Klaus Liebig
Klaus Burkhard Liebig (* 1936 in Datteln , Westphalia ; † 1996 in Denklingen , Bavaria ) was a German artist.
Life
Klaus Liebig grew up in Datteln , Westphalia . He was the eldest of three siblings, the mother was a kindergarten teacher, the father a teacher. When he was six years old (1942), his father died in World War II . His talents in the fields of music, art and literature were also encouraged in the grammar school.
As a high school graduate, he met the psychologist Gisela Kräuter on the way back from a trip to the Mediterranean in Dornstetten / Black Forest. The two became a couple and Klaus Liebig moved to Dornstetten in 1957. The marriage had three children. In Dornstetten, Klaus Liebig put together his “personal encyclopedia”, a thematically arranged collection of excerpts, newspaper articles, book tears and notes consisting of 200 files. Klaus Liebig briefly attended the Stuttgart Art Academy , but decided on self-taught artistic development.
In 1970 there was a separation. Klaus Liebig moved to Munich to live with his gallery owner and later second wife Godula Buchholz, the daughter of the book and art dealer Karl Buchholz . In addition to his artistic work, Klaus Liebig was involved in the conceptual work of the gallery. In 1988 Godula Buchholz-Liebig and Klaus Liebig moved from Munich to Denklingen am Lech, with a second residence in Le Thor , southern France. Beyond art, he dealt with entomology , game theory, and formal logic .
In 1996 Klaus Liebig died in Denklingen, where his grave is located.
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Klaus Liebig's work is characterized by narrative elements, landscapes and a musical delight in variation. Literary quotes, memories, fantasies and historical set pieces are composed into complex poetic worlds. At the end of the 1970s he became known to a larger audience through the exhibition “Let's mix all feelings together”, which showed works by Öyvind Fahlström , Erró and Gianfranco Baruchello . The exhibition was shown at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, the Frankfurter Kunstverein , the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Louisiana Museum , Humlebeak near Copenhagen.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2012 Michael Janssen Gallery , Berlin
- 2001 Retrospective 1964–1995. Kallmann Museum Ismaning, Munich
- 2000 Münsterland Museum Burg Vischering , Lüdinghausen and Haus Opherdicke, Unna district, Holzwickede
- 1998 Godula Buchholz workshop, Denklingen,
- 1995 Godula Buchholz workshop, Denklingen
- 1993 Godula Buchholz workshop, Denklingen
- 1992 Kunstverein Augsburg , Holbeinhaus, Augsburg
- 1991 Godula Buchholz workshop, Denklingen
- 1990 Godula Buchholz workshop, Denklingen
- 1987 Godula Buchholz workshop, Munich
- 1981 Godula Buchholz workroom, Munich / Pullach
- 1979 Longing, nightmare, reality. Nuremberg Art Gallery
- 1978 Heike Curtze Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- 1977 Godula Buchholz workroom, Munich
- 1975 Let's mix all feelings together Gianfranco Baruchello , Erró , Oyvind Fahlström & Klaus Liebig, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris , Louisiana Museum , Humlebeak
- 1974 Buchholz Gallery, Munich,
- 1972 Buchholz Gallery, Munich
- 1970 Augustinermuseum , Freiburg
- 1968 Scandinavia Gallery, Stockholm
- 1967 Buchholz Gallery, Munich
- 1967 Centro de Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1966 The Simi Valley Art Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- 1964 Encino Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
- 1964 Lutz & Meyer Gallery, Stuttgart
Works in public collections (selection)
- Augustinian Museum , Freiburg
- State Gallery Stuttgart , Graphic Collection
- Regional Council Tübingen
- Museum of Modern Art , New York
- Municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus , Munich
- mumok, Museum of Modern Art , Ludwig Foundation, Vienna
- German Historical Museum , Berlin
literature
in order of appearance
- El pintor Klaus Liebig . In: Humboldt , No. 49 (1972), pp. 32-35.
- Klaus Liebig . Texts by Armin Second, Wilhelm Kücker, H. Detlef Lührsen. Introduction by Vera Botterbusch. Edition Werkraum Buchholz, Denklingen 1997, ISBN 3-00-002236-8 .
- Art. Liebig Klaus . In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists . Oxford University Press, New York, ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3 .
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Footnotes
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dear, Klaus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liebig, Klaus Burkhard (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Datteln , Westphalia |
DATE OF DEATH | 1996 |
Place of death | Denklingen , Bavaria |