Joseph Beuys  (German, 1921-1986) 

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Joseph Beuys Biography
1921   Born: in Krefeld, Germany
1940   Diploma High School Kleve, Germany
1941 - 1945   War service as a gun pilot
1947 - 1951   Studied sculpture at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art under Joseph Enseling and Ewald Mataré, Düsseldorf, Germany
1961   Appointed professor at State Art Academy Düsseldorf, Sculpting Division, Düsseldorf, Germany
Began to associate with Fluxus artists
1978   Became a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
1980   Became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Denmark
1986   Received the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize, Duisburg, Germany
Died: in Düsseldorf, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
2010   Joseph Beuys, Gagosian Gallery Madison, New York, NY (solo)
2009   Joseph Beuys, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, UK (solo)
2008   Focus: Joseph Beuys, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
ARC/Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2007   Art International Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
2006   Musée municipal d'art de la Roche sur Yon, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
2005   Joseph Beuys, Tate Modern, London, UK (solo)
2004   Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1998   Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Kunsthaus, Kaufbeuren, Germany (solo)
1997   Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Mykolas-Zilinskas-Kunstgalerie, Kaunas, Litauen; Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea (solo)
1996   Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, NL; Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland; Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany (solo)
1995   Joseph Beuys: Kleine Zeichnungen, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum La Poste, Visip, Switzerland (solo)
1994   Hauptstrom Jupiter. Beuys und die Antike. Zeichnungen 1946 – 1960, Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen, germany (solo)
1993   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)
1992   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)
1991   Joseph Beuys: Manresa. Zeichnungen, Fotos, Materialien zu einer Fluxus-Demonstration. 25 Jahre Manresa. 500 Jahre Ignatius, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1989   Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
1988   Joseph Beuys – Frühe Arbeiten aus der Sammlung van der Grinten, Akademie Galerie der Akademie der Künste der DDR, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1987   Brennpunkt Düsseldorf: Joseph Beuys, Die Akademie. Der Allgemeine Aufbruch 1962 – 1987, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1986   Beuys zu Ehren, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
1985   Joseph Beuys: Braunkreuz, Nijmeegs Museum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (solo)
1984   Joseph Beuys: An Exhibition Based on the Ulbricht Collection, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1983   Joseph Beuys: Drawings, City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK (solo)
Hommage à Joseph Beuys, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1981   Joseph Beuys: Arbeiten aus Münchner Sammlungen, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
1980   Opening Exhibition, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany
Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Tekeningen, Drawings, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1979   Joseph Beuys, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
1977   Joseph Beuys: Tekeningen, Aquarellen, Gouaches, Collages, Olieverven, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium (solo)
1975 - 1976   Joseph Beuys, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1974   Joseph Beuys: The Secret Block for a Secret Person in Ireland, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK (solo)
1973   Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung Karl Ströher, Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany (solo)
1972   Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen und andere Blätter aus Sammlung Karl Ströher, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany (solo)
1971   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)
1970   Joseph Beuys, Kunstverein, Ulm, Germany (solo)
1969   Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Kleine Objekte, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1967   Joseph Beuys: Parallelprozeß I, Municipal Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany (solo)
1966   Joseph Beuys: Zeichnungen, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Joseph Beuys: Mit Braunkreuz, Galerie René Block, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1965   Joseph Beuys: Irgendein Strang..., Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
1964   Documenta, Kassel, Germany
  SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
  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
Literature
1991   Stachelhaus, Heiner. Joseph Beuys. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1991
1979   Adriani, Götz, Winfried Konnertz, and Karin Thomas. Joseph Beuys: Life and Works. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1979

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