Michael Böhme (painter)

Michael Böhme (born September 24, 1943 in Chemnitz ) is a German painter.

Life

“The encounter” by Michael Böhme was part of the first art exhibition in orbit - realized by Arthur Woods as part of the EUROMIR95 mission.

Böhme experienced his childhood in Chemnitz and Plauen . After his family had fled from the GDR , he spent his youth in Kassel , studied law in Marburg and worked as a judge and public prosecutor in Konstanz until his retirement . Böhme has been interested in painting since early childhood. His intensive studies found expert support and support from Hasso Bruse from the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . He became known to a wider public in 1995 through his participation in the first art exhibition in space on the MIR space station . In 2003, two prints of works by the internationally known space artist and symbolist burned up when the space shuttle Columbia crashed .

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The main themes of his painting are symbolic representations of human feelings and experiences on the one hand and the examination of our threatened environment on the other. The universe and the poetry of the landscape are also essential themes in his artistic work. His works are shown in private and public art collections as well as in international exhibitions and publications. Böhme is a member of the Konstanz Art Association, the Esslingen Artists' Guild and Inter Art Stuttgart, and the only German elected “Fellow Member” (“exemplary interpreter of Space Art”) of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA).

Works (exemplary selection)

"The hourglass", 60 × 50 cm, by Michael Böhme. The picture dates from 1986 and has been reproduced in numerous publications in connection with the subject area "Hazards to nature and the environment".

• The hourglass, 1986, acrylic on canvas, 60 × 50
• Contradictory, 1986, acrylic on canvas, 60 × 50
• Shortly before twelve, 1985, acrylic on canvas, 60 × 50
• Before the flight, 2001, acrylic on canvas, 50 × 70
• The Encounter, 1995, acrylic on designer board, 20 × 30
• The Glass Man, 1984, acrylic on canvas, 50 × 70
• Upcoming event, 2001, acrylic on canvas, 50 × 70
• Alien Civilization, 1999, acrylic on canvas, 50 × 70
• Breakthrough into another dimension, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 60 × 50
• Parallelworlds, 1995, acrylic on canvas, 60 × 50.

Exhibitions (selection)

• Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, USA, 1992
• European Parliament Strasbourg, 1993
• Prague Planetarium , 1993–1994
• MIR space station, 1995
• Carl Zeiss Planetarium Stuttgart, 1995
• Congress of the Int. Astronautical Federation, Oslo, 1995
• New York Space Expo, Manhattan, USA, 1996
• ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 1996
• Ministry of the Environment Baden-Württemberg, 1996
• Zeiss Planetarium Berlin, 1996
• Ntl. Inst. Of Health, Washington DC, USA, 1998
• California Academy of Science, San Francisco, USA, 2000
• Florida Museum of Natural History, USA, 2001
• German Industry and Trade Day Berlin, 2001
• Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas, USA, 2001
• Art Institute, Chicago, USA, 2001-2003
• Observatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 2002
• International Space Development Conference, Los Angeles, USA, 2002
• Carl Zeiss Planetarium Stuttgart, 2002
• District Office Konstanz, 2003
• Zeiss Large Planetarium Berlin, 2004
• Laupheim Planetarium Observatory, 2006

TV shows

• SWR, Germany, 1995: "Michael Boehme's participation in the exhibition on the MIR space station"
• BR, Germany, 1997: “In the light of distant suns - The worlds of Michael Böhme”, 15 min
• BR, Germany, 1997: “Space Art 1: In the light of distant suns - The universe of Michael Böhme”, 40 min
• BR, Germany, 1999: “Space Art - Bavarian Special”, in it 10 min works by M. Böhme
• CNN Art Club, USA, 2000: "Michael Böhme - An Artists Vision about Life on Other Planets"
• BR, Germany, 2002: “Space Art 13: Michael Böhme”, 12 min.

literature

• Peter Burger: Artists see our environment: theme exhibition of the federal government for the environment and nature conservation. Verlagsgesellschaft BUND, Freiburg 1984, p. 21.
• Hasso Bruse: Inter Art Jubilee. In: INTER ART. Union of Freelance Artists and Friends of Art eVStuttgart, Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei, Stuttgart 1986, pp. 38-39.
• Wiktor Bukato: Section 1, Modern American Artists. In: Sztuka Science Fiction Art. Wydawnictwa Alfa / Agentur Luserke, Warszawa 1990, ISBN 83-7001-370-8 , pp. 6-11.
• John Zukowsky: 2001 Building for Space Travel. In: Exhibition Catalog, The Art Institute of Chicago, New York USA 2001, ISBN 0-8109-4490-1 , pp. 30-31.
• Philip Thoel, Klaus Bollhöfener (ed.): The universe of Michael Böhme. In: fantastic! # 25, Achim Havemann, Detmold 2007, ISSN  1616-8437 , pp. 68-70.
• Richard Wagner-Glass: Art in Space - Art on Earth. Utopian traces in contemporary art. In: Sascha Mamczak, Wolfgang Jeschke: The Science Fiction Year 2007. Heyne, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-52261-9 , pp. 929-945.

Web links

Commons : Michael Böhme  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Michael Böhme's website