Helmut Federle
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Helmut Federle is a Swiss
painter
.
close to St. Gallen
in Switzerland
. In the year 1959 he created his first small paintings with his initials HF as a motif.
From 1964 Federle studied at the School of Applied Art in Basel
. In 1969 and 1971 he received a federal scholarship. In the following Federle travelled to Tunisia
and the USA, where he studied for example the works of Mark Rothko
and Agnes Martin
. Together with fellow artist friend Martin Disler
he exhibited in 1976 in the Kunstmuseum der Stadt Solothurn
. Motifs at this time were mountains reduced to small triangles.
In 1979 Federle exhibited in the Kunsthalle Basel
large-scaled canvases with geometric forms. The exhibition was mostly misunderstood. In 1979 and 1980 Federle lived in New York
where he was featured in the C-Space together with John M. Armleder, Olivier Mosset
, and Christoph Gossweiler. In 1981 the artist book New Suicide Grafic, Faces and other Pieces and in 1984 the artist book Arbeit der Neuen Ordnung (NSG II) were published.
From 1983 to 1984 Federle lived in Zürich
and held a professorship in Reykjavík
. Later he moved to Vienna
where he started to work with Galerie Nächst St. Stephan. In the following years Federle was widely featured in various museum shows. In 1997 Federle represented Switzerland
at the XLVII. Biennale in Venice. From 1999 until 2007 he held a professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
. In 2008 he received the Prix Aurelie Nemours.
'Scratching Away at the Surface' was the title of a recent exhibition in New York.
Helmut Federle lives and works in Vienna
, Austria
and Camaiore
, Italy
.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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Life
Federle spent his childhood and youth in St. MargrethenSt. Margrethen
St. Margrethen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-Geography:...
close to St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. In the year 1959 he created his first small paintings with his initials HF as a motif.
From 1964 Federle studied at the School of Applied Art in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
. In 1969 and 1971 he received a federal scholarship. In the following Federle travelled to Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
and the USA, where he studied for example the works of Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
and Agnes Martin
Agnes Martin
Agnes Bernice Martin was an American abstract painter, often referred to as a minimalist; Martin considered herself an abstract expressionist.She won a National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1998....
. Together with fellow artist friend Martin Disler
Martin Disler
Martin Disler was a Swiss painter, drawer and writer. He is associated with the Neue Wilde painting style....
he exhibited in 1976 in the Kunstmuseum der Stadt Solothurn
Solothurn
The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The city also comprises the only municipality of the district of the same name.-Pre-roman settlement:...
. Motifs at this time were mountains reduced to small triangles.
In 1979 Federle exhibited in the Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel
Since opening in 1872, Kunsthalle Basel has examined various positions concerning contemporary art. This renowned exhibition space in the Swiss city of Basel has a very long tradition of supporting avant-garde artists and expanding the accepted boundaries of contemporary art. Contemporary art...
large-scaled canvases with geometric forms. The exhibition was mostly misunderstood. In 1979 and 1980 Federle lived in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
where he was featured in the C-Space together with John M. Armleder, Olivier Mosset
Olivier Mosset
Olivier Mosset is a Swiss visual artist. He lives and works in Tucson, Arizona.Mosset has spent considerable time in New York and Paris. In Paris in the ’60s he was a member of the BMPT group, along with Daniel Buren, Michel Parmentier, and Niele Toroni...
, and Christoph Gossweiler. In 1981 the artist book New Suicide Grafic, Faces and other Pieces and in 1984 the artist book Arbeit der Neuen Ordnung (NSG II) were published.
From 1983 to 1984 Federle lived in Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
and held a professorship in Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
. Later he moved to Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
where he started to work with Galerie Nächst St. Stephan. In the following years Federle was widely featured in various museum shows. In 1997 Federle represented Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
at the XLVII. Biennale in Venice. From 1999 until 2007 he held a professorship at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, formerly Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, is the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. It is well known for having produced many famous artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Demand, and Andreas Gursky...
