Horst Scheffler (painter)

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Horst Scheffler (born April 26, 1935 in Heinrichswalde ( East Prussia )) is a German painter and graphic artist .

biography

Scheffler initially trained as a carpenter in Central Hesse from 1949 to 1952. 1953 to 1955 he attended the Werkkunstschule in Hanau, 1956 to 1958 the Werkkunstschule in Hamburg. In 1968 he spent a study trip to Switzerland, where he made the acquaintance of Richard Paul Lohse and Camille Graeser , followed in 1969 by a study trip to West Berlin and a grant from the city of Bremen. 1970 followed a stay in Paris, where he made the acquaintance of Leo Breuer . In 1971 he received the sponsorship award from the city of Bremen. From 1971 to 1998 he worked full-time as an art and craft teacher in Bremen. In 1979 he went to study in the USA, where he a. a. Rudolf Arnheim visited.

Design topics

GEGENWINKEL MODULATION II, 1978, Oel / Lwd, 45 × 50 cm

Scheffler's works, a form of elementary states of order, constantly change from the rational to irrational pictorial representations. This immanent alternating dynamics of conscious color, surface and space experiences shows the viewer the multi-polar tensions of picture elements that characterize his entire work. Contrary to the concrete art of Bill and Lohse, for which a picture must be completely resolvable, Scheffler writes: I need pictures for the area that is not always rationally comprehensible, as in life, which is often determined by many variables.

Geometry is the study of how events can be constructed , according to Scheffler in an aphorism in the exhibition catalog of his retrospective in 1986. With this sentence he hits the core of his paintings and drawings. Its proximity to mathematical and geometrical thinking as a design principle opens up a canon of diverse constructivist image ideas from optical-logical and objective-logical image vocabulary.

Principles dealt with for 60 years: number-oriented divisions and combinatorics / modular painting and objects / serial cubic and angular themes / programmed grids with flexible elements / wall designs in public buildings

Works (selection)

  • Untitled, 1977, casein tempera chipboard, 59 × 59 cm

  • Apollonian Sound, 1977, Oel / Lwd, 60 × 75 cm

  • Equi-Balance, 1974, oil / aluminum plate, 50 × 50 cm

  • Bi-axial spatial modulation, 2014, KHD./Leinwand, 107 × 107 cm

  • Configured Energy, 2011, oil / canvas, 70 × 100 cm

Solo exhibitions

  • 1964 Hamburg, water tower in the city park: relief painting and graphics
  • 1967 Bremen-Nord, parish hall: painting, graphics, sculpture
  • 1968 Bremen, gallery in the bowl basket
  • 1970 Hamburg, Fürneisen-Dröscher gallery
  • 1971 Bremen, Kunsthalle: modular painting and objects
  • 1971 Hanover, T-Gallery
  • 1972 Nuremberg, Keresztes Gallery: pictures, graphics, play objects
  • 1972 Cologne, Reckermann Gallery: Polar Modulations
  • 1974 Bremen, Cabinet 2, Galerie Werner
  • 1974 Oldenburg, Landesmuseum: Room irritations
  • 1974 Amsterdam (Netherlands), Galerie van Hulsen
  • 1980 Worpswede, Friedrich Netzel Art Gallery
  • 1984 Bremen, Kunsthalle Kupferstichkabinett
  • 1986 Bremen, Uwe Michael Gallery: retrospective
  • 2010 Quedlinburg, Palais Salfeld

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1967 Hildesheim, Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum
  • 1968 Bremerhaven, Kunsthalle: Artists of the State of Bremen
  • 1969 Berlin, gallery "b 6"
  • 1969 Hagen / Westf., Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum: 7 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GERMAN ART OF THE PRESENT
  • 1969 Bremen, Kunsthalle: Art from Our Time, Collection W. u. U. Hermann
  • 1969 Hanover, Kunstverein: 57th autumn exhibition
  • 1969 Hanover, 17th exhibition of the German Association of Artists
  • 1970 Hanover, Kunstverein: 58th autumn exhibition
  • 1970 Hamburg, Kunsthaus: Young Hamburgers
  • 1970 Bremen, Galerie de Gestio
  • 1970 Berlin, daedalus gallery: mini objects and paintings
  • 1970 Hamburg, Kunsthaus: The Small Format
  • 1971 Hannover, Kunstverein: 59th autumn exhibition
  • 1971 Milan (Italy), Square Galerie: Arte contemporare internationale
  • 1972 Lausanne (Switzerland), Alice Pauli Gallery
  • 1972 New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco (all USA): Gallery and Edition Domberger
  • 1973 Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie: 21st exhibition of the German Association of Artists: "Visual Order"
  • 1973 Tokyo, Kobe, Kyoto (all Japan): "International Joined Exhibition of Japan and Germany"
  • 1974 Katowice (Poland), Exposition international de la Gravure
  • 1974 Krakowie (Poland), La V Biennale de la Gravure
  • 1974 Rottweil, city festival: Artists make flags for Rottweil
  • 1978 Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle : 26th exhibition of the German Association of Artists
  • 1978 Wilhelmshaven, Kunsthalle: Collection W. u. U. Hermann
  • 1979 Ulm, museum
  • 1985 Mendrisio (Switzerland), Museo d'Arte: Carte Lafranca lithographs
  • 1985 Uster (Switzerland), town house: Carte Lafranca lithographs
  • 1987 and 1990 Bremen, Uwe Michael Gallery
  • 2016 Herlen (Netherlands), Glaspalais Schunck: International art to play
  • 2017 Linz (Austria), Landesgalerie Linz: Variable objects: Art to play
  • 2018 Würzburg, Museum im Kulturspeicher: Playroom. Art that can be changed
  • 2019/2020 Bremen, Städtische Galerie Bremen: specifically bremen I
  • 2020 Bremen, galerie mitte im KUBO : The staying power of concrete art

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Busch, Kunsthalle Bremen, 1971, catalog
  2. ↑ Jürgen Weichardt in The Experience of Constructivism, 1986, catalog
  3. ^ Siegfried Salzmann, Conversation between Dr. G. Salzmann and Horst Scheffler, 1986, catalog

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personal data
SURNAME Scheffler, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Heinrichswalde