Tilopâ Monk
Tilopâ Monk (born September 13, 1949 as Rüdiger Frank in Unterlüß - Lutterloh ; † June 23, 2010 in Wuppertal ) was a German visual artist, best known for his oil paintings and etchings .
Life and education
Monk studied from 1969 at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf with Joseph Beuys and from 1973 at the Art Academy in Munich with Mac Zimmermann . From 1979 to 1982 he traveled and lived in various countries including India , Ceylon and Thailand . In 1984 he changed his name from Rüdiger Frank to Tilopâ Monk . Monk lived in Munich , where he ran a printing workshop.
Exhibitions
Works by Tilopâ Monk are or have been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries in Germany and abroad, including the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn , the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg Galerie Lometsch in Kassel and the Goethe Institute in Kuala Lumpur .
literature
- Paul Pfisterer, Claire Pfisterer: Signaturenlexikon , p. 898. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN 3-11014937-0
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ De Gruyter online biography at De Gruyter accessed on October 24, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monk, Tilopâ |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frank, Rüdiger (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unterlüß - Lutterloh |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 2010 |
| Place of death | Wuppertal |