Helmut Federle

(Swiss, born 1944)

 die nacht der krähe (the night of the crow) by helmut federle

Helmut Federle

Die Nacht der Krähe (The Night of the Crow), 2008

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my name as a structural design by helmut federle

Helmut Federle

My Name as a Structural Design, 1979

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untitled by helmut federle

Helmut Federle

Untitled, 1977

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basics on composition c (april at kamikochi) by helmut federle

Helmut Federle

Basics on Composition C (April at Kamikochi), 2019

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basics on composition h (eight) by helmut federle

Helmut Federle

Basics on Composition H (Eight), 2019

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two side drawing (abstände von ecke zur form gleichwertig, 1 + 1/2 + 2/3 + 3) by helmut federle

Helmut Federle

Two Side Drawing (Abstände von Ecke zur Form gleichwertig, 1 + 1/2 + 2/3 + 3), 1979

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basics on composition xxi (for lee harvey oswald) by helmut federle

Helmut Federle

Basics on Composition XXI (For Lee Harvey Oswald), 1992

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Biography

Timeline

1944
Born in Solothurn, Switzerland
2008
Prix Aurélie Nemours
2016
Ricola Collection Prize
Since 1999: Professor at the Staatlichen Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany

Exhibitions

2021
Basics on Composition, Peter Blum, New York City, New York (solo)
2020
Basics on Composition/Informal Multitudes, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain (solo)
News! Erwerbungen im Kontext der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Transversal. Landschaften aus der Sammlung, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Jef Cornelis: “Art is for the few”, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
Now is the Time. 25 Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, catalogue
Contrepoint. Gérard Traquandi & la Donation Albers-Honegger, eac. Espace de l'Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
Ways of Seeing Abstraction, PalaisPopulaire, Berlin, Germany
Basics on Composition 1992 & 2019. Horizont der sieben Seen, Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria, catalogue (solo)
2019
19 E. 21 St., 6 Large Paintings, Kunstmuseum Basel/Neubau, Basel, Switzerland, catalogue, texts by Josef Helfenstein, Maja Wismer, Jeremy Lewinson, Jasper Sharp, Gottfried Boehm, Roman Kurzmeyer, Richard Shiff, 3 poems by Helmut Federle (solo)

Literature

2005
Gisal Kuoni, Helmut Federle ‘Edelweiss' (Ausführung im Nietzsche-Haus, Sils-Maria), in: Kunstbulletin 1/2, Zürich, January/February 2005, p. 60/61
Simon Baur, “Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie ”, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, 26./27. February 2005, p. 48
2004
Simon Baur, “Also sprach H. F. – Sils.Maria, Nietzsche-Haus”, in: Antiquitäten Zeitung, Munich, 15. October 2004, p. 33
Stephen Talasnik, “Helmut Federle at Peter Blum”, in: Art in America, New York, January 2004
2003
Mario Naves, “Happy Release of Drawing Exposes Artist's Lighter Side”, in: The New York Observer, New York, 30. Juni 2003
Afred Mac Adam, “Helmut Federle”, in: Artnews, New York, September 2003, p. 133
Grace Glueck, “Helmut Federle – Works on Paper”, in: The New York Times, New York, 11. Juli 2003
2002
Jan Thorn-Prikker, “Zweimal Ich ist das i-Tüpfelchen – Im Schattenreich der dunkleren Vögel: Nantes zeigt den Maler Helmut Federle im Musée des Beaux-Arts”, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt am Main, 27. May 2002, p. 43
2000
Reinhard Ermen, “Helmut Federle: Personale, Kunsthaus Bregenz”, in: Kunstforum International, Ruppichteroth, Bd. 150, April–June 2000, p. 429
1999
Roswitha Mair, “Die Anmaßung der Harmonie”, in: Antiquitäten-Zeitung, no. 26, 1999, p. 1050