Ingo Kühl (born 29 June 1953) is a German

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Life

Grown up in Bovenau near

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

as a son of a policeman, Ingo Kühl attended the Theodor-Storm-Realschule in Hanerau-Hademarschen. After a traineeship as a

carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. ...

and a

drafter A drafter (also draughtsman / draughtswoman in British and Commonwealth English, draftsman / draftswoman or drafting technician in American and Canadian English) is an engineering technician who makes detailed technical drawings or plans for m ...

he studied Architecture at the

Kiel University of Applied Sciences The Kiel University of Applied Sciences (German: ''Fachhochschule Kiel'') is a University of Applied Sciences, established in 1969. It is one of three public institutions of higher learning in Kiel, Germany. It provides around 30 Bachelor‘s and ...

. From 1977 to 1982, he studied Architecture and Fine Arts at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

. At that time

Surrealism Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to l ...

influenced his drawings dealing with Architectural Fantasies. Motivated by an encounter with the painter

Heinz Trökes Heinz Trökes (15 August 1913 – 22 April 1997) was a German painter, printmaker and art teacher. Biography Trökes was born in Duisburg. After completing his ''Abitur'' (school leaving examination) in 1933, Trökes was a pupil of Johanne ...

in 1979, he turned towards painting. He traveled throughout Europe using his first sketchbooks. In 1977 a trip to Israel,

Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a l ...

, followed. In 1978 he participated in an excursion to

Teheran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populo ...

led by Prof. Rainer Ernst, with a sojourn in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

. Additional to his Berlin artist's studio he ran a studio on the North Sea peninsula

Eiderstedt Eiderstedt (german: Eiderstedt, ; da, Ejdersted; North Frisian: ''Ääderstää'') is a peninsula in the district of Nordfriesland in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Overview It is approximately 30 km in length and 15&nbs ...

(from 1980 to 1994), followed by studios on the North Sea islands

Amrum Amrum (; Öömrang, ''Öömrang'' North Frisian: ''Oomram'') is one of the North Frisian Islands on the Germany, German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-H ...

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. Since 2002

Sylt Sylt (; da, Sild; Sylt North Frisian, Söl'ring North Frisian: ) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, and well known for the distinctive shape of its shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian ...

has been his preferred domicile. In 1982 he had a studio in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, New York. In 1984 he became a Member of the Chamber of Architects Berlin as a "self-employed architect" and tried to build one of

Hermann Finsterlin Hermann Finsterlin (18 August 1887 – 16 September 1973) was a German visionary architect, painter, poet, essayist, toymaker and composer. He played an influential role in the German expressionist architecture movement of the early 20th century bu ...

's Architecture Visions.Archiv of the Akademy of Arts Berlin, Collection Hermann Finsterlin
at the Hans-Scharoun-Archiv In 1987 he resigned from the Chamber of Architects to devote himself entirely to painting. In 1988 he published the book "Luft und Wasser – Gedichte und Bilder" together with

Sarah Kirsch Sarah Kirsch (; 16 April 1935 – 5 May 2013) was a German poet. Biography Sarah Kirsch was originally born Ingrid Bernstein in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony but had changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against her father's an ...

in the

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Verlag. The first bronze casting of an Architectural Sculpture was realized. In 1999 he visited the

Lofoten Lofoten () is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches and untouched lands. There are two towns, Svolvær ...

, set up a provisional studio in

Reine Reine is the administrative centre of Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fishing village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago, above the Arctic Circle, about southwest of the town of Tromsø. R ...

in a

rorbu Rorbu is a Norwegian traditional type of seasonal house used by fishermen, normally located in a fishing village. The buildings are constructed on land, but with the one end on poles in the water, allowing easy access to vessels. The style and ter ...

and painted the view over the harbor to the mountain range. In 2000 he made a trip around the world:

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

, South Pacific,

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. In 2001 he married Annette Kühl and they both spent a year in the

South Seas Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, is used in several contexts. Most commonly it refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator. In 1513, when Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa coined the term ''Mar del Sur'', ...

