Kurt Steinel

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Kurt Steinel (born February 3, 1929 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † September 10, 2005 in Offenbach am Main ) was a German draftsman , graphic artist and illustrator . He was rector of the Offenbach am Main University of Design .

life and work

Steinel grew up in an art-friendly family. His father was the draftsman, lithographer and drawing teacher Julius Steinel (1890–1962). His grandfather was the administrator of the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden . Kurt Steinel studied from 1949 to 1952 at the Freiburg Academy of Fine Arts (today a branch of the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe ). His teachers were above all Rudolf Dischinger (representational drawing), Gottfried Meyer (figurative drawing) and Heinrich Wittmer (representational drawing, color theory, color technology). He then moved to Offenbach and finished his studies at the local art school (the later college for design).

From 1958 Steinel became the head of a class for figure drawing. In 1959 his first book "And God writes straight on a crooked line" was published. In 1971 he became professor for figurative drawing and illustration at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach, from 1974 to 1998 he was, through five re-election, rector of the university. During his term of office, among other things, the new construction of the rooms for the stage and vehicle design and the move to the Isenburg Palace fell .

Steinel also became known through numerous exhibitions, publications, book illustrations and illustrated portfolios with original graphics. In addition, he was a founding member of the International Senefeld Foundation and for many years a juror at the award of the International Senefeld Prize . Steinel died of a heart attack.

Publications and Editions

  • Thomas Mann: Mario and the magician. A tragic travel experience . With seven color etchings by Kurt Steinel. Preface by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Afterword by Hans Mayer. Antinous Presse, Unterreit, 1998
  • Thomas Mann: Death in Venice . Introductory essay by Wolfgang Koeppen: The conjuration of love - Afterword by Terence James Reed: Poets' needs - a game with life and death . Appendix: Text variants from the earlier version. With 8 signed original etchings by Kurt Steinel. Antinous Presse, Unterreit, 1993.
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Reineke Fuchs in 12 songs , with 20 lithographs by Kurt Steinel. Kumm, Offenbach am Main, 1962.
  • And God also writes straight on crooked lines. Burckhardthaus Verlag , Gelnhausen, 1968.
  • Hanns Bernhart: Lexicon for lovers , with drawings by Kurt Steinel. Bärmeier & Nikel, Frankfurt am Main, 1958.

Exhibitions

  • 1987: Kurt Steinel: watercolors, drawings, etchings. Gallery Dr. Kristine Oevermann, Frankfurt am Main; then Augustinermuseum, Freiburg im Breisgau
  • 1994: Kurt Steinel: drawings and prints. Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt am Main
  • 2004: Kurt Steinel - On his 75th birthday. German Leather Museum , Offenbach am Main
  • 2005: Kurt Steinel, drawings in pencil, pastel and charcoal, etchings from 1980–2005. Morat Institute for Art and Art History , Freiburg im Breisgau
  • 2018: Kurt Steinel - An Artist's Life. House of City History , Offenbach am Main

literature

  • Adam Jankowski (ed.): Kurt Steinel - drawings and prints , for the exhibition in the Frankfurter Kunstverein. Association of friends and sponsors of the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach am Main, 1994 ISBN 978-3-92199726-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Das Antiquariat, Volume 21 W. Krieg, Vienna, Bad Bocket, 1971, p. 48
  2. ↑ Opening of the exhibition "Kurt Steinel - An Artist's Life" in the Haus der Stadtgeschichte. ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: offenbach.de. October 12, 2018, accessed October 23, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.offenbach.de
personal data
SURNAME Steinel, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and illustrator, rector of the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2005
Place of death Offenbach am Main