Josta Stapper

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Josta Stapper (actually Josef Stapper ) (born February 18, 1941 in Cologne ) is a German visual artist, graphic artist and cartoonist . He has become particularly well known in recent years for his monthly cartoons in Y - Das Magazin der Bundeswehr .

From 1956 to 1959 Stapper did an apprenticeship in animation in the Fischerkoesen studio in Bonn-Mehlem, at the same time he attended the Cologne factory schools until 1962 . Since 1962 he has been working as a freelance graphic artist and illustrator, including for the satirical magazine Pardon . Stapper has been represented as a freelance painter in galleries in Berlin and Hamburg since 1969 and has had a studio in the wax factory in Cologne since 1979. In the 1970s he created photorealistic works.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1974 Brockstedt Gallery, Hamburg
  • 1989 "Sacral Room", room staging in the wax factory, Cologne

Group exhibitions

  • 1971 Springer, Berlin
  • 1971 Spring Fair, Berlin
  • 1975 Art Cologne
  • 1976 Project exhibition "Insights - Outlooks" on the occasion of the 30th Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen
  • 1980–1984 participation in the art and antiques fair Hanover

Catalogs

  • Josta Stapper: Oil paintings . Galerie Brockstedt Hamburg 1974
  • Tratschke: Who was it? World famous in the mirror puzzle. With twelve reproduced graphics v. Uwe Brandi, Pit Morell, Josta Stapper . Hamburg: Albrecht Knaus Verlag, 1978. OLwd.m.OU. 4 °.

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personal data
SURNAME Stapper, Josta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stapper, Josef (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German visual artist, graphic artist and cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne