4001 - Karl Heinz Bohrmann, Red Figure

Karl Heinz Bohrmann, Red Figure Rear view of a stylised red figure with a ship in the background, gouache and chalk on printed paper, signed and dated in ballpoint pen beneath the image: “Bohrmann (19)96”, slight signs of ageing, mounted in a passe-partout and framed behind glass, sheet dimensions approx. 21 x 14.5 cm. Artist information: born Karl Heinz Bohrmann, German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist (1928, Mannheim - 1998, Cologne); studied from 1947-48 at the State School of Applied Arts in Saarbrücken under Karl Kunz; 1948-49: studied at the Stuttgart Academy under Willi Baumeister; influenced by Alberto Giacometti, 1952-54: recipient of a scholarship from the State of Rhineland-Palatinate; worked in Munich from 1959 to 1972; spent time in Paris in 1961 and studied etching techniques under Johnny Friedlaender; maintained a studio in Amsterdam from 1972 onwards; at the same time, 1972-80, professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and head of the Städel’s evening school; exhibited at documenta 6 in 1977, in 1982 he received the Villa Romana Fellowship and spent time in Florence; in 1884 he was a guest of honour at the Villa Massimo in Rome; in 1985 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Arts in Munich and the Free Academy of Mannheim, Source: Vollmer, AKL, Saur’s ‘Bio-Bibliographical Artists’ Lexicon’, Kürschner’s ‘Graphic Artists’ Handbook 1967’, ‘Artists’ Lexicon with Index to documenta 1-8’ and Wikipedia.