Manfred Mahsberg

Manfred Mahsberg (* 1963 in Aachen ) is a contemporary German painter .

From 1983 to 1988 he studied painting at the FH Aachen with Christiane Maether and now lives in Jülich .

Mahsberg only paints portraits of historical personalities, mainly from the cultural field. In contrast to the classic portrait, he only uses square formats, and quite consistently only in three sizes: 7.5 × 7.5 cm, 25 × 25 cm, and 75 × 75 cm. He works with a very impasto application of paint so that the portraits appear relief-like. In some cases, the portraits are also covered with a thick layer of silicone, which makes the portrayed only vaguely recognizable.

Awards and grants

• 1990 Scholarship from the Waldherr Art Edition, the Donnersbergkreis Art Association and the City of Kirchheimbolanden (catalog)
• 1991 Günther Peill - travel grant to Hartola, Finland
• 1994 Hollufgard, scholarship to Odense, Denmark
• 1993 Prize for painting, EVBK, Prüm (catalog)
• 1993 Prix Marie Banegas, LAC Prize, Prix Electrolux, Luxembourg (catalog)
• 2001 Frans Masereel Center, work grant to Kasterlee (B)
• 2001 Award of the Jakob Eschweiler Foundation, Cologne
• 2008 + 07 lecturer at the Academy for Fashion and Design (AMD), Düsseldorf

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 1989 Atrium, Neue Galerie Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen
• 1991 "Jokiranta", Hartola / Finland
• 1997 Eschweiler Kunstverein (catalog)
• 2000 Incontro Gallery, Eitorf
• 2003 Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, (catalog)
• 2004 City Museum Siegburg (catalog)
• 2004 Art Museum Alte Post, Mülheim ad Ruhr (catalog)
• 2004 Incontro Gallery, Eitorf
• 2005 Peter Tedden Gallery, Düsseldorf
• 2006 Liebau Gallery, Fulda
• 2006 gallery along there, Dortmund
• 2007 Gallery Friday 6.30pm, Aachen
• 2011 Gallery Incontro, Eitorf
• 2016 Gallery Friday 6.30pm, Aachen
• 2018 Gallery Schrade, Leutkirch

Group exhibitions (selection)

• 1992 Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Prize, Rockenhausen
• 1993 94 Salon de Printemps, Letzeburger Artisten Center, Luxembourg (L)
• 1996 Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
• 1998 Esslingen-Nürtingen Art Prize
• 1999 Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen
• 2002 museum hedendaagse kunst, De Pronkkamer, Uden & NBKS, Breda (NL)
• 2003 Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee (B)
• 2003 "grafik op de grens", Museum Elzenveld, Antwerp (B)
• 2003 "3 X ringing", Mainz
• 2003 Museum Bochum, “small but ... miniature as a concept”, West German Association of Artists

• 2003 "Krian Collection", Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
• 2004 "grafik op de grens", provinciehuis Vlaams-Brabant, Leuven (B)
• 2006 Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen
• 2006 Municipal Gallery Speyer, Speyer
• 2005 06 Augsburger Kunstverein
• 2012 Collection: Art from North Rhine-Westphalia, Reichsabtei Aachen
• 2014 Collection: Art from North Rhine-Westphalia, Reichsabtei Aachen
• 2015 Gallery “Staircase”, Kunstverein Düren
• 2015 City Museum Siegburg
• 2018 Eric Oldenhof Collection, "mes amis-mes amies", Atelier Nebe, Cologne

Participation in trade fairs / biennials

• 1999, Düsseldorf Art Market, Incontro Gallery, Eitorf
• 2004, Art Bodensee, Dornbirn (A), Galerie Incontro, Eitorf
• 2005.02 art frankfurt, Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf
• 2005,04,03,02,01.00 Art Cologne, Incontro Gallery, Eitorf
• 2006,05,04 art fair, Cologne, Galerie Incontro, Eitorf
• 2007, art Karlsruhe, Incontro Gallery, Eitorf
• 2007.06 Cologne Fine Art, Galerie Incontro, Eitorf
• 2011, art Karlsruhe, Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar / Frankfurt
• 2011, CAR 2011, Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Galerie Peter Tedden, Düsseldorf
• 2012, Ostrale 012, Dresden
• 2012, art fair, Cologne, Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar / Frankfurt
• 2013, art Karlsruhe, Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar / Frankfurt
• 2012, 13 Ostrale 012 / Ostrale 013, Dresden
• 2018, Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Gallery Friday 6.30 p.m., Aachen

Works in public collections (selection)

• 1989 Günther - Peill Foundation, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
• 1990 Art Association Donnersbergkreis, Kirchheimbolanden
• 1993 Electrolux, Luxembourg (L)
• 1993 Ministry of Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate
• 1995 Episcopal Academy of the Diocese of Aachen
• 1998 City of Düren
• 2001 Jakob Eschweiler Foundation, Cologne
• 2001 Archive, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kloninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp (B)
• 2003 City Museum Siegburg
• 2004 Bernstein Verlag, Goethe Society Bonn
• 2005 Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
• 2008 Ministry of Justice Brabant, (NL)
• 2011 Collection of art from North Rhine-Westphalia, Reichsabtei Aachen
• 2015 City Museum Siegburg

bibliography

• 1990 M. Mahsberg, Kirchheimbolanden Castle
• 1993 EVBK 36. Prüm, page 90
• 1993 Letzeburg Artisten Center, "Salon de Printemps", page: 18-19
• 1994 EVBK 37. Prüm, page 72
• 1994 Letzeburger Artisten Center, "10 ans LAC", pages 100-101
• 1996 Artist in the district of Düren, Culture and Nature Foundation of the Kreissparkasse Düren, pages 72–73
• 2003 West German Artists Association, "small but ... miniature as a concept", pages 28–29
• 2003 Museum am Ostwall, "The First Look", page: 184, ISBN 3-937390-04-9
• 2003 KUNSTKÖLN 2003, page 93, exhibition catalog
• 2003 M. Mahsberg, ISBN 3-925955-43-7
• 2006 Suermondt - Ludwig - Museum, Aachen, Städtische Galerie Speyer, "Curriculum Arte", page: 96–97, ISBN 3-929203-61-8
• 2009 Gallery Peter Tedden, “Guest Book”, page 31, ISBN 978-3-940985-08-8
• 2011 “The Blue Rider”, pages 98, 99, 100, ISBN 978-3-933722-33-1
• 2011 CAR, Contemporary Art Ruhr, exhibition catalog
• 2012 Ostrale 012, Dresden, exhibition catalog
• 2013 “SOMETIMES THEY WERE BLACK”, pages 157, 167, ISBN 978-3-934794-31-3
• 2014 Art from North Rhine-Westphalia, exhibitions from 1996 to 2014, page 102
• 2017 "Preview", pages 20, 21, ISBN 978-3-943762-24-2
• 2018 "Preview", pages 30, 31, ISBN 978-3-943762-28-0
• 2019 "Preview", pages 32, 33, ISBN 978-3-943762-30-3

Web links

• www.mahsberg.de (Homepage of Manfred Mahsberg)