Gerhard Charles Rump (born 1947 in

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, Germany, † 2020 in Berlin, Germany) was an author on art history and the theory of contemporary art,

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teacher at the

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, curator, gallerist and photo artist.

Biography and career

Born in

on February 24, 1947, he finished the

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( Gymnasium) in 1967 and studied

Art History Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

, English Language and Literature,

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and

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at the

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from 1968 to 1972; later also

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at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. He received his PhD with a book on the British 18th Century portrait painter George Romney in 1972. He became a

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at the University of Bochum’s University Library, in 1974 he went to

Bonn University The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

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for

. In 1983 he left the University to become a freelance

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for the national newspapers “

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” and “

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” as well as a number of regional journals like “Kölnische Rundschau” and “Bonner Rundschau”. Concurrently he worked as an asset consultant for “

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”. In 1986/7 he was

of monuments for the city of

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(Germany), but joined the computer printer manufacturer

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(now TallyDascom) in 1987 as corporate communications manager to become the company’s

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a few years later. In 1987 he had his

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at the

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. In 1994 he returned to journalism as art market editor for “

” while he pursued researching on art and art history and gained some renown as media theorist, particularly on art communication and

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. He also pursued his career as artist photographer. In 2009 he contributed to Konstantin Akinsha's article on

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which won the

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' "Clarion Award". In 2010 he finally left “

” in order to forcus on his activities as university teacher and essayist, as art journalist and curator. In 2011 Catrin Rothe, Bernhard Ailinger and Gerhard Charles Rump founded the now only virtual art project and producers’ "RAR Gallery" —

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(NY) and

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(CA).

Publications (selected)

Rump authored among other titles:Gerhard Charles Rump
in WorldCat. * Gerhard Charles Rump: Rekonstruktionen. Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst. B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2010 * Gerhard Charles Rump / Jürgen Raap: Stephan Kaluza: Abfolgen. Edition Vits, Düsseldorf 2005 * Gerhard Charles Rump: runningMARS. Kunstforum Niederrhein, Emmerich 2004 (Exhibition catalog) * Gerhard Charles Rump / Natascha Plankermann: Kate Waters. Twentyfourseven. Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf 2003 (Exhibition catalog) * Gerhard Charles Rump (a.o.): Mythos und Moderne. Edvard Frank, Leben und Werk. Eine Biographie mit Briefen. Rathaus Galerie, Euskirchen 1999 * Gerhard Charles Rump: London Yesterday, Gingko Press, Berkeley Ca, Kunstverlag Weingarten, Weingarten 1998 * Gerhard Charles Rump / Peter Weiermair: Günter Blum. Venus. Ed. Braus, Heidelberg 1997 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Kunstwissenschaft und Verhaltensforschung. Studien zu verhaltensbiologischen Motivationen in künstlerischen Darstellungen. Deparade Verlag, Soest 1993 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Raimer Jochims /

Gotthard Graubner Gotthard Graubner (13 June 1930 – 24 May 2013) was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany. Graubner studied at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts in Germany, be ...

. Inter Nationes (Fine Arts), Bonn 1986 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Vergangenheitsrechnen. (Folia Pataphysica, 4) CMZ-Verlag, Rheinbach-Merzbach 1986 * Gerhard Charles Rump: How to Look at an Abstract Painting. Inter Nationes (Fine Arts), Bonn 1985 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Pferde und Jagdbilder in der englischen Kunst. Studien zu

George Stubbs George Stubbs (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Reynolds or Gainsborough ...

und dem Genre der "Sporting Art" von 1650-1830. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1983 * Gerhard Charles Rump (ed.): Gefängnis und Paradies: Momente in der Geschichte eines Motivs. Habelt, Bonn 1982 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Geschichte als Paradigma: Zur Reflexion des Historischen in der Kunst. Habelt, Bonn 1982 * Gerhard Charles Rump / Heindrichs, Wilfried (eds.): Interaktionsanalysen. Aspekte dialogischer Kommunikation. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1982 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Kunstpsychologie. Kunst und Psychoanalyse. Kunstwissenschaft. Psychologische, Anthropologische, Semiotische Versuche zur Kunstwissenschaft. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1981 * Gerhard Charles Rump (ed.): Carl Buchheister (1890-1964). Ausgewählte Schriften und Briefe. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1980 * Gerhard Charles Rump / Wilfried Heindrichs (eds.): Dialoge. Beiträge zur Interaktions- und Diskursanalyse. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1979 * Gerhard Charles Rump (ed.): Kunst und Kunsttheorie des XVIII. Jahrhunderts in England. Studien zum Wandel ästhetischer Anschauungen 1650-1830. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1979 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Medium und Kunst. Olms, Hildesheim, New York, 1978 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Bildstruktur - Erkenntnisstruktur: Gegenseitige Bedingungen von Kunst und Verhalten. A. Henn Verlag, Kastellaun 1978 * Gerhard Charles Rump: Friedrich Gräsel. In: Bildhauer heute, vol. 2. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1978 * Gerhard Charles Rump: George Romney (1734-1802). Zur Bildform der Bürgerlichen Mitte in der Englischen Neoklassik. 2 vols. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1974 * Gerhard Charles Rump (ed.): Sprachnetze. Studien zur literarischen Sprachverwendung. Mit Beiträgen zu

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main ...

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

André Breton André Robert Breton (; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first ''Surrealist Manifesto'' (''Manifeste du surréalisme'') o ...

und

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...

. Olms, Hildesheim, New York 1976

References

External links

Department of History of Art of TU Berlin

Gerhard Charles Rump's Homepage

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