Cook Islands ) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , lan ...

French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of Frenc ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

. He painted South Sea pictures. After participating in an expedition of the Cultural Center to ceremonies of the indigenous people in Lamap on

Malakula Malakula Island, also spelled Malekula, is the second-largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides, in Melanesia, a region of the Pacific Ocean. Location Malakula is separated from the islands of Espiritu Santo and Malo by ...

, his works that were created there were shown in an exhibition at the National Museum of Vanuatu. Travels followed to

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, where he painted the Picture cycle "Landscapes of the End of the World" (2005) in

Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla G ...

and circumnavigated

Cape Horn Cape Horn ( es, Cabo de Hornos, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramírez ...

on board of a sailing yacht (2009). In

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

he worked together with the indigenous sculptor Tomulopa Deko. The two explored the

Sepik The Sepik () is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and the second largest in Oceania by discharge volume after the Fly River. The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provinces of Sandaun (formerly West Sepi ...

area (2010). In 2012 he returned to Papua New Guinea with his wife and both traveled in company with Tomulopa Deko to the Sepik River again. Afterwards they visited the

Trobriand Islands The Trobriand Islands are a archipelago of coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea. They are part of the nation of Papua New Guinea and are in Milne Bay Province. Most of the population of 12,000 indigenous inhabitants live on the main isla ...

, where Ingo Kühl studied the Kula culture. In 2019 he took part in the project "Tisch am Kliff" (Table on the Cliff): Two bronze plates each on the theme of 5000 years of Sylt history designed and assembled into a table plate by five artists, set up on the

Wadden Sea The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vadehavet; fy, Waadsee, longname=yes; frr, di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern conti ...

in the immediate vicinity of the Sylt Museum in

Keitum Keitum (Danish: ''Kejtum'', North Frisian: ''Kairem'') is a village on the North Sea island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Today, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the '' Gemeinde Sylt''. Etymology It is unclea ...

. Ingo Kühl lives in Berlin and

Oeuvre

Painting

In his early work, echoes of

Abstract Expressionism Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the ...

Action painting Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical a ...

and

Tachism __NOTOC__ Tachisme (alternative spelling: Tachism, derived from the French word ''tache'', stain) is a French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s. The term is said to have been first used with regards to the movement in 19 ...

can be recognized. From 1983 he dealt with

Landscape painting Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compos ...

and after a phase of almost

monochrome A monochrome or monochromatic image, object or palette is composed of one color (or values of one color). Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale (typically digital) or black-and-white (typically analog). In physics, monochrom ...

non-representational pictures that are reminiscent of the work of

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 ...

, he turned back to paintings based on natural phenomena. The series of pictures ''Färöer'' (

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

) (1995) and ''

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...

'' (based on

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

) (1995/96) were created. In 1998 he painted four large-format oil paintings on the subject of ''Vier Jahreszeiten'' (Four Seasons) for the Johanniter Hospital in Fläming in

Treuenbrietzen Treuenbrietzen is a town in the Bundesland of Brandenburg, Germany. Geography The municipality Treuenbrietzen is situated 32 km northeast of Wittenberg and includes the localities * city of Treuenbrietzen with its agglomerated suburbs ''L� ...

. These were followed by picture cycles such as ''Landschaften am Ende der Welt'' (2005) and ''Das Haus am Watt'' (House on the Mudflats)(2015). File:Ingo Kühl - Architektur in Schneelandschaft - WV A 05-80.jpg, "Architektur (Brücke) in Schneelandschaft" 1980, Oil on cotton 200 × 130 cm File:Farbraum WV 9-86.jpg, "Farbraum" 1986, Oil on canvas 100 × 100 cm, Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen File:Ingo Kühl "Färöer II", Öl auf Nessel 120 x 120 cm, 1995, Werkverzeichnis 38-95.jpg, "Färöer II" from the picture cycle '' Färöer'', 1995, Oil on cotton 120 x 120 cm File:Ingo Kühlen" Bild 23 aus dem 24-teiligen Bilderzyklus "Winterreise" nach Franz Schubert, Öl auf Leinwand 160 x 160 cm, 1996, Werkverzeichnis 28-96.tif, "Die Nebensonnen" from the picture cycle ''

