munich, which he broke off after two semesters. As a war volunteer during the Second World War , from 1941 to 1945, he was deployed in Finland, among others, and suffered several serious injuries. He began to make landscapes in watercolors. After the war, from 1945 to 1950, he began studying painting with the private lecturer, painter and graphic artist William Straube , and in 1947 he had his first solo exhibition in the “Der Kunstspiegel” gallery in Freiburg . In 1948 he met the abstract painter Willi Baumeister . In 1949 he exchanged ideas with Julius Bissier , who familiarized him with the importance of non-representational painting. These meetings were decisive for his future work and he approached non-representational painting. In 1951 he made a study trip to Paris and the following year he worked in Fernand Léger's studio .

Günter Fruhtrunk received a scholarship from the State of Baden-Württemberg and the Gouvernement Français in 1954 and moved to Paris. In 1955 he worked in Hans Arp's studio . In 1960 he had a solo exhibition at the Denise René gallery in Paris and in 1961 received the Jean Arp Prize from the Kulturkreis in the Federation of German Industries . From 1967 until his death he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.

A constructivist creative phase was followed by color-intensive pictures made of parallel, orthogonal or diagonal, colored vectors bundled in stripes. His work received widespread attention through participation in documenta 4 . In 1967 he received the Burda Prize for Painting .

His best-known work, which was distributed millions of times by 2018, is the 1970 design of the Aldi Nord plastic bag.

He could only alleviate the lifelong pain caused by his war injuries with strong medicines, the names of which appear from time to time in the titles of his pictures. Fruhtrunk suffered from depression and committed suicide in 1982.

Works can be found in the Neue Galerie Kassel , the Kunsthalle Bielefeld , the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Lenbachhaus in Munich. One of the most comprehensive compilations of Fruhtrunk's works is in the private collection of Maximilian and Agathe Weishaupt .

The Günter Fruhtrunk Gesellschaft e. V. - Association for the promotion of the work of Günter Fruhtrunk is dedicated to his work.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions and participations:


Sources: Verlag F. Bruckmann KG, Munich. 1971 and Guide to Art for Munich in Public Space 1972–1997, Hugendubel.

Works

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short bio on Kunstpfad University of Ulm
  2. ↑ The best-known unknown work of art in Germany disappears - Süddeutsche Zeitung from August 26, 2018 ( Memento from August 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Günter Fruhtrunk Gesellschaft e. V. - Association to promote the work of Günter Fruhtrunk
  4. ↑ Irene Netta, Ursula Keltz: 75 years of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich . Ed .: Helmut Friedel. Self-published by the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau ,, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-88645-157-7 , p. 207 .
  5. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: 21st annual exhibition Berlin / Participants: Fruhtrunk, Günter ( Memento from August 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Irene Netta, Ursula Keltz: 75 years of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich . Ed .: Helmut Friedel. Self-published by the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-88645-157-7 , p. 207 .
  7. ↑ ... and then: step closer! Serigraphs by Günter Fruhtrunk , Der Spiegel gallery, Cologne
  8. ^ Günter Fruhtrunk: Painting , Berinson Gallery, Berlin
  9. ^ Günter Fruhtrunk. Out of line. Ruhr Art Museums, accessed on January 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Günter Fruhtrunk - Maximilian and Agathe Weishaupt Collection , Kunstmuseum Ahlen, March 10, 2019 - May 19, 2019
  11. ^ Peter Kirchhoff: Fruhtrunk, Günter - Serigraphien . German art publisher.
  12. ↑ hs-duesseldorf. Retrieved December 15, 2019 .
  13. ↑ list. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Morning drink, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1982
Place of death Munich