Emil Schumacher
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Emil Schumacher, 1981
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| Born |
29 August 1912 Hagen, Germany |
| Died | 4 October 1999 (aged 87) San José, Spain |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | School of Applied Arts in Dortmund, Germany |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work |
Eruption (1956) B-1, (1969) "Mit Holz, (1980 Falacca, (1989) Subito, (1998) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Award (National Section) |
Emil Schumacher (29 August 1912 in Hagen, Westfalen – 4 October 1999 in San José, Ibiza) German painter, important representative of abstract expressionism in post-war Germany.
In 2009 the Kunstquartier Hagen, was inaugurated combining the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen as well as the newly built Emil Schumacher Museum in one Museum complex.
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.
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