. In 2008 he received the Prix Aurelie Nemours.
'Scratching Away at the Surface' was the title of a recent exhibition in New York.
Helmut Federle lives and works in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Camaiore
Camaiore
Camaiore is a town and comune of 31,503 inhabitants within the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. It stretches from the Alps to the east, to the plains and the coast of Versilia to the west.-Morphology:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2005 Rudolf Steiner Archiv / Haus Duldeck, Dornach, CH (cat.)
- 2004 Nietzsche-HausNietzsche-Haus, Sils-MariaThe Nietzsche-Haus is a house in Sils-Maria, Switzerland, where the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche lived during the summers of 1881 and 1883 to 1888.-Location:...
, Sils-Maria, CH (cat.) - 2002 Musée des Beaux-Arts de NantesMusée des Beaux-Arts de NantesThe Fine arts Museum of Nantes is an art museum in Nantes, France.The museum was created in 1801 with the purchase of the Cacault collection and was located in is actual Palais des Beaux-Arts since 1900....
, FR (cat.) - 1999 Kunsthaus BregenzKunsthaus BregenzThe Kunsthaus Bregenz presents temporary exhibitions of international contemporary art in Bregenz, capital of the Austrian Federal State of Vorarlberg...
, AT (cat.) - 1998 IVAM Centre Julio González, Valencia, ES (cat.)
- 1997 Venice BiennaleVenice BiennaleThe Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, Swiss Pavilion, Venice, IT (cat.) - 1995 Galerie nationale du Jeu de PaumeGalerie nationale du Jeu de PaumeThe Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume is a museum of contemporary art in the north-west corner of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.The building was constructed in 1861 during the reign of Napoleon III...
, Paris, FR (cat.) - 1995 Kunstmuseum BonnKunstmuseum BonnThe Kunstmuseum Bonn or Bonn Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Bonn, Germany, founded in 1947. The Kunstmuseum exhibits both temporary exhibitions and its collection. Its collection is focused on Rhenish Expressionism and post-war German art...
, GER (cat.) - 1993 Museum FolkwangMuseum FolkwangMuseum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th and 20th century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen, founded in 1901.The term...
, Essen, GER (cat.) - 1993 Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, GER (cat.)
- 1992 Kunsthalle ZürichKunsthalle ZürichThe Kunsthalle Zürich is a contemporary art exhibition centre in Zurich, Switzerland. It is located on Limmatstrasse, near the city centre. The current director is Beatrix Ruf.A number of temporary exhibitions are organized each year...
, CH (cat.) - 1992 Moderna MuseetModerna MuseetModerna museet, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, that was first opened in 1958. Its first manager was Pontus Hultén...
Stockholm, Stockholm, SWE (cat.) - 1991 Wiener Secession, Vienna, AT (cat.)
- 1989 Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, GER;
- 1989 Kunsthalle BielefeldKunsthalle BielefeldThe Kunsthalle Bielefeld is a modern art museum in Bielefeld, Germany. It was designed by Philip Johnson in 1968, and paid for by the businessman and art patron Rudolf August Oetker.-Collection and exhibitions:...
, Bielefeld, GER; - 1989 Kunstverein Hamburg, GER (cat.)
- 1989 Museum of GrenobleMuseum of GrenobleThe Museum of Grenoble is a city museum of Fine Arts and antiques in the city of Grenoble in France.Located on the left bank of the Isère, place Lavalette, it is known both for its collections of ancient art for its collections of modern and contemporary art..-History:The Museum of Grenoble was...
, FR (cat.) - 1985 Kunstmuseum BaselKunstmuseum BaselThe Kunstmuseum Basel houses the largest and most significant public art collection in Switzerland, and is listed as a heritage site of national significance. Its lineage extends back to the Amerbach Cabinet purchased by the city of Basel in 1661, which made it the first municipally owned museum...
, CH; - 1985 Städtische Galerie Regensburg, Regensburg, GER;
- 1985 Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, NL (cat.)
- 1979 Kunsthalle BaselKunsthalle BaselSince opening in 1872, Kunsthalle Basel has examined various positions concerning contemporary art. This renowned exhibition space in the Swiss city of Basel has a very long tradition of supporting avant-garde artists and expanding the accepted boundaries of contemporary art. Contemporary art...
, CH (cat.)
Public collections (selection)
- AlbertinaAlbertinaThe Albertina is a museum in Vienna, Austria, containing the world's best collection of old master prints and drawings.Albertina, a feminine adjectival form of Albert , may also refer to:...
, Vienna, Austria - Albright-Knox Art GalleryAlbright-Knox Art GalleryThe Albright-Knox Art Gallery is an art museum located in Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York. The gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art. It is located directly across the street from Buffalo State College.-History:...
, Buffalo, NY - Carnegie Museum of ArtCarnegie Museum of ArtThe Carnegie Museum of Art, located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an art museum founded in 1895 by the Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie...
, Pittsburgh, PA - Espace de l'art concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France
- Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
- Kunsthalle NürnbergKunsthalle NürnbergThe Kunsthalle Nürnberg is an art centre founded in 1967, near the city centre. It hosts exhibitions by contemporary international artists in Nuremberg...
, Germany - Kunstmuseum BaselKunstmuseum BaselThe Kunstmuseum Basel houses the largest and most significant public art collection in Switzerland, and is listed as a heritage site of national significance. Its lineage extends back to the Amerbach Cabinet purchased by the city of Basel in 1661, which made it the first municipally owned museum...
, Switzerland - Kunstmuseum BonnKunstmuseum BonnThe Kunstmuseum Bonn or Bonn Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Bonn, Germany, founded in 1947. The Kunstmuseum exhibits both temporary exhibitions and its collection. Its collection is focused on Rhenish Expressionism and post-war German art...
, Germany - Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland
- Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
- Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Kunsthaus ZürichKunsthaus ZürichThe Kunsthaus Zürich houses one of the most important art museums in Switzerland and Europe, collected by the local Kunstverein, called Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, and holdings running from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, with an emphasis on Swiss art.Kunsthaus is also the name of the tram stop...
, Switzerland - Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtThe Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II and up...
, Humlebaek, Denmark - Moderna MuseetModerna MuseetModerna museet, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, that was first opened in 1958. Its first manager was Pontus Hultén...
, Stockholm, Sweden - Musée d'Art Moderne, St. Etienne, France
- Museum of GrenobleMuseum of GrenobleThe Museum of Grenoble is a city museum of Fine Arts and antiques in the city of Grenoble in France.Located on the left bank of the Isère, place Lavalette, it is known both for its collections of ancient art for its collections of modern and contemporary art..-History:The Museum of Grenoble was...
, Grenoble, France - Musée des Beaux-Arts de NantesMusée des Beaux-Arts de NantesThe Fine arts Museum of Nantes is an art museum in Nantes, France.The museum was created in 1801 with the purchase of the Cacault collection and was located in is actual Palais des Beaux-Arts since 1900....
, France - Musée National d'Art ModerneMusée National d'Art ModerneThe Musée National d'Art Moderne is the national museum for modern art of France. It is located in Paris and is housed in the Centre Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement of the city. Created in 1947, it was then housed in the Palais de Tokyo and moved to its current location in 1977...
, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofiaMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaThe Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is the official name of Spain's national museum of 20th century art . The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia of Spain...
, Madrid, Spain - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
- Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, New York City, NY - National Gallery of AustraliaNational Gallery of AustraliaThe National Gallery of Australia is the national art gallery of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art gallery.- Establishment :...
, Canberra, Australia - Tate ModernTate ModernTate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
, London, Great Britain - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
External links
- http://www.schwarzwaelder.at/galerieng/kstler_federle.htm