Karin Kneffel

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Karin Kneffel (born January 13, 1957 in Marl ) is a German painter .

Life

From 1977 to 1981, Kneffel studied German and philosophy at the Westphalian University of Münster and at the University of Duisburg-Essen . From 1981 to 1987 she studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Johannes Brus and Norbert Tadeusz , where she became a master class student with Gerhard Richter .

In 1995 she took on a teaching position at the Augsburg Summer Academy . In 1998 she was invited to the Bremen University of the Arts as a visiting professor and in 2000 to the Icelandic Art Academy in Reykjavík . From 2000 to 2008 she held a professorship for painting at the University of the Arts in Bremen. Since 2008 she has been a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich .

Kneffel was a member of the German Association of Artists . She lives and works in Düsseldorf .

reception

“The painter Karin Kneffel is one of the most important representatives of neorealism. Her photorealistic images combine realism and surrealism . In her pictures she shows everyday things that are given a second level through reflections and overlays. Like fleeting moments, her scenes are reminiscent of dreams. "

- Ralph Goertz : Institute for Art Documentation and Scenography

Awards and honors

Exhibitions

Trivia

Eight large-format oil paintings by Karin Kneffel have been hanging on board the Cunard Liner Queen Mary 2 since 2003 . Among 128 artists from 16 countries who show their pictures on the ship, she is the only German painter who received this honor.

literature

  • Daniel J. Schreiber (Ed.): Karin Kneffel. 1990–2010 , catalog publication on the occasion of the exhibition in the Kunsthalle Tübingen , Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Kneffel, Karin ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 September 16, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  2. ↑ The Düsseldorf painter Karin Kneffel receives the Cologne Fine Art Prize endowed with 10,000 euros. , on WDR, accessed on September 23, 2016
  3. ↑ Karin Kneffel - Haus am Stadtrand , Video iksmedienarchiv, published on November 1, 2009
  4. ↑ Article by Ingo Thiel in Schiff Classic - magazine for shipping and marine history, publication of the DGSM , pp. 62–67, edition: 1/2016
personal data
SURNAME Kneffel, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Marl