Karl Oppermann (painter)

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Karl Oppermann (1975)
Karl Oppermann (2012)

Karl Oppermann (born October 30, 1930 in Wernigerode ) is a German painter .

life and work

Oppermann was born in a long-established family of craftsmen during the Weimar Republic and grew up in Wernigerode . The father was an engineer and master electrician, the grandfather a cooper and cooper master . At the end of the Second World War, when he was fifteen, Oppermann fixed his career choice on painting and began to write at the same time.

After graduating from the Städtisches Fürst-Otto-Gymnasium, today's Gerhart-Hauptmann-Gymnasium Wernigerode, Oppermann left the GDR out of political conviction and studied from 1950 at the University of Fine Arts in what was then West Berlin . At first Oppermann devoted himself to art education with Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber ( sculpture ) and Curt Lahs (painting) and then switched to painting as a master student of Ernst Schumacher . In 1952, he learned the occasion of Paris -Travel Grass know, the later Nobel laureate , with whom he has shared years of study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin , is a friend.

In the 1960s, Oppermann became known through his first exhibitions in Berlin . In his art he strove to convey a "humane mission". In this sense he felt obliged to the Central German painting tradition. The friendship with the Polish literary and theater critic Andrzej Wirth also began around 1960 . Oppermann also worked in the “Berliner Neue Gruppe” and in 1962 published his first literary volume of poetry with etchings “ Altea ”. He worked in Spain , in the Villa Romana in Florence and from 1967 on the island of Elba . From 1970 to 1985 Oppermann ran a studio on Elba. On the occasion of his first trip to Latin America with exhibitions in Bogotá and Caracas , Oppermann's first name was found in a newspaper review by Luis Freres as “Prusiano-Latino”. The term can be traced back to Oppermann's in-depth examination of the Prussian past, which resulted from his claim to political and historical enlightenment, as well as his emotional ties to Spain (Eng .: “committed Prussians and Latin Americans”). Numerous solo exhibitions have taken Oppermann to Caracas, Lima , New York , São Paulo and many European capitals such as Berlin, Brussels , Paris , London and Prague .

In 1971 he was appointed professor at his alma mater , today's University of the Arts (UdK). Oppermann taught free painting here for 25 years . He worked for many years in university politics, was a senator of the UdK, represented colleges and universities in the broadcasting council. In addition to his workshop in Berlin, Oppermann has been running a studio on the Rambla de las Flores in Barcelona since 1989 . His work can now be found in many museums, such as the Jewish Museum in Berlin , the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin , Landesmuseum Bonn , Kupferstichkabinett Dresden , Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid , Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin as well as in public institutions and banks. In 1995 the Gebrüder Mann Verlag, Berlin, published an extensive biography of the painter under the title "Karl Oppermann - Prusiano-Latino".

In 1996 he moved from Berlin to Veckenstedt in the Harz foreland . From 2007 to 2019 Oppermann was chairman of the Kinder-Atelier Harz e. V. based in Wernigerode. After numerous smaller poetry publications, he also published his first souvenir volume in 2005 under the title “Klatschmohn und Silberstift”. In 2007 the follow-up volume "Wechselgesang" appeared, in 2010 "Nachschlag". In September 2010 Oppermann donated all of his graphic works to the Wernigerode Cultural Foundation.

"Karl Oppermann Foundation"

Together with the Harz University of Applied Sciences , the artist set up the “Karl Oppermann Foundation” in 2008, a collection of large-format oil paintings . This is unique for the universities of applied sciences in Saxony-Anhalt . Oppermann brought in pictures with international themes, which are now available to the general public as donations or permanent loans in the Wernigerode University Library. In 2009 the artist expanded the foundation to include a portrait of Alexander von Humboldt and a large-format triptych . The paintings are about self-awareness, departure and the search for happiness, but also about flight, displacement and the struggle for survival.

Honors

In 2003 Oppermann received the art prize of the city of Wernigerode. In 2009 he was honored with the Sankt Andreas Art Prize of the city ​​of St. Andreasberg . In 2015 Karl Oppermann received the badge of honor of the state of Saxony-Anhalt .

Private

He got married twice and has three children.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1959 Galerie Rosen , Berlin
  • 1963 Gerda Bassenge Gallery, Berlin
  • 1965 house on Lützowplatz , Berlin
  • 1968 Museum of Oberhausen Castle
  • 1969 U Recickych Gallery, Prague
  • 1970 seat of the Federal President , Bonn
  • 1971/73/75 Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin
  • 1975 Great Orangery at Charlottenburg Palace
  • 1977 Galleria d'Arte, Genoa
  • 1980 Museo d'Arte, Lima
  • 1987 Museo de Arte de São Paulo
  • 1988 Shea & Beker Gallery, New York
  • 1991/92/93 Galerie Ludwig Lange, Berlin
  • 1993 Sala d'Arcs, Barcelona
  • 1994/2003 Annually: Galerie Enno Becker, Berlin
  • 1995/2000/03 Kunstverein Wernigerode
  • 1995/2007 Kniphausen Castle , Wilhelmshaven
  • 2002 Art Association Talstraße, Halle (Saale)
  • 2005 Berlin University of the Arts
  • 2007/09 Gallery Bauscher, Potsdam
  • 2008 Representation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Brussels
  • 2010 Berlin University of the Arts
  • 2012 Gallery in the Grand Elysée, Hamburg
  • 2012 Municipal Art Gallery, Plovdiv / Bulgaria

Permanent presence:

Works (selection)

  • "Big Berlin picture", 1965
  • "Berliner Weisse", 1966
  • “Our ride went to Ostlang”, 1967
  • “Picnic at Voterraio”, 1968
  • "Rambla de las Flores", 1982
  • "Christ the Juggler", 1983
  • "German Dream", 1984
  • “The birthday cake”, 1984
  • "Fisherman and Swimmer," 1985
  • "Treptower Park", 1985
  • “Self-Portrait with Tie”, 1986
  • "The Beginners", 1987
  • "Large Paseo", 1992
  • "House community management", 1994
  • "West-Eastern Divan", 1994
  • "Berlin on the move", 1999
  • "Tenerife Transfer", 2006

Book publications

  • " Altea ", poems and etchings, Eigen-V., Berlin 1962
  • "Butterflies", poems and etchings, Berlin 1969
  • “Under the glaze”, poems and drawings, Edition Galerie am Abend, Berlin 1971
  • “Written on the wall”, poems and screen prints, Eigen-V., Berlin 1974
  • "Metamorphoses", watercolors and poems, Edition Ars VIVA !, Berlin 1980
  • "Headstand and Bandoneon", poems and watercolors, Berlin 1982
  • "Les Vagants", oil paintings and drawings, Genua / Berlin 1984
  • "Vaganten", poems and drawings, Torhaus-Galerie, Braunschweig 1985
  • "Dear Hans", D. von Kurmin Verlag, Berlin 1990
  • "Musical sketchbook", Oberbaum-Verlag, Berlin 1993
  • "Klatschmohn und Silberstift", Letterado Verlag, Quedlinburg 2005, ISBN 3-938579-09-9
  • "Wechselgesang", Ziethen Verlag, Oschersleben 2007, ISBN 978-3-938380-64-2
  • "Nachschlag", Ziethen Verlag, Oschersleben 2010, ISBN 978-3-932090-20-2

literature

  • Helmut Börsch-Supan : "Contemporary Artists", Berlin 1975
  • Andrezej Wirth: "Les Vagants", Genoa 1983
  • Ernst A. Busche: "Berlin Pictures 1963-1986", Nicolai, Berlin 1986
  • Ernst A. Busche: "Hunters and Hunted", Berlin 1989
  • Kerstin Englert: "Karl Oppermann - Prusiano Latino", Gebr. Mann Verlag Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7861-1792-6
  • Wibke von Bonin : Catalog Burg Kniphausen, Wilhelmshaven 1995
  • Christian Juranek : "Simplicissimus and Courage", Renchen 2004
  • Harz University: "El mundo - un teatro, The Karl Oppermann Foundation at the Harz University of Applied Sciences (FH)", Halberstadt 2009
  • Kai Schlüter (ed.): Günter Grass: The milk fairy tale. Early promotional work. With a DVD from Radio Bremen. Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-86153-739-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ivonne Sielaf: Wernigerode children in the realm of colors. In: Volksstimme. September 26, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Oppermann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wernigerode