'' after Franz Schubert 1996, Oil on canvas 160 × 160 cm File:Ingo Kühl "Gletscher (Beagle Kanal)" 2005.jpg, "Gletscher ( Beagle-Kanal)" from the picture cycle ''Landschaften am Ende der Welt'', painted in Punta Arenas 2005, Oil on cotton 40 × 60 cm File:Ingo Kühl - "Zwischen Himmel und Erde", Öl auf Nessel 200 x 300 cm, Werkverzeichnis 43-08, Besitz Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schoss Gottorf, Schleswig.jpg, "Zwischen Himmel und Erde" 2008, Oil on cotton 200 × 300 cm, Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen File:The Sea IV 2012, Öl auf Leinwand 101 x 182 cm, Werkverzeichnis 6-12, gemalt in Vanuatu.jpg, "The Sea IV" 2012, Oil on canvas 101 × 182 cm, painted in

File:Seebild 2014 Öl auf Leinwand 150 x 200 cm.jpg, "Seebild" 2014, Oil on canvas 150 × 200 cm File:Ingo Kühl - HAUS AM WATT VIII, Öl auf Leinwand 150 x 200 cm, WV 10-15.jpg, "Haus am Watt" 2015, Oil on canvas 150 × 200 cm File:Ingo Kühl - BEWEGTES MEER III, Öl auf Leinwand 250 x 570 cm, WV 3-20.jpg, "Bewegtes Meer III" 2020, Oil on canvas 250 × 570 cm (three-part), in the Berlin studio

Sculptural works

Since 1986 he has been making sculptures in clay and plaster based on his drawings on the subject of ''architecture fantasies'', one of them was

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in bronze in the art foundry

Hermann Noack Hermann Noack, or Noack Foundry (German: ''Bildgießerei Hermann Noack GmbH & Co.''), is a German art foundry in Berlin, named after its original proprietor and his three direct descendants, all with the same name, who have run the business. ...

in 1988. It served as a model for an accessible, unfinished and temporary architectural sculpture ''The Eighth Day'' on the Obermarkt in

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, :de:Ostlausitzer Mundart, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and ...

(1996) as well as for several casts in plaster, acrystal and zellan. Furthermore, he created eight colored

relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...

s of clay on the subject of

Beatitudes The Beatitudes are sayings attributed to Jesus, and in particular eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and four in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, followed by four woes which mirr ...

of the

Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: ) is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7). that emphasizes his moral teachings. It is ...

for the senior citizens' home next to the Christ Church in Görlitz (1997) and the five-part series ''West Coast'', inspired by the

West Coast of New Zealand The West Coast ( mi, Te Tai Poutini, lit=The Coast of Poutini, the Taniwha) is a region of New Zealand on the west coast of the South Island that is administered by the West Coast Regional Council, and is known co-officially as Te Tai Poutini. ...

. In 2008 three Architectural Sculptures entitled ''Raum – die ganze Stadt'' (Space – The Whole City) were cast in bronze. An enlarged version of the Architecture Sculpture of 1988 was produced in 2009 (on a scale of 5: 1) and shown in the exhibition ''Art on the Beach'' in

Rantum Rantum (; Sölring Frisian: Raantem) is a village and a former municipality on the island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it has been an ''Ortsteil'' (part) of the municipality Syl ...

on Sylt. In 2010 in Keitum on Sylt he created together with Tomulopa Deko from Papua New Guinea two carved and colored sculptures ''Wedding Chairs'' in the form of Kundu drums. In 2019 the bronze relief ''Boat in a moving sea'' was created. File:5. Architektur-Skulptur 1988 Bronze 69 x 35 x 20 cm.JPG, "Architektur-Skulptur" 1988, Bronze 69 × 35 × 20 cm File:2009 A-S 1-09 (Ausschnitt).JPG, "Architektur-Skulptur" 2009, Epoxidharz 400 × 220 × 110 cm File:"Tisch am Kliff" Bronze-Reliefs "Walfischflosse" und "Hügelgrab" von Ingo Kühl 2019.jpg, "Tisch am Kliff" in

