Gerhard Charles Rump

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Gerhard Charles Rump (born February 24, 1947 in Bochum ; † July 26, 2020 in Berlin ) was an art historian and art theorist with a focus on contemporary art , private lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin , curator , gallery owner and photo artist .

biography

He was born on February 24, 1947 in Bochum. After graduating from the Graf Engelbert School in 1967, he studied art history , English , philosophy , pedagogy and psychology at the Ruhr University in Bochum from 1968 to 1972 , and later anthropology at the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University in Bonn. In 1972 he received his doctorate on the British portraitist of the 18th century George Romney .

He became a subject librarian at the University Library in Bochum before starting an assistant for art history at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 1974. From 1983 on he worked as a freelance journalist for “ Die Welt ” and “ Rheinische Merkur ” as well as for regional newspapers such as the “ Kölnische Rundschau ” and the “Bonner Rundschau”. He also worked as an asset advisor for " Deutsche Vermögensberatung ". In 1986/7 he was a preservationist for the city of Wesel , before he worked for the printer manufacturer Mannesmann Tally (now Tally Genicom ) in 1987, initially as a manager for corporate communications and later as marketing director. In 1987 he completed his habilitation at the University of Duisburg .

In 1994 he returned to journalism as an editor for the art market of the newspaper Die Welt, while continuing his research on art history and art theory. The media theory represented a main area; especially art communication and semiotics . He also continued his career as a photo artist. In 2009 he was one of the co-authors of Konstantin Akinsha's contribution to the Russian avant-garde , which received the Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications .

In 2010 he finally left “Die Welt” to concentrate on university teaching, writing and curating exhibitions. In 2011 he founded the art project and producer gallery “RAR Gallery” together with Catrin Rothe and Bernhard Ailinger - Berlin , New York (NY) and Palo Alto (CA).

Publications (selection)

  • Reconstructions . Positions in contemporary art. B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2010
  • With Jürgen Raap: Stephan Kaluza: Sequences . Edition Vits, Düsseldorf 2005
  • runningMARS . Kunstforum Niederrhein, Emmerich 2004 (exhibition catalog)
  • With Natascha Plankermann: Kate Waters. Twentyfourseven . Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 2003 (exhibition catalog)
  • Myth and Modernity . Edvard Frank, life and work. A biography with letters. Rathaus Galerie, Euskirchen 1999. (Exhibition catalog)
  • London Yesterda . Gingko Press, Berkeley Ca, Kunstverlag Weingarten, Weingarten 1998
  • With Peter Weiermair : Günter Blum. Venus. Ed. Braus, Heidelberg 1997
  • Art history and behavioral research . Studies on behavioral motivations in artistic representations. Deparade Verlag, Soest 1993
  • Jochims , Gotthard Graubner. Inter Nationes (Fine Arts), Bonn 1986
  • Calculating the past . (Folia Pataphysica, 4) CMZ-Verlag, Rheinbach-Merzbach 1986
  • How to Look at an Abstract Painting . Inter Nationes (Fine Arts), Bonn 1985
  • Horses and Hunting Images in English Art . Studies of George Stubbs and the genre of "Sporting Art" from 1650 to 1830. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1983
  • Gerhard Charles Rump (Ed.): Prison and Paradise: Moments in the History of a Subject . Habelt, Bonn 1982
  • History as a paradigm: for reflecting on the historical in art. Habelt, Bonn 1982
  • Gerhard Charles Rump, Wilfried Heindrich (ed.): Interaction analyzes . Aspects of dialogical communication. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1982
  • Art psychology . Art and psychoanalysis. Art history. Psychological, anthropological, semiotic attempts at art history. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1981
  • Gerhard Charles Rump (ed.): Carl Buchheister (1890–1964) . Selected writings and letters. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1980
  • Gerhard Charles Rump, Wilfried Heindrichs (ed.): Dialogues . Contributions to interaction and discourse analysis. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1979
  • Gerhard Charles Rump (ed.): Art and art theory of the XVIII. Century in England . Studies on the change in aesthetic views 1650–1830. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1979
  • Medium and art . Olms, Hildesheim, New York, 1978
  • Image structure - cognitive structure: mutual conditions of art and behavior . Kastellaun: Henn 1978.
  • Friedrich Gräsel . In: Sculptor today, vol. 2. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1978
  • George Romney (1734-1802) . On the image form of the middle class in English neo-classicism. 2 vols. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1974
  • Gerhard Charles Rump (Ed.): Speech Networks. Studies on literary use of language . With articles on Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Agatha Christie, André Breton and James Joyce. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1976.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Human, All Too Human: Obituary for the great friend and art man Dr. Gerhard Charles Rump (1947-2020). August 2, 2020, accessed on August 9, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ Gerhard Charles Rumps article ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the newspaper's archive. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sucht.welt.de
  3. ↑ See for example Wolfgang Brassat: The history picture in the age of eloquence, from Raffael to Le Brun. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003, pp. XXVIII et passim; Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański: Strategies of the Private, on the Landscape Park by Humphry Repton and Prince Pückler. Tenea Verlag, Berlin 2004, p. 91 et passim.
  4. ^ Vlg. For example Edgar Roberto Kirchof: Estética e biossemiótica. EDIPUCRS, Porto Alegre 2008, passim ; Claudia Maria Wolf: Visual language and media images: The visual representation logic of news magazines. Vs Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006, pp. 130ff. et passim.
  5. ↑ See, for example, reviews of exhibitions in the "Galerie Samuelis Baumgarte - Bielefeld" in the "Neue Westfälische" and "Westfalenblatt".
  6. ↑ Konstantin Akinsha: The Faking of the Russian Avant-Garde, in: ARTnews 07/01/09. and ARTnews Wins a Clarion Award, ibid. 07/01/10.
  7. ↑ See for example Michaela Nolte: The Prophet sticks postage stamps , in: Tagesspiegel 14/09/2012; Marlies Schnaibel: Burlesques Berlin, Falkenseer painter Sara Horwath at the great art fair Berlin List 2012 ( Memento from May 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), in: Märkische Allgemeine 14/09/2012.
personal data
SURNAME Rump, Gerhard Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gallery owner, curator, art historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 2020
Place of death Berlin