Günther Kaphammel
Günther Kaphammel (* 1926 in Wittenberg ; † 2002 in Braunschweig ) was a German artist, in particular a draftsman and watercolor painter.
Life
Günther Kaphammel was born in Wittenberg in 1926. He was drafted immediately after school. After the end of the war, he completed an apprenticeship as a decorative painter in his hometown. After moving to Braunschweig in 1948, he studied at the arts and crafts school and later at the arts and crafts school with Günter Clausen. In 1956 he joined the Association of Visual Artists in Braunschweig.
His first exhibitions of paintings in Braunschweig, Hanover, Heidelberg, Schwäbisch Hall, Ulm and Baden-Baden met with lively approval. He became known for his watercolor painting on absorbent, dampened paper of architecture and landscape depictions in his Braunschweig area. In particular, he drew and painted views of the war-torn Braunschweig in the 1950s. In later years he broke away from representationalism and atmospheric images of cosmic expanse emerged.
In 1999 Günther Kaphammel's watercolor series appeared in the illustrated book “The Golden Section”, in which the artist pursued harmonious proportions in art, architecture and nature. In 2002 Günther Kaphammel died in Braunschweig.
plant
- Günther Kaphammel: The golden ratio . Harmonious proportions . Braunschweig, self-published - Günther Kaphammel. 2000, 4 °, 184 pp. ISBN 300005894X
literature
- Ernst Strassner: The painter Günther Kaphammel . Braunschweig 1983 (= work reports from the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig 42)
Web links
- Literature by and about Günther Kaphammel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaphammel, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2002 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |