Robert Simon (art collector)

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Robert Simon;
Photo by Karin Blüher , around 2008

Robert Simon (born July 16, 1946 in Kassel ) is a German art manager, art collector, gallery owner, founder, museum founder and museum director.

Life

portrait
Sculpture Stahl 17/87 on the sculpture mile Hanover
Synphony in red by John Raymond Henry ;
on the Königsworther Platz
Galerie Simon - kö 24 on the ground floor of Königsworther Straße 24 in Hanover

Robert Simon has lived in Hanover since 1972 . After studying business administration in Cologne and graduating with a degree in business administration, he worked for the Magdeburg insurance group, initially as press spokesman and later as marketing director. In 1981 he founded the gallery kö 24 to promote young art. In 1985 he made gallery work his main occupation and focused on art in public spaces . In 1986 he developed the concept for the Hannover Sculpture Mile , which he was responsible for driving forward until it was completed in 2000.

1995 Simon showed in Celle first time a section of the grown over decades collection Robert Simon . In 1998 this temporary exhibition led to the establishment of the “first 24-hour art museum in the world”, which was given a permanent institutional framework in 2000 with the establishment of the Kunstmuseum Celle with the Robert Simon collection.

Honors

Robert Simon received

Fonts (selection)

  • Robert Simon, Heide Spieh: kö 24: steel sculpture from Berlin in the urban area of ​​Hanover , catalog for the exhibition of the gallery kö24 on the Königsworther Platz until June 15, 1987, No. 7 in the series kö24 , ed. from Galerie Kö24, with photos by Karin Blüher, Reinhard Friedrich, Ulrike Köcher, Nicolaus Mackenzie, Peter Fischer-Piel, Hassan Mahramzadeh and the artist archives, Hanover [o. D., 1987?]: Self-published

Literature (selection)

  • Mark Preisegger: Robert Simon , in Tigo Zeyen, Anne Weber-Ploemacher (ed.), Joachim Giesel (photos): 100 hannoversche Köpf , Hameln: Niemeyer, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8271-9251-6 and ISBN 3-8271 -9251-X , pp. 182f.

Web links

Commons : Robert Simon (galerist)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Preisegger: Robert Simon , in Tigo Zeyen, Anne Weber-Ploemacher (ed.), ´Joachim Giesel (photos): 100 hannoversche Köpfe , Hameln: CW Niemeyer Buchverlage, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8271-9251-6 and ISBN 3-8271-9251-X , pp. 182f.
  2. ↑ Stefanie Kaune, The Art Strategist. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from July 15, 2006
  3. ↑ a b Michael Ende, Medal of Honor for Patron of the Celle Art Museum. In: Cellesche Zeitung of November 18, 2006
  4. ^ Hugo Thielen : Galerie Kö 24. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 200.
  5. ↑ Michael Ende: "Lichtgestalt" Simon becomes an honorary citizen. In: Cellesche Zeitung of October 15, 2015, p. 11; also changed something online on cellesche-zeitunge.de in the version of February 19, 2016
  6. ↑ Museum director and art collector Robert Simon awarded the Lower Saxony Order of Merit on the ribbon as a press release from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture from December 4, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art collector, gallery owner, benefactor, museum founder and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel