Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
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The 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.
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[edit] History
The school was founded by Lamber Krahe in 1762 as a school of drawing. In 1773, it became the Earls of Palatine's Academy of Drawing, Painting and Sculpturing. During the Napoleonic Wars, the school moved to Munich, prompting the Prussian government-- who had annexed the Düsseldorf region after Napoleon had surrendered-- to open a new Royal Arts Academy in Düsseldorf, in 1822
In the 1850s, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf became internationally-renowned, with many students coming from Scandinavia, Russia and the US to learn, amongst other things, the innovative way of depicting countryside in paint that the school had created.
[edit] Directors
- 1819 - 1824 Peter von Cornelius
- 1826 - 1859 Wilhelm von Schadow
- 1924 - 1933 Walter Kaesbach
- 1945 - 1946 Ewald Mataré
- 1959 - 1965 Hans Schwippert
- 1972 - 1981 Norbert Kricke
- since 1988 Markus Lüpertz
[edit] Well-known Professors and Students
- Andreas Achenbach (1827 - 1834 Student)
- Adolf Seel
- Oswald Achenbach (1835 - 1841 Student; 1863 - 1872 Professor)
- Peter Angermann (1968-1973)
- Joseph Beuys (1947 - 1952 Student, 1961 - 1972 Professor)
- Arnold Böcklin (1845 - 1847 Student)
- Michael Buthe (1944 - 1994 Professor)
- Max Clarenbach (1894 - 1901 Student, 1917 - 1945 Professor)
- Tony Cragg (1979 - 1988 Assistant Professor, 1988 - 2001 Professor)
- Siegfried Cremer (1977 - 1994 Professor for drawing technics)
- Rolf Krummenauer (1953 - 1969 Teacher for Arts Forming)
- Felix Droese (1970 - 1976 Student)
- Helmut Federle (1999 - Professor)
- Anselm Feuerbach (1845 - 1848 Student)
- Rupprecht Geiger (1965 - 1976 Professor)
- Eugen Gomringer (1977 - 1990 Professor)
- Günter Grass (1948 - 1952 Student)
- Gotthard Graubner (1954 - 1959 Student, 1976 - 1992 Professor)
- Erwin Heerich (1958 - 1965 )
- Hans Schwippert (1959 - 1965 Professor and Director)
- Hans Hollein (1967 - 1965 Professor)
- Ottmar Hörl (1979 - 1981 Student)
- Candida Höfer (1973-x Studentin)
- Oliver Jordan (1980 - 1985 Student)
- Johannes Hüppi (1984 bis 1990 master-student of Dieter Krieg)
- Jörg Immendorff (1963 - 1964 Student, since 1996 Professor)
- Karin Kneffel (1981 - 1987 master-student of Gerhard Richter)
- Paul Klee (1931 - 1933 Professor)
- Walter Köngeter (1952 - 1967 Professor for constructing arts)
- Dieter Krieg (1978- 2002 Professor for Painting)
- Rita McBride (Professor for sculpturing)
- Yoshitomo Nara (1988 - 1993 Student)
- Heinrich Nauen (1921 - 1937 Professor)
- Albert Oehlen (seit 2000 Professor)
- Markus Oehlen (1976 - 1982 Student)
- Nam June Paik (1979 - 1996 Professor for Video Arts)
- Sigmar Polke (1961 - 1967 Student)
- Lois Renner (1985 - 1988 Student)
- Gerhard Richter (1961 - 1963 Student, 1971 - 1993 Professor)
- Klaus Rinke (1974 - 2004 Professor)
- Reiner Ruthenbeck (1962 - 1968 Student)
- Thomas Ruff (Student, Professor)
- Kaspar Scheuren (1829-1835 Student)
- Rudolf Schwarz (1953 - 1961 Professor)
- Thomas Schütte (1973 - 1981 Student)
- Norbert Tadeusz (1961 - 1966 Student)
- Rosemarie Trockel (Professorin)
- Günther Uecker (1953 - 1957 Student, 1976 - 1995 Professor)
- Georg Wilhelm Volkhart (1831 - 1840 Student)
- Max Volkhart (1848 - 1924 Student)
- Orlando Mohorovic (1970 - 1974 master-student of Joseph Beuys)
