Markus lupertz biography of mahatma
MARKUS LÜPERTZ
1941 born in Liberec (formerly Reichenberg/Böhmen), Czech Republic
1956-
1961
studied at Werkkunstschule Krefeld, worked in coal mine, then road construction, followed by
further studies in Krefeld and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany
1961 independent artist and poet
1962 began "dithyrambish painting" in Berlin, Germany
1964 opening of the Galerie Großgörschen 35 in Berlin
1970 Villa Romana Prize for a one-year residence in Florence, Italy, began the "German Motifs"
1971 German Critics’ Prize
1973 Survey of work at the Staatlichen Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
1974 organized the first Biennale Berlin, Germany
1976-
1987
Professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, Germany
1977 began "Style-Pictures", withdrew participation in "documenta 6" with Georg Baselitz
1980 began the "Alice in Wonderland" Cycle
1982
Participation in "documenta 7" in Kassel, stage design for the opera Vincent by Rainer Kunad at
the Staatstheater Kassel, Germany
1983
Stage design for the opera Werther by Jules Massenet at Ulmer Theater (before the premiere,
the set was removed at the request of the actors), Ulm, Germany, Professor at the Summer
Academy in Salzburg, Austria, Publication of the collection of poems Poems 1961-1983,
Selection
1984 Residence in New York, creation of the pictures "Pierrot Lunaire"
1985 began pictures after Corot
1986
Professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Rector since 1988, creation of the "Interspace-Ghost
Series"
1989
Retrospective of paintings, sculptures, and drawing from 1964 to 1988 at Abbaye Saint-André
and Centre d'Art Contemporaine in Meymac, France, began pictures after Poussin
1989-
1990
Church window design for the Nevers cathedral, France
1990 Lovis Corinth Prize of the Essling Artist Guild
1991
Stage design and costumes for the opera The Storm by Frank Martin (after William Shakespeare)
at the Bremer Theater, Germany
1993 Creation of the first pictures in the series "Men without Women – Parsifal"
1996
Creation of the "Othello" Cycle, design, stage design, and costumes for Verdi’s opera
Troubadour at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Duisburg and Düsseldorf, Germany
1998 Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
1999 Began the cycle "Vanitas", Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2000 Outfitted the Bensberg Palace park with an ensemble of three sculptures, Germany
2001
Wrap-around wall images "The Six Virtues" and the bronze "The Philosophers" for the Berlin
Kanzleramt, Germany
2002 Exhibition at IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia and at Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
2003
"Markus Lüpertz: The Augsburg Aphrodite with the preliminary works", Galerie Michael Werner,
Cologne, Germany, "German Art Now", Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2004
"Painting is dead – long live Painting.
150 Years Academy of Arts Karlsruhe.
Cukier kokosowy wartości trygonometryczneProfessors from
1947 to 1987", Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
"German Art from an American View", Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany
2005
"Markus Lüpertz", Nationalmuseum Breslau, Breslau, Poland, "Ways of the Expressive. Baselitz,
Lüpertz, Rainer and Contemporaries.
An Insight in a Private Collection", Schlossmuseum
Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
2006
"Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck", Shanghai Zendai Museum of
Modern Art, Shanghai, China, "Markus Lüpertz: Daphne", Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland,
Germany, "ROMA: Rosemarie Trockel/Markus Lüpertz", Museum Kuppersmühle für Moderne
Kunst, Germany
2007 "Markus Lüpertz", Imperial Museum Beijing, China
Collections (Selection)
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
Landesmuseum Munich, Germany
Moderna Museet Stockholm, Sweden
Musée d’ Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium