Hans Platschek (1923 - 2000) - photo 1

Hans Platschek

Hans Platschek was a German artist, art critic and writer.

Hans Platschek gained recognition as an artist of Tachism or Informel. But by the time the abstract, automatic art of Informel had gained international recognition, he had already shown an interest in the new figuration. He was fiercely critical of pop art as 'consumer art'.

Placzek's essays, which only on the surface appear to be polemical, made him a household name among the art interested public outside Germany from the 1960s onwards. Even today many connoisseurs consider his texts to be of great freshness and clarity.

Date and place of birt:12 march 1923, Berlin, Germany
Date and place of death:9 february 2000, Hamburg, Germany
Nationality:Germany, Uruguay
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Portraitist, Writer
Genre:Genre art, Portrait, Still life
Art style:Tachisme, Informalism, Contemporary art
Technique:Pencil, Collage, Mixed media, Oil, Oil on canvas

Creators Germany

Doris Rücker (1909 - 1986)
Doris Rücker
1909 - 1986
Paul Herbert Beck (1920 - 2010)
Paul Herbert Beck
1920 - 2010
Thomas Müller (1959)
Thomas Müller
1959
Harald Klingelhöller (1954)
Harald Klingelhöller
1954
Jeanne Mammen (1890 - 1976)
Jeanne Mammen
1890 - 1976
Franz Rudolf Knubel (1938 - 2020)
Franz Rudolf Knubel
1938 - 2020
Konrad Paul Kujau (1938 - 2000)
Konrad Paul Kujau
1938 - 2000
Christa Näher (1947)
Christa Näher
1947
Willy Müller-Lückendorf (1905 - 1969)
Willy Müller-Lückendorf
1905 - 1969
Franz Ludwig Paul Noster (1859 - 1910)
Franz Ludwig Paul Noster
1859 - 1910
Wilhelm Romanus Georg Andresen (1874 - 1926)
Wilhelm Romanus Georg Andresen
1874 - 1926
Conrad Freyberg (1842 - 1915)
Conrad Freyberg
1842 - 1915
Ferdinand Kobell (1740 - 1799)
Ferdinand Kobell
1740 - 1799
Wilhelm Morat (1954)
Wilhelm Morat
1954
Gerhard Altenbourg (1926 - 1989)
Gerhard Altenbourg
1926 - 1989
August Richard Zimmermann (1820 - 1875)
August Richard Zimmermann
1820 - 1875

Creators Contemporary art

Sergei Aleksandrovich Fediaev (1935)
Sergei Aleksandrovich Fediaev
1935
Tat'yana Grigor'evna Nazarenko (1944)
Tat'yana Grigor'evna Nazarenko
1944
Roger Sprunger (1920 - 2008)
Roger Sprunger
1920 - 2008
Heinz-Peter Kohler (1935)
Heinz-Peter Kohler
1935
Giorgio Morandi (1890 - 1964)
Giorgio Morandi
1890 - 1964
David Burdeny (1968)
David Burdeny
1968
Jane Frank (1918 - 1986)
Jane Frank
1918 - 1986
Günter Huniat (1939)
Günter Huniat
1939
Katharina Fritsch (1956)
Katharina Fritsch
1956
Peter Doig (1959)
Peter Doig
1959
Edward Avedisian (1936 - 2007)
Edward Avedisian
1936 - 2007
Rodolfo Nieto (1936 - 1985)
Rodolfo Nieto
1936 - 1985
Edgar Hofschen (1941 - 2016)
Edgar Hofschen
1941 - 2016
Tom Ellis (1973)
Tom Ellis
1973
Stepan Meliksetovich Agadzhanyan (1863 - 1940)
Stepan Meliksetovich Agadzhanyan
1863 - 1940
Olaf Metzel (1952)
Olaf Metzel
1952
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