Horst Janssen

(German, 1929–1995)

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Horst Janssen

Cha-Cha-Cha, 1958

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Biography

Timeline

1929
Born on 14 November in Hamburg
1946 - 1952
Studied free and applied graphic art at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg; became a master-class student with Alfred Mahlau
1947 - 1948
Published his first drawing in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and his first book of Punch and Judy tales, Seid ihr alle da?
1951
Received a scholarship to the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkese
1952
Awarded Lichtwark scholarship by the city of Hamburg; left the Landeskunstschule against his will
1957
Awarded scholarship by the Kulturkreis im Verband der Deutschen Industrie
1964
Won the city of Darmstadt art prize
1965 - 1966
Awarded the city of Hamburg's Edwin Scharff Prize
1968
First Prize, Venice Biennale
1975
Awarded the city of Mannheim's Schiller Prize

Exhibitions

2014
Galerie Brockstedt, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2012 - 2013
Horst Janssen als Angeber X - Flegeleien und Verneigungen, Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg, Germany (solo)
2008
Abgruende, HR Giger, Horst Janssen, Guido Sieber, Zitadelle Spandau, Bastion Kronprinz, Berlin
1998
Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany
Germanisches Nat. Mus.
1997
Kunsthalle Hamburg
KunstHaus Wien, Austria
1996 - 1997
Akademie der schönen Künste, Munich, Germany
Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany
1996
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin, Germany