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Emil Schumacher Biography
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1912 |
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Born: Hagen, Germany
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1932 - 1935 |
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Studied at Kunstgewerbeschule, Dortmund, Germany
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1947 |
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Founded the artist and exhibition association' Junger Western'
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1958 |
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Received the Guggenheim award in New York, NY
Was appointed as professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg, Germany
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1958 - 1960 |
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Professorship at Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg
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1967 - 1968 |
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Visiting professorship in Minneapolis, MN
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1998 |
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Honored with the "Deutscher Bundestag" by commissioning a mural for the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany
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2009 |
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The Emil Schumacher Museum was dedicated to the life’s work of the artist Emil Schumacher from Hagen and opened on August in Hagen, Germany
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Emil Schumacher: A Birthday Celebration 2010, Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany(solo)
New Freedom: Abstract Art after 1945, Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany
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2009
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Emil Schumacher: Material As a Motif, Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany(solo)
Emil Schumacher - Radierungen und Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Boisserée, Cologne, Germany(solo)
Die Neue Galerie – Auftritt im Schloss!, Museum Schloß Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Germany
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2008
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Informelle Kunst, Galerie Nero, Wiesbaden, Germany
Form und nichtform in der graphik, Galerie Maulberger, Munich, Germany
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2007
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Emil Schumacher, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany(solo)
Der Erde näher als den Sternen, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany(solo)
Die aufregende Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Homenaje a Picasso, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago, Chile
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2006
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Apollo e Dionisio - Una riconciliazione possibile, Galleria Blu, Milan, Italy
Museumsverein Düren, Jahresgaben 2006, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany
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2005
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Kunst Unter Euro 5000, Galerie Boisserée, Cologne, Germany
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2004
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Zineb Sedira: Telling stories with differences, Cornerhouse, Manchester, U.K
Emil Schumacher, Galerie Maulberger, Munich, Germany(solo)
Auf Papier, Galerie Neher GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, Germany
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2003
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Emil Schumacher: Arbeiten auf Papier 1980 - 1999, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, Germany
Informel, Galerie Rieder, Munich, Germany
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2002
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V.I.P. 1 - Very Important Pieces, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Nur Farbe, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Gemany
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2001
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Abstract German Art since 1950, Galería Arnés + Röpke, Madrid,Spain
Emil Schumacher - Werke auf Papier 1989-1999, Galerie Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf, Germany
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1998
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Neue Werke - Galerie Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf, Germany(solo)
Abstraktion Figuration III, Galerie Dieter Wilbrand, Cologne, Germany
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany
Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany
Gustav-Lübcke-Museum, Hamm, Germany
Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
Tate Britain, London, U.K
Tate Modern, London, U.K
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
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| Literature |
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2007
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Ulrich Krempel und Volker Rattemeyer (Hg.): Emil Schumacher - der Erde näher als den Sternen, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hanover, Germany(catalogue)
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1997
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Schumacher, Emil. Rétrospective. Ausst. Kat. Galerie Nationale Jeu de Paume.Paris, France(Catalogue)
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1996
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Schumacher, Emil. Emil Schumacher: Fur Ulla(German Edition).Rhino Verlag:Ilmenau
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1981
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Schmalenbach, Werner. Emil Schumacher.DuMont: Cologne
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| Links to further information |
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