Werner Sinapius

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Werner Sinapius (formerly Lehmann-Sinapius , * 1928 in Bonn ) is a German painter . He is a co-founder of the artists' association “Landhaus Gruppe Köln”, all of whose works were made available to the Cologne City Archives in 1991 upon request .

Life

Werner Sinapius attended the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and studied painting with Ivo Hauptmann and Willi Breest from 1949 to 1951 . From 1951 to 1954 he attended the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and studied painting with Hermann Sohn and Willi Baumeister . Werner Sinapius also studied history at the University of Freiburg in 1954/1955 .

Werner Sinapius has dedicated himself to painting since 1956 and presented his pictures in group and solo exhibitions, including the Düsseldorf winter exhibitions (judged) and the exhibitions of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK).

The focus of his work is landscape painting. On the occasion of a solo exhibition at the Rheinisches Museumamt (Brauweiler Abbey) in April 1991, Dr. Alfons W. Biermann, the director of the Rhenish Archives and Museum Office, points out that Werner Sinapius is decisive for the modern implementation of landscape in painting.

Another focus of his work is the woodcut. The expressive, strongly colored works of the artist are not recognizable as representational representations at first glance. They appear largely abstract, dynamic elements and structures are similar. On closer inspection, landscapes or houses are recognizable - also on twelve graphics that were exhibited in the presidential office of Saar University in 2010 and which were created between 1976 and 2005 and come from the artist's private archive.

Together with his wife, the painter and poet Hilde Sinapius , he has studios in Königsdorf near Cologne, in Valais / Switzerland, in County Mayo / Ireland and in Lekow Castle / Poland. The building in Königsdorf specially designed as a studio house by Joachim Schürmann can be seen in the book Schürmann - Designs and Buildings .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1956–1990, participation in all BBK exhibitions
  • 1971–1990 participation in all exhibitions of the Landhaus Gruppe Köln
  • December 6, 1959–3. January 1960, Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast , winter exhibition 1959 (juried exhibition)
  • 17.-29. May 1977, Rheinisches Museumamt in Brauweiler Abbey , Werner and Hilde Sinapius with Regine Schirmer
  • 14-22 May 1977, Essen, state level: Essen-Gruga-Halle 6, 1 exhibit
  • May 1–6. June 1979, Frechen, Glass House, Frechen Cultural Office
  • 1st - 13th November 1987, Overath, community center,
  • May 6–3. June 1988, Cologne City Hall,
  • 19. – 20. August 1989, Rheinisches Museumamt in Brauweiler Abbey , artist market
  • April 18–20. May 1991, Rheinisches Museumamt in Brauweiler Abbey , Rhineland Regional Council, solo exhibition
  • October 17–15. November 1992, Königswinter, House of Silesia , solo exhibition,
  • July 2–30. July 1995, Frechen, Frechen State Hall, retrospective 30 years of artists in the Frechen eV art association,
  • 20. and 23./24. September 1995, Rheinisches Museumamt in Brauweiler Abbey ,
  • November 10–3. December 1996, Bergheim, district gallery Bergheim,

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog for the exhibition April 18 to May 20, 1991, foreword by Alfons Biermann, available from the Philocultura Foundation
  2. ^ Art in the presidential office - color woodcuts by Werner Sinapius
  3. ^ Wasmuth Verlag, 1997, ISBN 9783803001733 , 1st page catalog of works, 1959, Lehmann-Sinapius house
  • Who's who in the arts, Otto J. Groeg (Ed.), Who's Who-Book & Pub., 1978, p. 503
personal data
SURNAME Sinapius, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehmann-Sinapius, Werner (former name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn