Günter Umberg
Günter Umberg (* 1942 in Bonn ) is a German painter and exhibition curator . From 2000 to 2007 he was professor of painting at the State Art Academy in Karlsruhe .
Live and act
Umberg studied from 1963 to 1969 at the art academies in Düsseldorf and Antwerp as well as at the Cologne factory schools. Since 1970 he has been working as a freelance artist in Cologne. He initially dealt with fundamental questions in painting. He began painting black pictures during this period, for which he became known. The Cologne-based gallery owner Rolf Ricke gave decisive impetus to increase awareness . In 1982 he founded the “Room for Painting” in Cologne. It was a private, non-commercial exhibition space. Umberg invited international artists to individual presentations during the six years of existence of the “Room for Painting”. Robert Ryman, Brice Marden, Alan Uglow, Joseph Marioni , Joseph Albers, Gotthard Graubner, Ole Baertling, Keith Sonnier but also Helmut Dorner, Ingo Meller and Ulrich Wellmann showed their works in the “Room for Painting” and thus influenced the discussion about contemporary art .
"The emphasized material character of the color contradicts the illusion of an immaterial depth, which the picture also suggests in the context of its surroundings."
In addition, Günter Umberg has exhibited his own pictures in the context of other artists and art collections. At the invitation of art institutions, he realized exhibition projects for the Museum Ludwig in Cologne (2000), for the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt (2002 and 2005) and for Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich (2006). In 2005 Günter Umberg received the Fred Thieler Prize for Painting, Berlin.
Günter Umberg has been married to the painter Elisabeth Vary since 1970 . He lives in Cologne and Corberon (France).
Solo exhibitions
- 1985 Municipal Gallery in the Städel
- 1986 PSI The Institute for Art and Urban Resources
- 1990 Westphalian Art Association , Münster
- 1992 Museum of Modern Art, Cuxhaven district
- 1993 Abteiberg Municipal Museum , Mönchengladbach
- 1996 Espace de l´Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux
- 1997 Busch-Reisinger Museum , Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge
- 1998 Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum , Deurle, Belgium
- 2000 Museum Ludwig Cologne
- 2002 State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
- 2005 Berlinische Galerie , Berlin
- 2006 Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe
- 2006 House Konstruktiv , Zurich
- 2009 Museum of Non-Objective Art , Otterndorf
- 2015 Espace d'Art Contemporain Fernet Branca , Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin)
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Umberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Complete list of exhibitions up to 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Old hands - Rolf Ricke in conversation with Günter Umberg. Tuesday, May 19, 2009 (No longer available online.) In: kw-berlin.de. KW Institute for Contemporary Art - Kunst-Werke Berlin eV, archived from the original on October 18, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Inventory catalog Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, 2001
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Umberg, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |