Norbert Otto Louis
Norbert Otto Louis (born December 5, 1926 in Kaiserslautern ; † June 5, 2013 in Bad Münder ) was a German painter and graphic artist .
His preferred techniques were: watercolor , tempera , mixed media, batik watercolor technique , pencil u. Chalk drawing, mixed ink techniques, wood - u. Linocut , etching , monotype , as well as sgraffito , mosaic , stained glass windows for art in architecture .
life and work
After returning from captivity in 1947, he began training as a graphic designer at the Masters School in Kaiserslautern, which was affiliated with the Pfalzgalerie in Kaiserslautern. The first impulses of modern painting through the encounter with the works of Palatinate painters such as Weißgerber , Purrmann , but also Slevogt , reinforced Louis' desire to become a painter himself. This was followed by studies at the Stuttgart Art School with Karl Rössing and at the Stuttgart Free Art School. From 1950 to 1953 Louis studied at the Karlsruhe Art Academy under Karl Hubbuch and at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg under Oskar Kokoschka (School of Seeing 1956).
The puristic attitude towards the fine arts as " L'art pour l'art " determined the further artistic development of Norbert Otto Louis and allowed him to repeatedly give new and different accents to his artistic design in the field of tension between reality and abstraction. The southern and northern German landscape, but also the European area of life and culture, gave Norbert Otto Louis essential suggestions. Since the 1990s, he has increasingly turned to non-representational art.
Working in public space
Apostle Church (stained glass window in the dome ring) and St. Norbert Church (facade and plaster cut) in Kaiserslautern.
Exhibitions (selection)
From 1951 to 2016, works by Norbert Otto Louis were shown in 80 group and 40 solo exhibitions, also in Europe and beyond.
- 1951 Art of the Church, Berlin Charlottenburg Palace (G)
- 1956 painter from the Rhine and Saar, Galerie Duncan, Paris (G)
- 1956 Der Rote Reiter , Intern. Exhibition Traunstein (G)
- 1982 War and Peace, on the occasion of DOKUMENTA 82 nationwide state exhibition, Kassel, Professional Association of Visual Artists (G)
- 1983 two exhibitions Otto Engbarth and Norbert Otto Louis, painting and graphics, Springe, gallery in the Burghof / Museum (G)
- 1984 Watercolor batik work, Bad Salzuflen, Galerie an der Steege
- 1984 Painting and graphic work by Norbert Louis, Todtmoos, Baden-Württemberg, Wehratalhalle
- 1986 Urbanity today, painting and graphics, Stuttgart, LZ-Stuttgart eV Cultural Club
- 1990 Landscapes-People-Still Life, Hanover, Hermann Ehlers Academy
- 1992 N-eurovision mostra international Giosano / Italy, Bibliotecar Civica (G)
- 1992 How art should be in metropolis 2000, Sassari / Italy Galleria D'Arte (G)
- 1992 Muestra International de Arte-Correo, Rep. Domenica, Mail Art, Santo Domingo, la casa universittaria de la cultura (G)
- 1995 Illustrations, Bad Saarow-Pieskow, Maxim-Gorki-Haus
- 1997 Quicksilver, University of Art, London (G)
- 1999 objects, Hanover, Podbi-Park
- 2016 retrospective on the occasion of the 90th birthday, Martin Schmidt concert hall, Bad Münder am Deister
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Louis, Norbert Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaiserslautern |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th June 2013 |
| Place of death | Bad Münder |