Karl Bohrmann
Karl Bohrmann (born October 29, 1928 in Mannheim ; † December 17, 1998 in Cologne ) was a German painter , draftsman and printmaker .
life and work
Bohrmann studied from 1947 at the School of Arts and Crafts in Saarbrücken and from 1948 to 1949 with Willi Baumeister at the Stuttgart Art Academy . From 1952 to 1954 he received a scholarship from the State of Rhineland-Palatinate , in 1957 the Art Prize of the Youth of Baden-Württemberg and in 1958 the Palatinate Prize for Fine Art , Kaiserslautern. From 1959 to 1972 Karl Bohrmann lived in Munich . From 1972 to 1980 Bohrmann was a teacher at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and headed the Städel evening school. In 1985 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts , Munich, and in 1987 he received the Düsseldorf Art Prize .
Bohrmann created an extensive, primarily graphic work in which he dealt with the subjects of nudes , interiors, still lifes and landscapes . “..But within a subject a real cosmos of variations opens up. Bohrmann changes the same thing over and over again. And yet every single sheet is unique and contains the whole world for itself. "
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1959 Galerie Günther Franke (regularly until 1972)
- 1977 documenta 6 , Kassel
- 1980 Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, etchings, drawings, collages 1950–1980
- 2006 Pinakothek der Moderne , Staatliche Graphische Sammlung , Munich, interiors - exteriors - drawings 1991–1998 (also Sinclair Haus , Bad Homburg)
- 2009 Water, Color, Light , Städelsches Kunstinstitut , Frankfurt am Main
- 2010 intimacy! Bathing in art , Ahlen Art Museum
Literature (selection)
- Donation Wolfgang Kermer : inventory catalog . Municipal Gallery Neunkirchen. [Catalog: Wolfgang Kermer; Nicole Nix-Hauck] Neunkirchen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941715-07-3 , pp. 27-28.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Bohrmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karl Bohrmann on kunstaspekte.de
- Drawings by Karl Bohrmann on the website of Villa Massimo
- Karl Bohrmann at: Erlangen Municipal Collection
Individual evidence
- ^ The students of Willi Baumeister at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart 1946–1955 . In: Wolfgang Kermer: The creative angle: Willi Baumeister's educational activity . Contributions to the history of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart , ed. by Wolfgang Kermer, Vol. 7, Ostfildern-Ruit, Edition Cantz, 1992, ISBN 3-89322-420-3 , p. 199
- ↑ Andrea Firmenich and Michael Semff in the foreword to the Karl Bohrmann exhibition catalog: Interior spaces - exterior spaces, drawings 1991–1998, p. 66, Wienand, Cologne, 2006
- ↑ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 3, page 94: hand drawings, utopian design, books, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohrmann, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1998 |
| Place of death | Cologne |