Bodo Baumgarten
Bodo Baumgarten (25 November 1940 – 13 September 2022) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator. He is a former professor in Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK) in Saarland.
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- Name
- Bodo Baumgarten
- Born
- 25 November 1940
- Birthplace
- Gdynia, West Prussia, Nazi Germany
- Died
- 13 September 2022
- Place of death
- Hamburg, Germany
- Education
- Muthesius Academy of Art, University of Fine Arts of Hamburg
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor · artist
- Languages
- German
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Bodo Baumgarten (25 November 1940 – 13 September 2022) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator. He is a former professor in Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK) in Saarland.
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• Name — Bodo Baumgarten • Born — 25 November 1940 • Birthplace — Gdynia, West Prussia, Nazi Germany • Died — 13 September 2022 • Place of death — Hamburg, Germany • Education — Muthesius Academy of Art, University of Fine Arts of Hamburg
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Bodo Baumgarten was born on 25 November 1940 in Gdynia, West Prussia (now Poland). He grew up in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg in Germany. Baumgarten studied painting at the Muthesius Academy of Art (German: Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel) from 1962 to 1965; under Hans Domke and Gottfried Brockmann. Baumgarten continued his studies from 1965 to 1969 at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, where he started teaching while completing his studies. In 1977, Baumgarten participated in documenta 6, a contemporary art exhibition. In 1981, Baumgarten moved to Cologne, Germany, where he maintains his present-day studio. He taught painting at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK) from 1989 until 2006. Baumgarten had many notable students, including Andrea Neumann.
Skulptur "2-teilige Verspannung im Raum" von Bodo Baumgarten, 1984 für den Neubau der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg.
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Skulptur "2-teilige Verspannung im Raum" von Bodo Baumgarten, 1984 für den Neubau der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg.
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- 1.www.hbksaar.de. Die HBKsaar trauert um Prof. Bodo Baumgarten - Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBKsaar mourns the loss of Prof. Bodo Baumgarte).
- 2.Gomringer, Eugen. Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt. Edition Braus. 64. 1993. 978-3-89466-045-1.
- 3.Rave, Jan. Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie Berlin: zum 25. Jubiläum des Vereins. Seemann. 182. 2002. 978-3-363-00796-1.
- 4.Christians. Künstler in Hamburg. 1982-01-01. 9783767207493.
- 5.Dierichs. Documenta 6: Kassel 1977. 1977. 9783920453002.
- 6.Gündüz, Bülent. Ein Nachruf auf Andrea Neumann: Malerei der Offenheit und Andeutung. Die Künstlerin Andrea Neumann ist im Alter von nur 51 Jahren gestorben. Ein Nachruf – und ein Blick auf ihre einzigartige Arbeit. Saarbrücker Zeitung. 2020-08-21.
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