Helmut Keppler

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Helmut Keppler (born November 8, 1924 in Erlangen ; † March 9, 2019 in Gerlingen ) was a German artist , painter and graphic artist who can be assigned to constructivism .

Life

Keppler grew up as the youngest of four siblings in a Catholic home in Stuttgart . His father was a freelance architect and brought him into contact with Art Nouveau at an early age . After finishing school in 1939, Keppler began his training at the Reisacher repro company in Stuttgart, where he learned the basics of the graphic trade: from chemical graphics to reproduction photography, lithography and offset technology to printing technology and hand typesetting. In 1942, Keppler finished his professional training and in the same year received the position order for the Reich Labor Service , whereupon he was recalled to serve in the Wehrmacht in 1943 . In the Wehrmacht he completed basic training as a newsman. Released from French captivity, he returned to Stuttgart in 1948 and began studying graphics at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Gerhard Gollwitzer's drawing class . The focus of his studies was on font design, typography, posters and logos. He was strongly influenced by the " Stuttgart School " and the professors Eugen Funk and Walter Brudi . In spring 1950, Anton Stankowski recruited Keppler as a student assistant for his studio in Stuttgart. At Stankowski, Keppler learned the practical work that had a lasting impact on him. Stankowki's design criteria, which were an interplay between design and art, were the guiding principles for Keppler's work throughout his life. In 1952 he finished his studies at the Stuttgart Art Academy, after which he worked for another two years in Anton Stankowski's studio. In 1954 Keppler left the studio and since then has worked as a freelance artist, painter and graphic artist.

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Helmut Keppler dealt intensively with design at home . His father was an architect who in the time of the New Objectivity , the International Style, committed himself vehemently to Art Nouveau. Keppler suffered from the rigorous persistence of his father and turned intensely to modernity, which led him to constructivism. His early works are already based on the basic elements of points, lines, surfaces, circles, squares and triangles. Keppler's constructivism is inspired by nature and is always on the lookout for laws. The common thread is the conscious, targeted design that runs through the entire work. He is interested in the structure, movement and sequence of geometric elements. For Keppler this is the structure of the structure, the structure, the division of a whole, the parts of which are spatially, formally or mentally related to one another. Movement means changing the static order, triggering activity and creating tension.

Works (selection)

  • 4 beam wedges

  • 16 beam wedges

Graphic activities (selection)

Industrial design (selection)

  • Shaping in the area of ​​copiers, Develop GmbH, Gerlingen
  • Design in the area of ​​time switches, Grässlin Feinwerktechnik, St. Georgen

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1965: Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg, group 56 impulse shape
  • 1966: University of Tübingen , Constructive Pictures
  • 1967: Galerie Michel, Bochum, Constructive Pictures
  • 1969: Karlsbad (CSSR), Club of Concretists. Constructive pictures and objects.
  • 1977: Evangelical parish Gerlingen / Waldsiedlung, constructive pictures
  • 1977: Gerlingen Town Hall, constructive pictures and reliefs
  • 1982: Maschinenfabrik TRUMPF , constructive pictures
  • 1983: Baden-Württemberg State Pavilion, Association of Visual Artists, plastic to its limit
  • 1985: Gerlingen Town Hall, Constructive Pictures and Sculptures. Stankowski, Geipel, Keppler
  • 1987: Upper Galilee (Israel), art from the Ludwigsburg district
  • 1987: Tata (Hungary), Constructive Pictures and Reliefs
  • 1989: Łódź (Poland), Przyjaciele Kwadratu z kregu, Antona Stankowskiego

Awards (selection)

  • 1952: One of the 16 best German posters for 1951 for the Baden-Württemberg State Trade Office
  • 1965: FEA Milan, 3rd European packaging competition for spray chemistry.
  • 1969: Graphic design Germany. The advertising envelope. For Kast + Ehinger.
  • 1979: Calendar review, Baden-Württemberg State Trade Office. Aesthetics in the technical form. For machine factory TRUMPF
  • 1980: Calendar show, Baden-Württemberg State Trade Office. Rays - structural form of movement. For machine factory TRUMPF
  • 1981: Golden Sequee squeegee USA. Artistic screen printing competition. For machine factory TRUMPF
  • 1981: Calendar review, Baden-Württemberg State Trade Office. Anniversary year Grässlin. For Dieter Grässlin Feinwerktechnik
  • 1982: Haus Industrieform Essen. Shaping copier Develop 10. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1982: Hanover Fair. The good industrial form. Shaping copier Develop 10. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1982: 15th Premio SMAU Industrial Design, Milan. Shaping copier Develop 10. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1983: Design Center Stuttgart. German selection 1983. Design copier Develop 10. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1983: Hanover Fair . The good industrial form. Shaping copier Develop 20. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1985: Hanover Fair. The good industrial form. Shaping copier Develop 13. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1986: Design Center Stuttgart . German selection. Shaping copier Develop 12. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1988: Hanover Fair. The good industrial form. Corporate Design Award '88. For Develop Office Systems GmbH
  • 1988: Haus Industrieform Essen. Shaping copier Develop 100. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1989: Hanover Fair. The good industrial form. Shaping copier Develop 100. For Develop Büroysteme GmbH
  • 1992: The Society of Typographic Designers, London. Image brochure for Papierfabrik Scheufelen
  • 1993: Calendar review, Baden-Württemberg State Trade Office. Weishaupt Forum, Schwendi. For Max Weishaupt GmbH

literature

  • Report on a working life. Graphics, photography, design. Graphics, painting, plastic. 1954–1994, Helmut Keppler, Anton Stankowski, 1995, SWB catalog no. 114432759
  • Rays, Rays 1990/1992, Helmut Keppler, 1992, Stuttgart
  • Traces of a landscape. Photography Helmut Keppler u. Eckart Kärcher, 1983, Ditzingen: TRUMPF. 2. 13 sh
  • [Structure, movement, sequence; Pictures, reliefs, sculptures], Helmut Keppler, 1981, WLB Stuttgart: 54Ca / 82175

Web links

Commons : Helmut Keppler  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmut Keppler obituary notice
personal data
SURNAME Keppler, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist, painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH gain
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2019
Place of death Gerlingen