Rupert Stoeckl

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Rupert Maria Stöckl (born October 9, 1923 in Munich ; † August 8, 1999 there ) was a German painter.

Life

Rupert Stöckl began an apprenticeship as a decorative painter in 1936 . In 1941, at the age of eighteen, he was drafted into the labor service. In the autumn of the same year he received short infantry training and was sent to the Eastern Front off Moscow . After being wounded several times, he was promoted to sergeant and then headed a prisoner troop that had to repair bomb damage and clear rubble in downtown Munich. In 1945 he became a US prisoner of war in Ingolstadt .

From 1945 he earned his living as a decorative painter and restorer. In the following years he began to paint professionally. His artistic career began in 1950 with his first abstract works. His pictures have been exhibited at home and abroad, for example in the Munich art exhibition in 1953/54/55/56 , the Jeune Peinture Biennale in Paris , the Venice Biennale or the 1967 Expo in Montreal .

He lived in Munich with his partner Joachim Albert until his death and was considered a Munich original during his lifetime .

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His artistic work includes paintings, collages , graphics, three-dimensional and bizarre objects and painted everyday objects such as menus, posters, mugs or beer mugs. In terms of style, he could not be determined.

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