Klaus Bussmann

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Klaus Bußmann (born June 8, 1941 in Aachen ; † April 27, 2019 in Münster ) was a German art historian .

Life

Klaus Bußmann studied art history , sociology and history in Münster , Berlin , Basel and Paris and received his doctorate on the German architect Wilhelm Ferdinand Lipper . In Münster he was a consultant at the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History from 1968 to 1977 , professor for art history at the Münster University of Applied Sciences from 1977 to 1984 and director of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History from 1985 until his retirement in 2004.

In addition, together with Kasper König , he was the curator and founder of the Skulptur.Projekte Münster and commissioner for the Federal Republic of Germany's two Golden Lion contributions to the Venice Biennale (1991 to Bernd and Hilla Becher and Reinhard Mucha , 1993 to Nam June Paik and to Hans Haacke ). From 1996 to 2004, Klaus Bußmann was chairman of the art advisory board of the federal government. He was the recipient of the German Critics Association Prize (1988), the Paulus Plaque of the City of Münster (1993) and the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (2005). At his suggestion, the museum part of the "Kulturforum Münster" (Museum of Contemporary Art), which has since failed due to the resistance of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe and the citizens of the city of Münster.

Fonts

Authorship

  • Eduardo Chillida - major works. Chorus-Verlag, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-931876-48-9 .
  • Wilhelm Ferdinand Lipper. A contribution to the history of early classicism in Münster. Aschendorff, Münster 1972 (= Westphalia. Sonderh .; 18), plus dissertation, Münster.
  • Burgundy. Art, history, landscape. Castles, monasteries and cathedrals in the heart of France: the country around Dijon, Auxerre, Nevers, Autun and Tournus. DuMont art travel guide. DuMont book publisher. Cologne 1977.
  • Paris and the Ile de France. The metropolis and the heart of France. From the ancient Lutetia to the megacity. DuMont art travel guide. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1980.
  • Daniel Buren . Les Cadres décadrés (Documents of Our Time Volume XXXVI). with texts by Daniel Buren and Klaus Bussmann (German, English, French). Chorus-Verlag for Art and Science, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-926663-36-7 .

Editing (collection and exhibition catalogs, conference files)

  • Europe in the 17th Century: A Political Myth and Its Images. Colloquium files, Münster 2001. Steiner, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-515-08274-3 .
  • Intermedia - dialogue of the media. Exhibition, Siegen, Museum of Contemporary Art. 2001, ISBN 3-935874-01-4 .
  • David Rabinowitch : Metric (Romanesque) constructions. Exhibition, Münster, Landesmuseum 2000. Chorus-Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-931876-33-0 .
  • 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Council of Europe exhibition, Münster and Osnabrück, 1998. Veranstaltungs-Ges. 350 years of Westphalian Peace, Münster 1998, DNB 957 511 841 .
  • 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Text and illustration volumes, 3 vols., Veranstaltungs-Ges. 350 years of Westphalian Peace, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 .
  • Sculpture. Projects in Münster 1997. Exhibition. Hatje, Ostfildern-Ruit 1997, ISBN 3-7757-0649-6 .
  • Johann Conrad Schlaun , 1695–1773: Late Baroque architecture in Europe. Exhibition, Münster State Museum. Oktagon, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-927789-78-X .
  • Soulages - Living light, painting and the Conques windows. Exhibition. Landesmuseum, Münster 1994, DNB 943971551 .
  • Factory halls. on the occasion of the exhibition Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies. Landesmuseum, Münster 1994, ISBN 3-88814-758-1 .
  • Enjoying nature: flowers, gardens, landscapes; August Macke and the Expressionists in Westphalia. Exhibition. Landesmuseum, Münster 1994, ISBN 3-87088-836-9 .
  • Rémy Zaugg : From the picture to the world. on the occasion of the exhibition Jemand , Münster, Landesmuseum, 1993. König, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-88375-176-6 .
  • Nam June Paik , a database. Exhibition catalog, German Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia. Cantz, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-89322-573-0 .
  • Hans Haacke , Bottomless. Exhibition catalog, German Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia. Cantz, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-89322-557-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LWL Newsroom of April 29, 2019: Klaus Bußmann passed away , accessed on April 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ Klaus Bußmann died , westfalenspiegel.de, published and accessed on April 29, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bussmann, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2019
Place of death Muenster