/ Sylt, Bronze reliefs ''Wal in bewegter See'' and ''Hügelgrab'' 2019 File:"Boot in bewegter See" Bronzerelief von Ingo Kühl.jpg, "Boot in bewegter See" 2019, Bronze relief 31 × 31 × 8 cm

Graphics

Engineering- and architectural drawings were followed by studies according to the

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and New Masters and things from the visible world. The graphic work includes drawings, works oil on paper, watercolors, lithographs and etchings. He published graphics, for example in the "Vor Island" ("Before Island") map, which he produced before traveling to

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. File:"Theodor Storm" Zeichnung von Ingo Kühl, 1980.jpg, "

Theodor Storm Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Life Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on th ...

" 1980 Drawing, pastel chalk on paper 30 × 21 cm File:Ingo Kühl "Vor Island", Titelblatt der Mappe mit 5 Farblithografien.jpg, "Vor Island" 1996, Cover of the map with 5 color lithographs File:Ingo Kühl "Keitum Kirche" Skizzenbuch "Sylt".tif, "

Kirche" 2002 Watercolor, sketchbook "Sylt" File:Morsum Kliff 13. März 2003, Aquarell von Ingo Kühl.tif, "

Morsum Morsum (North Frisian: ''Muasem'') is a village on the North Sea island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Today, it is an ''Ortsteil'' of the '' Gemeinde Sylt''. Morsum is located close to the scientifically ...

Kliff" 2003 Watercolor, sketchbook "Sylt"

Signature

Oil paintings are usually signed on the back (and provided with a catalog raisonné number), while works on paper are signed, numbered and dated on the front and prints under the motif. The signature is engraved on sculptures.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

* ''Architektur-Phantasien'', Hochschule der Künste Berlin, 1981 * Zeichnungen 1976–81, Hochschule der Künste Berlin, 1982 * ''Figures and Formkomposits'', The Center for Art and Culture of Bedford Stuyvesant Inc., Brooklyn, New York, 1982. * ''Mare nostro'', Centro Cultural São Lourenço, Almancil, Portugal, 1986. * ''Luft und Wasser'', Nordfriesisches Museum, Nissenhaus Husum, 1988. * ''Himmel'', Kardinal-von-Galen-Haus,

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-Stapelfeld, 1995. * ''

nach

'',

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(SFB),

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(1996) and Philharmonie, Berlin 1997. * ''A velha ponte de madeira da Quinta do Lago'', Centro Cultural São Lourenço, Almancil, Portugal, 1998. * ''Paisagens marinhas'', Centro Cultural São Lourenço, Almancil, 2001. * ''La Mer'', Espace Culturel Français,

Port Vila Port Vila (french: Port-Vila), or simply Vila (; french: Vila; bi, Vila ), is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. It is located on the island of Efate. Its population in the last census (2009) was 44,040, an increase of 35% on the pr ...

, South Pacific, 2002. * ''Dance – Masks – Ceremonies'', National Museum of Vanuatu, Port Vila, 2002. * ''Südseewellen'', Ethnologisches Museum,

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin The Berlin State Museums (german: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters, several research institutes, libraries, and supporting facilities. They are overseen ...

, Museen Dahlem, 2004/05. * ''Macht der Natur'', Museum der Stadt Bad Hersfeld, 2005. * ''The Creation / Die Schöpfung'', University of

Goroka Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people (2000), above sea level. It has an airport (in the centre of town) and is on the " Highlands Highway", about 285 km from ...

