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Joseph Beuys Biography
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1921 |
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Born: in Krefeld, Germany
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1940 |
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Diploma High School Kleve, Germany
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1941 - 1945 |
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War service as a gun pilot
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1947 - 1951 |
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Studied sculpture at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art under Joseph Enseling and Ewald Mataré, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1961 |
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Appointed professor at State Art Academy Düsseldorf, Sculpting Division, Düsseldorf, Germany
Began to associate with Fluxus artists
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1978 |
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Became a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
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1980 |
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Became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Denmark
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1986 |
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Received the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize, Duisburg, Germany
Died: in Düsseldorf, Germany
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Joseph Beuys, Gagosian Gallery Madison, New York, NY (solo)
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2009
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Joseph Beuys, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, UK (solo)
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2008
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Focus: Joseph Beuys, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
ARC/Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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2007
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Art International Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
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2006
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Musée municipal d'art de la Roche sur Yon, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
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2005
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Joseph Beuys, Tate Modern, London, UK (solo)
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2004
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Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1998
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Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, Kaufbeuren, Germany (solo)
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1997
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Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Mykolas-Zilinskas-Kunstgalerie, Kaunas, Litauen; Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea (solo)
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1996
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Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, NL; Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland; Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany (solo)
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1995
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Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum La Poste, Visip, Switzerland (solo)
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1994
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Hauptstrom Jupiter. Beuys und die Antike. Zeichnungen 1946 – 1960, Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen, germany (solo)
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1993
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Joseph Beuys: Eine Innere Mongolei. Dschingis Khan, Schamanen, Aktricen, Bleistiftzeichnungen, Aquarell und Ölfarben aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
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1992
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Joseph Beuys: Denken ist bereits Plastik. Zeichnungen zur Plastischen Theorie aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Grafische Sammlung der Eidgenössischen T.H., Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
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1991
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Joseph Beuys: Manresa. Zeichnungen, Fotos, Materialien zu einer Fluxus-Demonstration. 25 Jahre Manresa. 500 Jahre Ignatius, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1989
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Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
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1988
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Joseph Beuys – Frühe Arbeiten aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Akademie Galerie der Akademie der Künste der DDR, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1987
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Brennpunkt Düsseldorf: Joseph Beuys, Die Akademie. Der Allgemeine Aufbruch 1962 – 1987, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
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1986
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Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
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1985
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Joseph Beuys: Braunkreuz, Nijmeegs Museum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (solo)
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1984
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Joseph Beuys: An Exhibition Based on the Ulbricht Collection, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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1983
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Joseph Beuys: Drawings, City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK (solo)
Hommage à Joseph Beuys, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1981
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Joseph Beuys: Arbeiten aus Münchner Sammlungen, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
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1980
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Opening Exhibition, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Tekeningen, Drawings, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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1979
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Joseph Beuys, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1977
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Joseph Beuys: Tekeningen, Aquarellen, Gouaches, Collages, Olieverven, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium (solo)
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1975 - 1976
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Joseph Beuys, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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1974
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Joseph Beuys: The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK (solo)
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1973
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Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung Karl Ströher, Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany (solo)
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1972
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Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen und andere Blätter aus Sammlung Karl Ströher, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany (solo)
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1971
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Joseph Beuys: Objekte und Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (solo)
La Rivoluzione siamo noi: Partitura di Joseph Beuys", Modern Art Agency, Naples, Italy (solo)
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1970
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Joseph Beuys, Kunstverein, Ulm, Germany (solo)
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1969
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Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Kleine Objekte, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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1967
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Joseph Beuys: Parallelprozeß I, Municipal Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany (solo)
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1966
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Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Joseph Beuys: Mit Braunkreuz, Galerie René Block, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1965
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Joseph Beuys: Irgendein Strang..., Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
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1964
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Documenta, Kassel, Germany
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
National Museum, Kassel, Germany
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| Literature |
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1991
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Stachelhaus, Heiner. Joseph Beuys. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1991
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1979
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Adriani, Götz, Winfried Konnertz, and Karin Thomas. Joseph Beuys: Life and Works. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1979
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