Walter Stöhrer (1937–2000) was a German painter, graphic artist and academic teacher 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 second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

from 1986 until his death.

Life and career

Born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

on 15 January 1937, Stöhrer grew up in several places in the

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, due to World War II, until the family settled in

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. He was determined to become a painter early but was too young for formal studies. He was an apprentice in commercial graphical art from 1952 to 1954. In 1956 he began to study at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe The State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe or is an academy of arts in Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany. History The Academy was founded in 1854 by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, with the landscape painter Johann ...

, first graphic art with Hans Gaenssken, and then painting in the class of

HAP Grieshaber Helmut Andreas Paul Grieshaber or HAP Grieshaber (15 February 1909 – 12 May 1981) was a German artist. His preferred medium was large format woodcuts. Biography Grieshaber was born in Rot an der Rot. He went to school in Nagold and later in R ...

from 1957. In 1959 Stöhrer left for Berlin where he lived and worked as a freelance artist. He became a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, participating at its annual exhibitions in 1964 in Berlin and in 1971 in Stuttgart. Stöhrer became a member of the

Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts () is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The academy's predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector F ...

in 1984. Between 1981 and 1982 he was visiting professor at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin (now the

) where he became professor in 1986. Stöhrer created abstract art, often inspired by literature such as works by

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'') ...

and

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (16 April 1940 – 23 April 1975) was a German writer of poems, short stories, a novel, essays, letters, and diaries. Life and work Rolf Dieter Brinkmann is considered an important forerunner of the German so-called '' Pop- ...

. When he moved to Berlin he first focused on etching, providing the elements of lines and gesture. He developed a combination of writing, drawing and painting. His works were exhibited in Europe and New York City. Stöhrer died in Scholderup on 10 April 2000, at the age of 63.

Awards

Stöhrer received awards including: * 1962 German Youth Art Prize of Stuttgart * 1964

Deutscher Kritikerpreis Deutscher Kritikerpreis was a cultural prize awarded annually by the Association of German Critics (Verband der Deutschen Kritiker e.V.) from 1951 to 2009. This award was given for outstanding contributions in the fields of architecture, the fi ...

, Berlin * 1971 , Berlin * 1976

Berliner Kunstpreis The ''Berliner Kunstpreis'' (Berlin Art Prize), officially Großer Berliner Kunstpreis, is a prize for the arts by the City of Berlin. It was first awarded in 1948 in several fields of art. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Academy of Art ...

* 1977 Villa Romana Prize * 1980 Prize of the Böttcherstraße in Bremen * 1982 * 1995 , Stuttgart * 1999 of the HAP Grieshaber Foundation * 2000 Kunstpreis der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Wirtschaft The ''Walter Stöhrer-Stiftung'' (Walter Stöhrer-Foundation) is () working on an edition of his collected writings on art. It awards a prize in his name for graphic art students of the

and the

State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart (, or ABK Stuttgart) is a public fine art university in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1761 and has been located on the Weissenhof since 1946. Its campus consists of three buildings: the Altbau, ...

, alternating annually between the institutions. One of his paintings belongs to the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

parliament.

References

External links

Walter Stöhrer

Walter Walter Stöhrer Foundation
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