, 2010. * ''Rund um Kap Hoorn'', Botschaft der Republik Chile, Berlin, 2013/14. * ''In der Nähe des Meeres'', Nordfriesland Museum, Nissenhaus, Husum, 2018. * ''Meeresnah'', Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, 2018. * ''In der Nähe des Meeres'', Galerie Kairos, Berlin, 2019. * ''Weltrand – Aquarelle, Ölbilder und Skulpturen von Ingo Kühl'', Stadtgalerie Alte Post, Westerland / Sylt, 2019. * ''Kraft der Elemente auf Sylt'', Sylt Museum, Keitum, 2022.

Participations

* ''FBK'', Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung, Berlin, 1981, '83, '87, '92, '93, '95. * ''Hommage (à Hermann Finsterlin)'', Obere Galerie – Haus am Lützowplatz, Kunstamt Tiergarten, Berlin, with Richard Hamilton,

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

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Wolf Vostell Wolf Vostell (14 October 1932 – 3 April 1998) was a German painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happenings and Fluxus. Techniques such as blurring and Dé-coll/age are ch ...

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among others 1984 and ''Tod und Leben'', with

Waldemar Grzimek Waldemar Grzimek (December 5, 1918 – May 26, 1984) was a German sculptor. Grzimek was born in Rastenburg, East Prussia (now Kętrzyn, Warmia-Masuria) to a Silesian family, which moved to Berlin in 1925 when Grzimek's father Günther Grzim ...

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-Berlin,

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, Ludmila Seefried-Matějková among others 1986. * ''

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Applications for the Rom Stipend'', Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum,

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, Schleswig, 1988 and Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen / Rhein, 1991. * ''Arte Contemporânea – Colecção Marie e Volker Huber'', with

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, José de Guimarães,

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, Rainer Wölzl,

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among others, Convento Espírito Santo,

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, Portugal, 1989. * ''Art scramble'', Galerie

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, with Ilja Heinig, Helge Leiberg, Cornelia Schleime among others, Berlin 1998. * ''Neuerwerbungen und Bilder aus dem Bestand des Söl'ring Foriining'', with Albert Aereboe, Franz Korwan among others, Sylt Museum,

2003. * ''Land, Stadt, Land – Blicke auf Berlin und Brandenburg – Bilder aus der Sammlung des Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg'', Art gallery Altes Rathaus,

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, with

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, Klaus Fußmann, Harald Metzkes, Arno Mohr among others, 2016. * ''Felsenküste – Azoren'', Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Norddeutsche Galerie / North German Gallery, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, with almost 150 exhibits from the museum's holdings from the time of the

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to the present day, including works by

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, Karl Hartung,

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and the North German realists around Nikolaus Störtenbecker, since 2018. * ''Kunstschaffen'', Robbe & Berking, Flensburg, with Klaus Fussmann, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański among others, 2021. * ''“Mal doch!“ Andreas Dirks (1865–1922)'', Sylt Museum, Keitum / Sylt, Andreas Dirks with

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, Theodor von Hagen, Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth,

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, Alexander Essfeld and Ingo Kühl, 2022.

Public collections (selection)

Akademie der Künste Berlin A German Akademie is a school or college, trade school or another educational institution. The word Akademie (unlike the words Gymnasium or Universität) is not protected by law and any school or college may choose to call itself Akademie. A Somm ...

. * Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig. * Nordfriesland Museum, Nissenhaus, Husum. * National Museum of Vanuatu, Port Vila, Vanuatu. *

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, Papua New Guinea. * Sylt Museum, Keitum, Project ''Table on the Cliff''. * Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel.

Bibliography (selection)

Catalogues and books by Ingo Kühl

* ''Architektur-Phantasien'', Silkscreen prints, hand-colored, texts by Curt Grützmacher and Ingo Kühl, 1981. * ''Zeichnungen 1976–81'', exhibition catalogue, Zentrale Hochschulbibliothek of the Hochschule der Künste Berlin, No. 1–99 with Original-Drawing, 1982. * ''Nordsee-Bilder 1980–1983'', No. 1–20 with an Original picture, 1983. * '' Hommage à

.'' In: Exhibition catalogue ''Kunstimpulse II – Hommage – Künstler zu Werken von Künstlern'', , Obere Galerie – Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin 1984. *

Paul Scheerbart Paul Karl Wilhelm Scheerbart (8 January 1863 in Danzig – 15 October 1915 in Berlin) was a German author of speculative fiction literature and drawings. He was also published under the pseudonym ''Kuno Küfer'' and is best known for the bo ...

