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Horst Janssen (German, 1929–1995)

Timeline

1929: Born on 14 November in Hamburg
1947–1948: Publishes his first drawing in the weekly newspaper »Die Zeit«, and his first book of Punch and Judy tales, »Seid ihr alle da?«
1946–1952: Studies free and applied graphic art at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg; becomes a master-class student with Alfred Mahlau
1952: Awarded Lichtwark scholarship by the city of Hamburg; Janssen leaves the Landeskunstschule against his will
1957: Awarded scholarship by the Kulturkreis im Verband der Deutschen Industrie
1964: Wins the city of Darmstadt art prize
1965–1966: Awarded the city of Hamburg's Edwin Scharff Prize
1975: Awarded the city of Mannheim's Schiller Prize
1978: Awarded the city of Hamburg's Biermann Rathjen Medal
1990: Wins the prize of »Die oldenburgische Landschaft« association, Oldenburg
1992: Made an honorary citizen of the town of Oldenburg
1995: Has a stroke and dies on 31 August; buried at St. Gertrude's Cemetery in Oldenburg
2000: Opening of the Horst Janssen Museum in Oldenburg

2012–2013: Horst Janssen als Angeber X - Flegeleien und Verneigungen, Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg, Germany (solo)
2008: Abgruende, HR Giger, Horst Janssen, Guido Sieber, Zitadelle Spandau, Bastion Kronprinz, Berlin
1998: Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany
1998: Germanisches Nat. Mus.
1997: Kunsthalle Hamburg
1997: KunstHaus Wien, Austria
1996: Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin, Germany
1995: Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Germany
1994: Altonaer Museum Hamburg, Germany
1993: Fine Art Museum Taipeh, Taiwan
1992: Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
1991: Odakyu Grand Gallery Tokyo, Japan
1991: Munch Museum Oslo
1990: Claude Bernard Gallery New York, USA
1987: Musée Sursock-The People's Hall Damaskus, Syria
1982: Albertina, Vienna; the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan; Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
1980: Art Institute of Chicago; Busch Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1978: Stadtmuseum, Oldenburg
1976: Kunsthalle, Mannheim
1973: Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover; Kunsthalle, Hamburg
1965–1966: Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
1957: Galerie für Moderne Kunst, Hannover