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Horst Janssen 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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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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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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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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