Thomas Kleemann

Thomas Kleemann (* 1954 in Geesthacht , Schleswig-Holstein ) is a German painter. His mostly large-format works are in private and public collections at home and abroad. He lives and works in Berlin and Melz in the Mecklenburg Lake District ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ).

Life

After graduating from high school in Kiel and doing community service, Kleemann studied painting and art education from 1975 to 1981 at the University of the Arts in Berlin, today the University of the Arts . In 1981 he was a master student of Professor Johannes Geccelli . In 1981 Kleemann passed the first state examination and in 1984 the second state examination for teaching at grammar schools. In 1982 he received a scholarship from the Finnish city of Kuopio , and in 1983 from the Schleswig-Holstein state government in the Casa Baldi in Olevano Romano near Rome (Italy). In 1985 he decided to work freelance. From 1986 to 1988 he had a studio grant from the Karl Hofer Society in Berlin.

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Kleemann's landscapes and still lifes are characterized by a special spatiality between abstraction and objectivity. He often works with putty applied over a large area, which he dusts with silicon ash. 30 works from 20 years as a freelance artist were on view in May and June 2005 in the Ostholstein Museum in Eutin .

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Kleemann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Web presence