Willi Bongard
Willi Bongard (born July 4, 1931 in Alendorf , Eifel ; † May 6, 1985 at Nümbrecht , Oberbergisches Land ) was a German art and business journalist and publicist and co-founder of a free university. He is also the founder of the still influential Kunstkompass ranking .
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Bongard studied economics at the Universities of Göttingen, Cologne, Freiburg im Breisgau, Innsbruck, Munich and Vienna. He also studied stock market affairs during a stay of several months in the USA. Previously, he had completed an apprenticeship as a weaver and began studying mechanical engineering.
Bongard was initially the business editor of the FAZ and here u. a. responsible for daily stock market reporting. He also published in the specialist journal Blick durch die Wirtschaft . An interview with him on the topic of the stock market (questioner: Günther Bollhagen ) was documented in the record series Word and Voice as a prelude to the sub-series All about the stock exchange as an expert already in high demand . From 1962 to 1968 he was a business editor at ZEIT . He then moved to Capital (Germany) . In addition, he published a number of books, of which Men Make Markets (1963) and Art and Commerce: Between Passion u. Speculation (1967) are probably among the best known.
Bongard, who found his special topic in the relationship between art and commerce, founded the art compass, which is still popular today, in 1970 and published the ranking himself until 1985, most recently in his own art information service art aktuell .
In 1971, he and Kaspar Vallot brought the packaging artist Christo Javacheff to Monschau for a sensational art event , who had thus gained increased (albeit controversial) influence on the Federal Republic of Germany . Christo packed the castle and the Haller ruins in Monschau.
In 1973 Bongard was one of the founders of the Free International University together with Joseph Beuys , which he also co-directed until his death.
Bongard died in 1985 in a car accident.
Web links
- Wieland Schmied : Wieland Schmied on Willi Bongard: "Art & Commerce". Marvel at the market. Der Spiegel from March 18, 1968
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bongard, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art and business journalist and publicist as well as co-founder of a free university |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alendorf , Eifel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1985 |
| Place of death | near Nümbrecht , Oberbergisches Land |