Ingo Kühl ''Glasarchitektur'', Texts Paul Scheerbart (1914) and Curt Grützmacher (editor), with 48 Silkscreen prints by Ingo Kühl, 1988. * ''

Ingo Kühl Luft und Wasser – Gedichte und Bilder’', Edition Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Steidl Verlag Göttingen, 1988 .'' * ''Gezeiten.'' In: ''Ingo Kühl Gezeiten 1989–1990'', with a foreword by Curt Grützmacher, Berlin 1992. Republished in: ''Ingo Kühl – Auf dem Weg ins Unbekannte.'' , Kettler Kunst, Bönen 2007, . * ''

– 24 Bilder zum gleichnamigen Liederzyklus von

– nach Gedichten von

Wilhelm Müller Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller (7 October 1794 – 30 September 1827) was a German lyric poet, best known as the author of ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) and ''Winterreise'' (1828), which Franz Schubert later set to music as song cycles. Life ...

– gemalt nach der Interpretation von

Barry McDaniel Barry McDaniel (October 18, 1930 – June 18, 2018) was an American operatic baritone who spent his career almost exclusively in Germany, including 37 years at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He appeared internationally at major opera houses and fes ...

, Gesang – Jonathan Alder, Klavier'', Text Margret Schütte, Berlin 1996. * '' Seligpreisungen der Bergpredigt – colored

Lithographs Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

by Ingo Kühl'', Berlin 1997. * '' Färöer – Bilderzyklus 15 Aquarelle · 9 Ölbilder'', Berlin 1998. * ''Sea and Sky'', exhibition catalogue, Galeria de Arte Vale do Lobo, Algarve, Portugal, Loulé 2002. * ''Nordsee – Südsee. Ölbilder · Arbeiten auf Papier · Tonreliefs 2002–2003'', Texts by Maria-Gesine Thies and Markus Schindlbeck, exhibition catalogue ''Südsee-Wellen – Bilder von Ingo Kühl'' at the Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, 2004, . * ''Macht der Natur – Bilder von Ingo Kühl auf Sylt gemalt'', 2005, . * ''Landschaften am Ende der Welt – Bilder von Ingo Kühl in Patagonien und Feuerland gemalt / Paisajes del fin del mundo – Cuadros de Ingo Kühl pintados en la

Patagonia Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and gl ...

'', Texts

Antonio Skármeta Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic on November 7, 1940) is a Chilean writer, scriptwriter and director descending from Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, Dalmatia. He was awarded Chile's National Lite ...

and Ingo Kühl, Berlin 2006. * ''Auf dem Weg ins Unbekannte – Monografie mit Werkverzeichnis der Ölbilder 1978–2007'', with texts by Curt Grützmacher, Antonio Skármeta, Heinz Spielmann among others and poems by Sarah Kirsch, 2007, . * ''Skizzenbuch Neuseeland – Südsee – Peru'', 2007, . * ''Ars Borealis – Edition zur Zeitgenössischen Kunst im Norden – Ingo Kühl Sylt'', with Texts by Heinz Spielmann, Traugott Giesen, Petra Reiber and Rainer W. Ernst, Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel 2009. * ''Papua New Guinea'', Text by Ingo Kühl (German / English), 2011, . * ''Architectural Fantasies with Texts by Heinz Spielmann, Rainer W. Ernst and Ingo Kühl and catalogues raisonné of the drawings, paintings, sculptures" ''(German / English) 2015, .'' * ''Das Haus am Watt'', Edition Schöne Bücher, 2015, . * ''In der Nähe des Meeres – Monografie und Werkverzeichnis der Ölbilder 2007–2017 with texts by Heinz Spielmann, Bernd Brandes-Druba and Uwe Haupenthal. Supplement to the monograph "Auf dem Weg ins Unbekannte" (2007), published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Nordfriesland Museum, Nissenhaus Husum, 22 April – 17 June 2018'', Verlag Kettler, Dortmund 2018, . * ''The Wise Tree'', text by Behzad Nashat, illustrated by Ingo Kühl, 2019, also published in German and French, . * ''Sylt literarisch „An diesem erschütternden Meere habe ich tief gelebt“'' with watercolors by Ingo Kühl, publisched by Werner Irro, 2021, . *''Kraft der Elemente auf Sylt. Bilder von Ingo Kühl und Märchen der Welt, erzählt von Linde Knoch'', 2022, .

Writings about Ingo Kühl

* Heinz Ohff: ''"Architektur-Phantasien" von Ingo Kühl.'' In: ''

Der Tagesspiegel ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (meaning ''The Daily Mirror'') is a German daily newspaper. It has regional correspondent offices in Washington D.C. and Potsdam. It is the only major newspaper in the capital to have increased its circulation, now 148,000, s ...

'', Berlin, 21 March 1982. * Curt Grützmacher: ''Ingo Kühl Von der Nordseelandschaft zum Farbraum.'' In: ''Werkstattbesuche bei Künstlern in

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'', , FAB Verlag, Berlin 1989, . * Heinz Spielmann: ''Ingo Kühl Farbraum 1986.'' In: ''Jahrbuch des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesmuseums,

, Band II 1988–1989'', , Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1990, . * Gisela Weimann: ''Ingo Kühl.'' In: ''Ein Paradox zieht Kreise – Das Lebendige Museum wird zur Institution'', Galerie Lebendiges Museum, Berlin 1990. * Karl Waldeback: ''Visitor Artist exhibits in Port Vila'' In: Trading Post, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 9 June 2002. * Marisol Retamal: ''Artista aleman llego a la zona para captar los paisajes australes''. In: La Prensa Austral,

Punta Arenas Punta Arenas (; historically Sandy Point in English) is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena. The city was officially renamed as Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to "Punta Aren ...

, Chile, 16 November 2005. * Andrea Rohmann: ''Architektur-Phantasien. Auf dem Weg ins Unbekannte''. In: "Sylt Coordinates" No. 6, , HC-Verlag Rohmann Jensen, Reinbeck 2010, . *

Ute Jung-Kaiser Ute Jung-Kaiser, ''née'' ''Jung'' (born 16 April 1942) is a German musicologist. Life and work Born in Essen, Jung-Kaiser completed studies for the teaching profession at grammar schools in Cologne. After her first Staatsexamen in the fields of ...

: ''"... das Irren in einem Winter". Die endlos Wandernden – Der Leiermann in der Bildenden Kunst.'' In: ''Der Sänger Franz Schubert – Seelische Virtuosität in Text, Musik und Bild'', + (Illustrations), Lit Verlag, Berlin 2013, . * Thomas Gädeke: ''Wolkenbogen ziehen krönend – Sylt in der Malerei der Gegenwart.'' In: ''Sylt – entdecken, erleben genießen.'' , Ellert & Richter Verlag, Hamburg 2015, .

Articles about Ingo Kühl in encyclopedias

* ''Wer ist wer? Das Deutsche Who’s Who'', Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck, since 1990. * '' Kürschners Handbuch der Bildenden Künstler'', 2 volumes, , De Gruyter Saur Verlag, München, since 2007, . * ''Das neue Sylt Lexikon'', published by Harry Kunz and Thomas Steensen, , Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2007, . * ''Taschenlexikon Sylt'', published by Harry Kunz and Thomas Steensen, , Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster/Hamburg 2014, . * ''Nordfriesland. Menschen von A-Z'', by Thomas Steensen, , Publisher: Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum, 2020, . * ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon – Internationale Künstlerdatenbank online'', (AKL), De Gruyter Saur Verlag.

References

External links

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Registration Ingo Kühl in Deutsche Biographie

Website of Ingo Kühl

Ingo Kühl at artfacts
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