Helmut Orpel
Helmut Orpel (* 1955 in Grünstadt ) is a German art historian and writer who lives in Mannheim .
Life
Helmut Orpel studied art history, philosophy and Spanish literature at the University of Heidelberg . In 1995 he received his doctorate on political art in Spain. During and after his studies he worked as a freelance editor for various art magazines and published numerous texts on art topics. In 1995 Orpel founded the art magazine ArtProfil and was publisher and editor-in-chief there until 2007. For several years he ran a gallery for modern art and organized international art exhibitions. From 1994 to 1999 he was a member of the Mannheim municipal council for the Greens. Helmut Orpel is a lecturer at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and at the UIW European Study Center, Heidelberg. He works as a freelance journalist, lecturer and teacher for German as a foreign language. He also writes short stories and novels. From 2008 to 2014 Orpel was chairman of the "Literarisches Zentrum Rhein-Neckar eV 'Räuber 77'", which, among other things, advertises the Mannheim Literature Prize of the Robbers '77 (formerly: Mannheim Heinrich Vetter Literature Prize ).
Works (selection)
- Fiction
- Of surrealist and other angels. Novel . Edition Syntax, Mannheim 1999, ISBN 3-9806920-0-0 .
- The lights of this world. Novel . Contrast-Verlag, Pfalzfeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-941200-00-5 .
- Deadly illusions. Detective novel . Wellhöfer Verlag, Mannheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-939540-53-3 .
- Harvest time. Detective novel . Wellhöfer Verlag, Manheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-939540-71-7 .
- Tintoretto's secret ' art thriller. Worms Verlag, Worms 2015, ISBN 978-3-944380-15-5 .
- The King of Burgundy . Art thriller. Worms Verlag, Worms 2017, ISBN 978-3-944380-70-4 .
- The dance of death from Beram . Art thriller. Worms Verlag, Worms 2020, ISBN 978-3-947884-19-3 .
- Non-fiction
Dora Maar. Spotlights on her life and work. Darmstadt November 2016. ISBN 978-3-9807018-3-9
Karl Otto Götz. "Abstraction is beautiful" lithograph. Kronberg im Taunus. January 2014, ISBN 3-924831-08-4
Georgia Berlin Gallery (Ed.): Zaza Tuschmalischvili Insights Georgia - Berlin / Insights Georgia Berlin, Berlin 2014. With contributions by Brigitta Schrade, Dr. Helmut Orpel and Annilie Hillmer. ISBN 978-3-00-044459-3
Victor Safonkin, Worms-Verlag, Worms 2012, ISBN 978-3-936118-65-0
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Studio views . Artwerk-Verlag, Dortmund.
- Volume 1. 2006, ISBN 3-938927-06-2 .
- Volume 2 Marina Ballnus-Leonhard, Monika Baltes, Anne-Lise Buchheit-Dupré, Monika Bozem, Gisela Cruse . 2007, ISBN 978-3-938927-18-2 .
- Janosch . Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar 2007 (exhibition catalog).
- 10 years Galerie Fuchsthal. A Mecca for graphics lovers in the Allgäu . In: Graphic Art. Vol. 61 (2003), pp. 50-52, ISSN 0342-3158 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Orpel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author page
- Wellhöfer publishing house
- Robber 77
- Helmut Orpel at Literatur Rheinland Pfalz. De
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.marchivum.de/de/chronikstar?field_beschlussdatum_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_beschlussdatum_value%5Bmax%5D=&chronikstarkat=All&text_op=contains&text=Orpel&cstitle_op=contains&cstitle=Orpel&sort_by=field_beschlussdatum_value&sort_order=DESC&jahr_von=&jahr_bis=
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orpel, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünstadt |