Jürgen Waller

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Jürgen Waller, 1975
Jürgen Waller, 1975

Jürgen Waller (born June 21, 1939 in Düsseldorf ) is a German painter . He lives in Vallauris and Bremen.

Life

In 1959 Jürgen Waller began studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , which he broke off after two semesters. 1960-68 he stayed in Vallauris , Varreddes and Paris . In 1963 Waller received the Premier Prix de la Jeune Peinture de la ville d ' Argenteuil . From 1968 to 1976 he lived and worked in Berlin . Jürgen Waller was a member of the German Association of Artists . Between 1972 and 1987 Waller took part in a total of ten annual DKB exhibitions. In 1972 he co-founded the Aspect group . In 1977 he was appointed professor at the University of Art and Music in Bremen . In 1989 he was elected rector of the Bremen University of the Arts. In 1994 and 1999 re-elections as rector followed.

From 1993 to 1998 he was chairman of the conference of presidents and rectors of the German art academies and during this period also represented the art and music academies in the senate of the university rectors' conference .

Jürgen Waller founded the Society for Contemporary Art in 1981 . His idea, together with the collector and gallery owner Reinhard Onnasch , led to the foundation of the Neues Museum Weserburg in Bremen in 1991. Jürgen Waller is a member of the advisory board of the Poll Art Foundation , Berlin.

Exhibitions (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-bremen.de: Biography: Jürgen Waller ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (accessed on July 12, 2017) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-bremen.de
  2. ↑ s. Waller, Jürgen in: Kunstreport 1903/1995. An overview of the German Association of Artists , DKB special edition winter 1994/95, Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-929283-08-5 (p. 134)
  3. ↑ Richard Hiepe: Rides for capital (to Jürgen Waller). In: Tendenzen 13 , Damnitz Verlag, Munich 1972, pp. 50–52.

Literature (selection)

  • Jürgen Waller painting at the Kunstamt Tempelhof, Berlin 1971
  • ASPEKT exhibition at the Academie der Künste, Berlin 1972
  • New Berlin Art Association and State Art Hall Berlin 1982
  • Jürgen Waller Castle Oberhausen 1985
  • Jürgen Waller by Michael Ropers, Bremen State Representation in Bonn 1996
  • "le chemin vers le noir" exhibitions in CEAC Carros, Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Kassak Museum Budapest, 2001/2
  • Jürgen Waller New Museum Weserburg Bremen
  • Jürgen Waller, Gallery Poll Berlin, Society for Contemporary Art, Bremen 1981
  • Jürgen Waller Galerie Michael Herz, Bremen 1983
  • Jürgen Waller Galerie Guy Pieters, St. Paul de Vence 2005
  • Michael Ropers (Ed.): Jürgen Waller. Nordwestdeutsche Verlags Gesellschaft, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-927857-72-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Waller, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf