german art 1900-2000

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    German Art Dates

  • hans namuth

    hans namuth
    (March 17, 1915 – October 13, 1990) was a German-born photographer. Namuth specialized in portraiture, photographing many artists, includingabstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. His photos of Pollock at work in his studio increased Pollock's fame and recognition and led to a greater understanding of his work and techniques. Namuth used his outgoing personality and persistence to photograph.
    Born: March 17, 1915, EssenDied: October 13, 1990, East HamptonEducation: The New Schoolmany
  • jonathan messe

    jonathan messe
    Jonathan Meese is a German painter, sculptor, performance artist and installation artist based in Berlin and Hamburg. His works include collages, drawings and writing.
  • thomas ruff

    thomas ruff
    Thomas Ruff is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldor. `I believe that photography can only reproduce the surface of things. The same applies to a portrait. I take photos of people the same way I would take photos of a plaster bust."
  • Talon Abraxas

    Talon Abraxas who was a German painter. Suprisingly he is a self taught painter, he is famous for using a combination of traditional and digital images, creating realistic landscapes. He was inspired by artists like: Austin Osman Spare, JeanDelville, Beksinski and Aleister Crowley. Lastly he see's himself as a symbolic painter.
  • martin kippenberger

    martin kippenberger
    Martin Kippenberger was a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media as well as provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public art work. Born: February 25, 1953, Dortmund
    Died: March 7, 1997, Vienna
    Period: Contemporary art
    Series: Good Reverse Development Knows No Excuses
  • morell

    belardo (Abe) Morell (born Havana, Cuba, 1948) is a Boston-based photographer. Morell and his family fled Cuba in 1962, moving to New York City. Morell earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Bowdoin College in 1977, and a Master of Fine Art from Yale University School of Art in 1981. He is well known in the photographic community for creating camera obscura images in various places around the world and photographing them. Morell was awarded the Cintas Foundation fellowship in 1992 and the Jo