Emil Schumacher

The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are abstract art. Employment is recorded with Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Work by Emil Schumacher is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Rubenspreis.

• Name — Emil Schumacher • Born — 29 August 1912 • Birthplace — Hagen, Germany • Died — 4 October 1999 • Place of death — San José, Spain • Known for — Painting • Training — School of Applied Arts in Dortmund, Germany • Notable Works — Eruption (1956) B-1 (1969) Mit Holz, (1980) Falacca, (1989) Subito, (1998) • Awards — Guggenheim Award (National Section)

Born on 29 August in Hagen, Germany, as the third child of Anna and Emil Schumacher. Enrolled in the secondary school in Hagen, Germany. As an 18-year-old, Emil Schumacher undertakes a four-week-long bicycle tour to Paris, France.

1932–1935: Studies graphic design at the School of Applied Arts in Dortmund intending to become a graphic designer in advertising. On numerous occasions during his studies, he travels abroad by bicycle. One trip takes him over the St. Gotthard Pass to Lago Maggiore, Italy. 1935–1939: Independent artist without participating in exhibits. He undertakes study trips by bicycle to the Netherlands and Belgium. 1939–1945: Service obligation as draftsman in an arms factory, the Akkumulatoren–Werke of Hagen. 1941: Marries Ursula Klapprott. Birth of their son Ulrich. Since 1945: Immediately after end of war, new start as independent artist. 1947: First solo exhibit in the Studio für neue Kunst. Co-founder of the artist group Junger Westen. 1954: Participates in the Willem Sandberg exhibition Deutsche Kunst nach 45 (German Art after 1945) at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: for the first time after World War II, Contemporary German Art is shown abroad. 1955: Participates in the exhibition Peintures et sculptures non-figuratives en Allemagne d’aujourd’hui in Paris. This is the first time, 10 years after the war's end, that René Drouin shows contemporary German art at the Cercle Volney in France. 1956: While searching for new media and materials, Schumacher creates his first 'Tastobjekte' (tactile objects). Conrad von Soest Preis (Conrad-von-Soest Award), Münster, Germany. 1958: Travels to Spain, Italy and Tunisia. Participates in the XXIX. Venice Biennale, Italy. 1958–1960: Professorship at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg (University of Fine Arts) in Hamburg, Germany. 1959: Participates in the documenta II in Kassel, Germany, as well as the V. São Paulo Art Biennial, Brazil. First solo exhibit in New York at the Samuel M. Kootz Gallery. 1962: Travels to Libya and Tunisia. Summer stay in Anguillara, Lago di Bracciano, Italy. 1963: Solo exhibit as German contribution to the VII. São Paulo Art Biennial, Brazil. Travels to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Bolivia. Once again summer stay in Anguillara, paintings that originated during the stay are shown in the Galeria La Medusa in Rome. 1964: Participates in the documenta III in Kassel, Germany. 1965: Travels through Yugoslavia, to Montenegro, the Herzegovina, and Bosnia. 1966–77: Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe. 1967–68: Guest professorship at the Minneapolis School of Art, Minneapolis, USA. In Minneapolis, a series of works on paper are created. This series called Minneapolis Suite was exhibited at the Lefebre Gallery in New York and at the Galerie de Montréal in Montréal, Canada. Extensive travels through the USA. 1969: Winter stay on the Island of Djerba in Tunisia. Here, the Djerba gouaches were created over the course of the following years. 1971: Since 1971, frequent stays on Ibiza during spring and summer. 1974: Autumn stay in Cunardo, Lago Maggiore where the first ceramics are created in Ceramica Ibis. 1975: Winter stay on Djerba, Tunisia. 1980: Travels through Tunisia and winter stay in Hammamet. 1983: Travels to Marocco where Suite Maroc, encompassing 36 pages, is created. 1985: Guest of Honor of the German Academy of Rome, Villa Massimo, Italy. 1988: In October 1988, a 10-day stay in Irak. Design and creation of a -long ceramic wall in the new building of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. 1991: Guest professorship at the Concorso Superiore Internazionale del Disegno of the Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy. 1996: Schumacher designs a -long and -high mosaic wall for the Colosseo (Rome Metro) in Rome, Italy. 1998: Commission for mural in the Reichstag building, Berlin (executed in 1999). 1999: Member of the Academy of the Arts of Saxony (Sächsische Akademie der Künste), Dresden, Germany. Publication of the book 'GENESIS' with 18 Serigraphies in the edition Har-El, Jaffa/Israel.

Emil Schumacher worked in painting. His work is associated with abstract art and abstract expressionism. He was employed by Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. He belonged to Sächsische Akademie der Künste.

Emil Schumacher is recorded as having received Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order.