Klaus Steinbrenner

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Klaus Steinbrenner (born June 5, 1935 in Frankfurt am Main , Germany) is a German sculptor who lived and worked in the USA for many years .

Life

Klaus Steinbrenner is the younger brother of the German sculptor Hans Steinbrenner . Klaus Steinbrenner attended the art school in Offenbach am Main from 1955 to 1958. From 1958 to 1963 he worked as a sculptor together with his brother as an artist couple in the sculptor group Hans & Klaus Steinbrenner in Frankfurt am Main.

From 1964 to 1968 he worked as an architect in Frankfurt. In 1968 he moved to Chicago , Illinois , USA. He worked there as an architect for the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill . In 1970 he resumed his work as a sculptor. He moved to Wisconsin in 1983 and Framingham , Massachusetts in 1985 . He worked as a sculptor in his own studio. In 1993 he moved to Philadelphia , but set up his studio in Dooneen, Ireland. In 2000 he moved to Ireland for good.

Klaus Steinbrenner works as a sculptor with wood and stone. He forms his abstract sculptures out of massive blocks, but leaves the original blocks in their basic structure.

His first solo exhibition took place in 1960 in the Galerie am Dom in Frankfurt am Main. Together with his brother they were represented as Hans & Klaus Steinbrenner with a “ Large Wooden Figure ” in 1964 at documenta III in Kassel in the “ Aspects 1964 ” section.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1960 Gallery at the cathedral in Frankfurt am Main
  • 1971 Evanston Art Center, Evanston Illinois
  • 1977 Art Institute of Chicago, ARS

Group exhibitions

  • 1964 documenta III, Kassel
  • 1964 Hofheimer Group, Hofheim
  • 1966 Arnhem, the Netherlands
  • 1971 VanStraaten Gallery, Chicago
  • 1973 Seventy-Fourth Chicago and Vicinuty Show, Art Institute of Chicago
  • 1973 New Horizons in Art, Chicago
  • 1975 The Union League Club 3-D Show, Chicago
  • 1974 Art Institute of Chicago, ARS
  • 1977 Art Institute of Chicago, ARS
  • 1978 Silver Show, Art Institute of Chicago, ARS
  • 1980 Galerija, Chicago

literature

  • documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964

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personal data
SURNAME Steinbrenner, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main , Germany