Rudolf Schoofs
Rudolf Schoofs (born January 3, 1932 in Goch am Niederrhein; † July 28, 2009 in Stuttgart ) was a German painter , draftsman , graphic artist and university professor . He is one of the well-known German artists of the post-war period .
His work is part of abstract art . The gestural emphasized early work originated from the informal art movement of the post-war period, but over the years Schoofs found an independent visual language. Thematically, Schoofs dealt continuously with the themes of landscape and figure in space.
Life
Schoofs studied with Georg Muche in Krefeld from 1952 to 1954 and then became his assistant. From 1958 he had a teaching position at the state art school in Kassel , in 1961 he switched to the art school in Wuppertal . In 1975 he was appointed professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and in the following year at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart to a chair for free graphics (successor to Gunter Böhmer ). In 1961 he received a scholarship from the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft in the BDI . In 1969 he received the von der Heydt Prize of the City of Wuppertal and the Prize for Critical Graphics in Hanover. In 1977 Schoofs took part in documenta 6 in Kassel, and in 1981 in the São Paulo Biennale . In 1997 he retired . He last lived and worked in Stuttgart, where he died at the age of 77 after a long illness. His work has been shown in more than 40 solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions and, above all, shaped the Wuppertal art scene.
Rudolf Schoofs was a member of the German Association of Artists . Between 1963 and 1996 he took part in a total of 13 large annual DKB exhibitions.
Awards
- 1969: Eduard von der Heydt Prize of the City of Wuppertal
- 1969: Graphics award for engraving no. 53 at the VII. Mostra Internazionale di Bianco e Nero in Lugano
- 1970: Prize for critical graphics ( Zille Prize) in Hanover
- 1974: Graphics Prize of the World Print Competition of the College of Arts and Crafts in collaboration with the San Francisco Museum of Art
- 1991: Ferdinand Langenberg Culture Prize of the City of Goch
Quotes
- "If you have developed an artistic form in such a way that it can no longer be moved or supplemented, then it has achieved its artistic quality"
- "My work is subject to constant change, expansion and rediscovery"
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Schoofs in the catalog of the German National Library
- Materials by and about Rudolf Schoofs in the documenta archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Kermer : Data and images on the history of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart . Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988 (= improved reprint from: The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart: a self-portrayal . Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988), o. P. [15].
- ^ The draftsman Rudolf Schoof is dead , Die Zeit , July 29, 2009
- ^ Artist Rudolf Schoofs died , Spiegel Online , July 29, 2009
- ↑ a b painter Rudolf Schoofs has died Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from July 29, 2009
- ^ Kuenstlerbund.de: Participation in exhibitions: Schoofs, Rudolf (accessed on January 30, 2016)
- ↑ a b Nikolai B. Forstbauer: Under the spell of dancing lines: Landscape is also a gesture - On the death of the Stuttgart painter and art academy teacher Rudolf Schoofs , Stuttgarter Nachrichten (online), July 29, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoofs, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman, graphic artist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goch |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 2009 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |