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Biography |
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1929 |
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Born on 14 November in Hamburg |
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1947 - 1948 |
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Publishes his first drawing in the weekly newspaper »Die Zeit«, and his first book of Punch and Judy tales, »Seid ihr alle da?« |
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1946 - 1952 |
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Studies free and applied graphic art at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg; becomes a master-class student with Alfred Mahlau |
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1952 |
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Awarded Lichtwark scholarship by the city of Hamburg; Janssen leaves the Landeskunstschule against his will |
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1957 |
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Awarded scholarship by the Kulturkreis im Verband der Deutschen Industrie |
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1964 |
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Wins the city of Darmstadt art prize |
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1965 - 1966 |
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Awarded the city of Hamburg's Edwin Scharff Prize |
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1975 |
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Awarded the city of Mannheim's Schiller Prize |
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1978 |
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Awarded the city of Hamburg's Biermann Rathjen Medal |
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1990 |
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Wins the prize of »Die oldenburgische Landschaft« association, Oldenburg |
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1992 |
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Made an honorary citizen of the town of Oldenburg |
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1995 |
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Has a stroke and dies on 31 August; buried at St. Gertrude's Cemetery in Oldenburg |
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2000 |
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Opening of the Horst Janssen Museum in Oldenburg |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Abgruende, HR Giger, Horst Janssen, Guido Sieber, Zitadelle Spandau, Bastion Kronprinz, Berlin |
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1998 |
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Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany |
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1998 |
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Germanisches Nat. Mus. |
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1997 |
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Kunsthalle Hamburg |
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1997 |
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KunstHaus Wien, Austria |
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1996 |
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Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin, Germany |
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1995 |
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Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Germany |
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1994 |
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Altonaer Museum Hamburg, Germany |
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1993 |
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Fine Art Museum Taipeh, Taiwan |
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1992 |
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Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany |
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1991 |
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Odakyu Grand Gallery Tokyo, Japan |
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1991 |
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Munch Museum Oslo |
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1990 |
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Claude Bernard Gallery New York, USA |
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1987 |
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Musée Sursock-The People's Hall Damaskus, Syria |
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1982 |
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Albertina, Vienna; the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan; Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway |
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1980 |
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Art Institute of Chicago; Busch Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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1978 |
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Stadtmuseum, Oldenburg |
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1976 |
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Kunsthalle, Mannheim |
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1973 |
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Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover; Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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1965 - 1966 |
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Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover |
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1957 |
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Galerie für Moderne Kunst, Hannover |
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