Stephan Fritsch

Last updated

Stephan Fritsch (born 1962 in Stuttgart, Germany, died 2014) was a German artist who lived and worked in Munich (Germany) and the last years in Salzburg, Austria. [1] [2]

Contents

Life

He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Professor Helmut Sturm from 1985 to 1990. [3] [4] From 1996-2002 he worked as a painting assistant with Professor Jerry Zeniuk. [3] He lectured in the United States at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago in 2000, the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2001, [5] [6] and at Mills College in 2009. [7] Fritsch died in 2014. [8]

Awards

His awards include the Award for Visual Arts of the City of Munich in 1993, the Promotion Prize for Fine Arts of the Free State of Bavaria in 1995, the Erwin and Gisela von Steiner Foundation in 1997, the Artist in Residence of the Free State of Bavaria from 2001–2004, and a studio scholarship with the Oswalkd-Zitzelsberger Foundation from 2007-2009 [2]


Public collections

Fritsch's work is in the public collections of:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georg Baselitz</span> German artist

Georg Baselitz is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the representational, content-driven character of his earlier work and stress the artifice of painting. Drawing from myriad influences, including art of Soviet era illustration art, the Mannerist period and African sculptures, he developed his own, distinct artistic language.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pinakothek der Moderne</span> Art museum in Munich, Germany

The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's Kunstareal. Locals sometimes refer to it as the Dritte ("third") Pinakothek after the Old and New. It is one of the world's largest museums for modern and contemporary art.

The Kunstareal is a museum quarter in the city centre of Munich, Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karl Hofer</span> German painter

Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Günther Förg</span> German painter

Günther Förg was a German painter, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer. His abstract style was influenced by American abstract painting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leo von Klenze</span> German architect (1784–1864)

Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I, Leo von Klenze was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek revival style.

Thomas Scheibitz is a German painter and sculptor. Together with Tino Sehgal he created the German pavilion on the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005. He lives and works in Berlin.

Jürgen Partenheimer is a German artist. His works span a range of media, from painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, artists books, texts and installations. He lives and works in Germany and Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fritz von Uhde</span> German painter (1848–1911)

Fritz von Uhde was a German painter of genre and religious subjects. His style lay in-between Realism and Impressionism, he was once known as "Germany's outstanding impressionist" and he became one of the first painters to introduce plein-air painting in his country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julian Rosefeldt</span> German artist and filmmaker (born 1965)

Julian Rosefeldt is a German artist and filmmaker. Rosefeldt's work consists primarily of elaborate, visually opulent film and video installations, often shown as panoramic multi-channel projections. His installations range in style from documentary to theatrical narrative.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bavarian State Painting Collections</span>

The Bavarian State Painting Collections, based in Munich, Germany, oversees artwork held by the Free State of Bavaria. It was established in 1799 as Centralgemäldegaleriedirektion. Artwork includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, video art and installation art. Pieces are on display in numerous galleries and museums throughout Bavaria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rainer Fetting</span> German painter and sculptor

Rainer Fetting is a German painter and sculptor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Angermann</span> German painter based in Nuremberg

Peter Angermann is a German painter based in Nuremberg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max von Widnmann</span> German sculptor

Max von Widnmann was a German sculptor and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Many of his works were commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Rita Maria Walburga Grosse-Ruyken is a contemporary German artist, sculptor, multimedia installation art, artfilm and performance, producer artist and member of the Association of German Artists Deutscher Kuenstlerbund. The core of her light – sound – space – form installations comprise sculptures in motion made from pure gold and silver. She became internationally known through her exhibition Rays of Light.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria Caspar-Filser</span> German painter

Maria Caspar-Filser was a German painter. She lived and worked mainly in Munich.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heiner Thiel</span> German sculptor and curator

Heiner Thiel is a German sculptor and curator. He is an exponent of concrete art.

Otto Künzli is an active Munich-based goldsmith and university teacher at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.

Rudi Tröger is a German painter and university professor. From 1967 to 1992 he was a professor for painting art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Schur</span> Germain Painter

Richard Schur is a German artist.

References

  1. "Stephan Fritsch exhibits a nervy, blithe quality". 15 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 Fritsch, Stephan. "Biography".
  3. 1 2 leben, Kunst. "Stephan Fritsch - Kunst leben". www.kunstleben.info.
  4. Fritsch, Stephan. "Bio".
  5. "Stephan Fritsch". ArtNet.
  6. "Voices: Stefan Eberstadt & Stephan Fritsch". gallery400.uic.edu.
  7. "Biografie von Stephan Fritsch – Stephan Fritsch auf artnet". www.artnet.de.
  8. 1 2 "Sammlung | Stephan Fritsch". www.sammlung.pinakothek.de. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19.