Michael Ramsauer

Michael Ramsauer (* 1970 in Oldenburg ) is a German painter. He lives and works in Oldenburg and Bad Zwischenahn .

Life

Studied art history and classical archeology at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . Then studied painting with Jürgen Waller at the University of the Arts in Bremen. In 2004, Ramsauer received the Painting Prize from the Oldenburg Cultural Foundation, and in 2009 was a guest in the “art-in-residence” studio at the Foreign Office in Berlin. In 2008 he was commissioned to paint the altarpiece for the Kreuzkirche in Sandkrug .

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Ramsauer's work is characterized by the constant exploration of the boundaries of painting, whereby various groups of works can be named. So-called “wild painting” dominated from the beginning, characterized by an impasto, moving and expressionistic style. But also reduced representations of sculptural black figures on canvas as well as experiments in old masters painting technique, which lead to painterly Capricci , can be found in the oeuvre of the artist. The topics are varied and testify to Ramsauer's deep knowledge of European art history and archeology. In addition to swimmers and divers, portraits and landscapes, Ramsauer repeatedly deals with mythological and religious subjects. A constantly recurring motif is the figure in the room, on the basis of which Ramsauer deals with the fundamental formal and compositional questions of painting.

Ramsauer also works as a sculptor, so he created various sculptures in bronze between 2000 and 2008.

Exhibitions (selection)

2019 State Museum for Art and Cultural History Oldenburg
2018 Galerie Tammen & Partner, Berlin
2016 City Museum Oldenburg
2016 Galerie Tammen & Partner, Berlin
2013 Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
2013 Galerie Rosendahl, Thöne and Westphal, Berlin
2013 Museum for Related Art, Cologne
2011 Galerie Rosendahl, Thöne and Westphal, Berlin
2011 Kunsthalle Cloppenburg
2010 Gallery Lake, Oldenburg
2010 Korean Cultural Center, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Berlin

2010 Contemporary Istanbul, Tammen Gallery, Berlin
2009 Art-in-residence atelier, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

2008 Schrade Gallery, Mochenthal Castle
2008 Gallery Netuschil, Darmstadt
2007 Korean International Art Fair, Seoul (Tammen Gallery)
2006 Gallery Schrade & Blashofer, Karlsruhe
2006 Magnus Gerdsen Gallery, Hamburg
2005 Tammen Gallery, Berlin
2005 Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2005 Gallery Kamp, Sylt
2004 State Museum for Art and Cultural History Oldenburg
2003 Royal Blue Gallery, Stuttgart
2002 Tammen & Busch Gallery, Berlin
2002 Herold Gallery, Hamburg
2001 Rebart Gallery, Vicenza
2000 Municipal Museum, Gelsenkirchen
2000 Venice Design Art Gallery, Venice
1997 Center européen d'art contemporain, Vallauris
1997 Venice Design Art Gallery, Venice

Collections

Art collection of the Willy Brandt House , Berlin
Würth Collection / Museum Würth, Künzelsau
Frisch Collection, Berlin
Collection Hurrle, Durbach
In the north - the art collection of the LzO
City Museum Oldenburg

Literature (selection)

Gods and heroes. Mythological painting in the Baroque and by Michael Ramsauer, ed. v. Anna Heinze, Petersberg 2019.
Michael Ramsauer. Very, ed. v. Stadtmuseum Oldenburg, with a text by Dieter Ronte , Oldenburg 2016.
Michael Ramsauer. Foreign affairs, ed. v. der Tammen Galerie, Berlin, with a text by Christoph Tannert, Berlin 2009.
Michael Ramsauer. Ascension. The triptych of the Kreuzkirche zu Sandkrug, ed. v. of the Oldenburg landscape , with texts by Jens Möllmann, Daniel Spanke and Jörg Michael Henneberg, Oldenburg 2009.
Michael Ramsauer, ed. v. the Tammen Galerie, Berlin, and the Galerie Gaulin & Partner, Berlin, with a text by Jürgen Schilling , Berlin 2007.
Michael Ramsauer. An Expressionist Painter in Times of Naive Modernism, ed. v. by the Galerie Blashofer, Karlsruhe, and the Tammen Galerie, Berlin, with a text by Harry Lehmann, Stuttgart 2006.
Michael Ramsauer. Advancement award for painting 2004 of the Kulturstiftung der public insurance Oldenburg, with a text by Achim Sommer, ed. v. of the Cultural Foundation of Public Insurance Oldenburg, Oldenburg 2004.
Michael Ramsauer. Shapes and Sceneries, ed. v. of the Venice Design Art Gallery, with a text by Lionello Puppi , Venice 2001.
Ramsauer, ed. v. of the Venice Design Art Gallery, with a text by Lionello Puppi , Venice 1999.

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personal data
SURNAME	Ramsauer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oldenburg