Kurt Budewell
Kurt Budewell (born June 15, 1924 in Duisburg ; † August 3, 2007 there) was a German painter , graphic artist and object artist .
life and work
Kurt Budewell was born in the Neuenkamp district of Duisburg and moved to Berlin with his parents in 1933. After an apprenticeship as a poster painter from 1938 to 1941, he was drafted into military service in 1942. He returned to Germany in 1947 from captivity. He attended the Werkkunstschule Krefeld from 1948 to 1949 and started his own business in 1952 as a freelance painter and graphic artist. In the 1960s he intensified his artistic activity.
His drawings and graphics, which had technoid-technical structures as a motif, as well as his object boxes, which were created as individual archives, are known.
From 1984 he lived and worked in the Dreigiebelhaus in Duisburg.
Exhibitions
- 1977: Kurt Budewell: I tried to put myself in my own position , Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum of the city of Duisburg
- 1986: Kurt Budewell, works from wood 1973-1986 , Niederrheinischer Kunstverein, Haus im Park Emmerich
- 2008/2009: Kurt Budewell (1924–2007) , Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum of the City of Duisburg
- 2009: Kurt Budewell. Drawings - reliefs - paintings, works from four decades , Kalkar Municipal Museum
Catalogs
- I tried to put myself in my own shoes. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum of the City of Duisburg, 1977.
- Kurt Budewell, Works from Wood 1973-1986 , Niederrheinischer Kunstverein, Haus im Park Emmerich, 1986.
- Karlheinz Nowald: Sculptures and objects inventory catalog, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisburg, 1978, p. 29.
Web links
- Website of the estate
- Press kit for the exhibition in the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum 2008/2009
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Budewell, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German installation artist, graphic artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 2007 |
| Place of death | Duisburg |