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Rupprecht Geiger

(German, 1908–2009)

Rupprecht Geiger

Multiples Modulationen (citron, gelb, orange, pink), 2006

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Biography

Timeline

1908: Born in Munich, Germany
1926 - 1929: Studies in architecture at the Munich Art College with the Neoclassicist Eduard Pfeiffer, Munich, Germany
1930 - 1932: Apprenticeship as a bricklayer, Munich, Germany
1933 - 1935: Studies in architecture at the National Building School Munich, Germany
1936 - 1940: Work in different architectural offices incl. amongst others Oswald Eduard Bieber
1941 - 1942: Military service on the eastern front in Poland and Russia
1943 - 1944: Assignment as a war artist in the Ukraine and Greece
1949 - 1962: Freelance architect together with his wife Monika Geiger
1949: Co-founder of artist group ZEN 49 (until 1957)
1951: Design of the Munich Main Central Station façade as his first public commission in the field “art in architecture”, Germany
1955: Begins working with oil paints
1965 - 1976: Professorship in painting at the State Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany
1970: Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
1979: Honorary member of the State Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany
1983: Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
1993: Honorary member of the Academy of Graphic Arts, Munich, Germany
1999: Honorary member of the Registered Society of Friends’ Association Lenbachhaus, Germany
: Founding of the Rupprecht-Geiger-Society (registered society of friends of Rupprecht Geiger’s works), based in the State Gallery in the Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
2009: Passes away in Munich, Germany

Exhibitions

2008: Rot ist Schön, Museum of Contemporary Art Siegen, Siegen, Germany (solo)
: 100 Jahre Rupprecht Geiger, New National Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Retrospective at the State Gallery in Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
2007: Farbe tanken für neue Energie, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo)
2005: Stunde 0: Rupprecht Geiger und Hilla von Rebay, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany (solo)
: Von Rot zu Rot, Papierarbeiten und Gemälde, Halle Altes Rathaus, Städtische Sammlungen Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt, Germany (solo)
2002: German representative at the 25th Biennale in São Paulo, Brasil
2000: Geist und Materie, Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Morgen Rot Abend Rot, Spitalkirche Heiliggeist, Landshut, Germany (solo)
1999: Galerie im Rathausfletz, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany (solo)
1998: Rot Gelb Blau, Kunstbau der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
1995: Farbe als Botschaft, Diözesanmuseum, Freising, Germany (solo)
1994: Russisches Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (solo)
1990: La couleur est élément: œuvres depuis 1945, Hôtel des Arts, Paris, France (solo)
: Zeichnung als Licht, Museum/Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz, Saarbrücken, Germany (solo)
1988: Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst im Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo)
1986: Seiji Togo Kunstmuseum, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
: Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany (solo)
1985: Retrospektive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin / Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein / Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1982: Druckgrafik und Zeichnungen, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
1978: Retrospective, State Gallery in the Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
: Gemälde und Zeichnungen, State Gallery in the Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
1977: Bilder und Zeichnungen, Moderne Galerie Bottrop, Bottrop, Germany (solo)
1976: Tempera • Wachskreide • Graphit • Graphik bis 1976, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1975: Element Rot, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (solo)
1967: Malerei und Graphitzeichnung, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1966: Ölbilder • Zeichnungen von 1963 bis 1965, Städtische Galerie Haus Seel, Siegen, Germany (solo)
: Gemälde und Zeichnungen von 1956 bis 1966, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany (solo)
: Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (solo)
1965: Gemälde, Kunst- und Museumsverein, Wuppertal, Germany (solo)
1964: Das graphische Werk, Stadthalle Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (solo)
1960: Galleria La Medusa, Rom, Italy (solo)
1959: Galerie für Moderne Kunst, Hannover, Germany (solo)
1957: Peintures, Galerie Iris Clert, Paris, France (solo)
1956: Galerie Samlaren, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
1953: Bilder, Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
: Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich, Germany (solo)
1948: Réalités Nouvelles, 3ème Salon, Paris, France
1945: Group exhibition, County Court Prien, Germany

Literature

2007: Catalogue Raisonné of Printed Graphics 1948–2007
2003: Catalogue Raisonné of Printed Graphics 1942-2002, Paintings and Objects, Architecture-related Art
1972: Catalogue Raisonné of Printed Graphics 1948–1972
1964: Catalogue Raisonné of prints 1948–1964

Rupprecht Geiger

(German, 1908–2009)

Rupprecht Geiger

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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