Walter Cüppers
Walter Cüppers (born January 21, 1925 in Embken ; † February 11, 2016 in Neuss ) was a German painter of informal art and sculptor of representational art .
Life
Walter Cüppers was born as the son of the teacher, botanist and draftsman Wilhelm Cüppers in 1925 in Embken in the Düren district. He was injured as a soldier in World War II . After starting out as an autodidact, he went to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1948 and studied in one class with Heinz Mack , Otto Piene , Hans Salentin and Gotthard Graubner . A travel grant brought Cüppers to Paris for half a year in the early 1950s , where he came into contact with informal art and took up and further developed his acrylic pictures. Back in Germany he met his future wife Elisabeth Wegener. In 1956 he accepted a position as an art teacher at the Rheinhausen High School for Natural Sciences . From 1963 to 1986 he was a lecturer and later professor for art didactics at the Pedagogical University of Neuss and at the University of Düsseldorf . He taught and inspired a great many young people. He had his studio in Selikum , where he painted, drew and sculpted almost to the end. The elaboration of his acrylic pictures sometimes stretched out over many years. His sculptures and drawings belong to representational art . Since 1955 he has had many solo exhibitions and participations in exhibitions as a painter and sculptor. Cüppers had his last major exhibition in 2014/15 in the “Alte Post” in Neuss on the occasion of his 90th birthday.
Walter Cüppers died on February 11, 2016 in Neuss at the age of 91.
Film portrait
- Portrait of Walter Cüppers: Film portrait of the artist and professor of art didactics Walter Cüppers. A film for the cultural office of the city of Neuss. Film by Agniezka Jankowska; Camera: Ole Kelger, Editor: Heike Kirsten; based on an idea by Harald Müller; Culture Office of the City of Neuss.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1996: Kunstverein Köln Rechtsrheinisch (KKR), Cologne
- 1997: KOMM cultural center, Düren
- 2000: Art Forum St. Clemens, Cologne
- 2002: Higher Regional Court, Cologne
- 2005: Burgau Castle, Düren
- 2007: Art in the town hall, Neuss
- 2009: Museum Blankenheim (Eifel)
- 2012: Maternushaus, Cologne
- 2014/15: Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Cüppers in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helga Bittner: Mourning for the painter Walter Cüppers . Obituary , RP, February 17, 2016, accessed February 17, 2016
- Walter Cüppers at Artothek Neuss, accessed on February 17, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium Rheinhausen, under “Teachers and their time at the school” , website for the Abitur 1966 with contributions on the occasion of a class reunion for the 40-year Abitur, accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Alte Post Neuss: 67th annual exhibition "Art from Neuss", December 7, 2014 to January 11, 2015 ( Memento from February 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Walter Cüppers obituary notice , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung edition of February 17, 2016
- ↑ Herbert Rosner: Walter Cüppers, Pictures and Sculptures ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , About the artist Walter Cüppers and his work (text) for the exhibition opening in the Maternushaus on March 12, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cüppers, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Embken |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 2016 |
| Place of death | Neuss |