Art school in Düsseldorf, Germany
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of
Düsseldorf , Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include
Joseph Beuys ,
Gerhard Richter ,
Magdalena Jetelová ,
Gotthard Graubner ,
Nam June Paik ,
Nan Hoover ,
Katharina Fritsch ,
Tony Cragg ,
Ruth Rogers-Altmann ,
Sigmar Polke ,
Anselm Kiefer ,
Rosemarie Trockel ,
Thomas Schütte ,
Katharina Grosse and photographers
Thomas Ruff ,
Thomas Demand ,
Thomas Struth ,
Andreas Gursky and
Candida Höfer . In the stairway of its main entrance are engraved the Words: "Für unsere Studenten nur das Beste" ("For our Students only the Best").
Early history
The school was founded by
Lambert Krahe in 1762 as a school of drawing. The first female professor,
Catharina Treu , was appointed in 1766. In 1773, it became the "Kurfürstlich-Pfälzische Academie der Maler, Bildhauer- und Baukunst" (Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of the
Electorate of the Palatinate ). During the
Napoleonic Wars , the count palatine's art collection was inherited by the Wittelsbach family and moved to
Munich , prompting the Prussian government—who had annexed the Düsseldorf region after Napoleon had surrendered—to change it into a Royal Arts Academy in Düsseldorf, in 1819.
In the 1850s, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf became internationally renowned, with many students coming from Scandinavia, Russia and the United States to learn, among other things, the genre and landscape painting associated with the
Düsseldorf school .
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Düsseldorf School of Photography
Students of
Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf School of Photography have included
Laurenz Berges ,
Elger Esser ,
Bernhard Fuchs ,
Andreas Gursky ,
Candida Höfer ,
Axel Hütte ,
Simone Nieweg ,
Thomas Ruff ,
Jörg Sasse ,
Thomas Struth ,
Petra Wunderlich [
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[3] The academy has its own museum: the academy gallery (near to the historic city hall). The new director,
Rita McBride , will open the academy to new media such as
3D printing . Every February the academy opens to the public, an event which is called Rundgang
[4] (tour).
Directors
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Rolf Sackenheim (1963–1985 Professor)
Jörg Sasse (1982–1988 Student, master-student of Bernd Becher)
Adolf Schill (1880–1911 Professor of decoration and ornamentation)
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1826 Student, 1834 assistant teacher, 1839–1854 Professor for Landscape Painting, first Director of
Karlsruher Kunstschule )
Christoph Schlingensief (1986 Lecturer)
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Johann Heinrich Schmidt Professor of Art History)
Jürgen Schmitt (1970–1976 Student, master-student)
Bruno Schmitz (1874–1878 Student)
Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck (Lecturer in Theatre Studies)
Gregor Schneider , 1990–1994 Student)
Andreas Schulze , (since 2008 Professor)
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Felix Schramm
Rudolf Schwarz (1953–1961 Professor)
Marcus Schwier (1993–1998 Student)
HA Schult (1958–1961 Student)
Thomas Schütte (1973–1981 Student)
Rudolf Schwarz , 1953–1961 Professor
Fritz Schwegler (1973–1975 Assistant Professor, 1975–2001 Professor)
Peter Schwickerath (1966–1968 Student)
Hans Schwippert (1959–1965 Professor and Director)
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Adolf Seel (1844–1850 Student)
Dirk Skreber (1982–1988 Student)
Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1826 Student, 1859–1863 Professor)
Wilhelm Sohn (1867 Professor)
Willy Spatz (Student, 1897–1926 Professor for painting)
Werner Spies (1975–2002 Professor of the history of arts)
Pia Stadtbäumer (1981–1988 Student)
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David D. Stern (1980–1982 Student)
Thomas Struth (1973–1978 Student)
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"Myriam Thyes – zeitgenössische Kunst – contemporary digital visual art – video – animation – new media – digital images – photomontage" . www.thyes.com . Retrieved 11 August 2019 .
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External links
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