Norbert Prangenberg (1949 - 2012)

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Norbert Prangenberg

Norbert Prangenberg was an abstract painter, sculptor, and engraver. Though he had no formal training and did not fully engage with art until his 30s, Prangenberg did finally come up with a style that was uniquely his own, not fitting comfortably into the neo-expressionist or neo-geo movements of his time, in the 1970s and 1980s. At this time, he was considered a major figure in contemporary German art. Though he got his start with abstract paintings, he also became known for making sculptures of all sizes; and while his work initially appears abstract, the titles given sometimes allude to the human body or a landscape. As a trained gold- and silversmith, as well as a glassblower, he always showed an attention to materials and how they could be physically engaged with. He was interested in how his own two hands could affect the painting or sculpture's surface. Traces of the artist's hand appear literally throughout his entire oeuvre, before he lost the battle with liver cancer in 2012.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:23 june 1949, Cologne, Germany
Date and place of death:29 june 2012, Krefeld, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Engraver, Painter, Sculptor
Art style:Abstract art, Contemporary art

Creators Germany

David von Krafft (1655 - 1724)
David von Krafft
1655 - 1724
Albert Oehlen (1954)
Albert Oehlen
1954
Thomas Baumgartel (1960)
Thomas Baumgartel
1960
Heinrich Hübner (1869 - 1945)
Heinrich Hübner
1869 - 1945
Heinrich Ludwig Frische (1831 - 1901)
Heinrich Ludwig Frische
1831 - 1901
Christian Wulffen (1954)
Christian Wulffen
1954
Lore Niessner (1920 - 1983)
Lore Niessner
1920 - 1983
Carl von Marr (1858 - 1936)
Carl von Marr
1858 - 1936
Franz Horny (1798 - 1824)
Franz Horny
1798 - 1824
Arthur Siebelist (1870 - 1945)
Arthur Siebelist
1870 - 1945
Ernst Bohm (1890 - 1963)
Ernst Bohm
1890 - 1963
Heinrich Hoerle (1895 - 1936)
Heinrich Hoerle
1895 - 1936
Giovanni Castell (1962)
Giovanni Castell
1962
Ernst Matthes (1878 - 1918)
Ernst Matthes
1878 - 1918
Carl-Heinz Kliemann (1924 - 2016)
Carl-Heinz Kliemann
1924 - 2016
Edward Cucuel (1875 - 1954)
Edward Cucuel
1875 - 1954

Creators Abstract art

Augusto Giacometti (1877 - 1947)
Augusto Giacometti
1877 - 1947
Martin Gostner (1957)
Martin Gostner
1957
Ulrike Arnold (1950)
Ulrike Arnold
1950
Mark Flood (1957)
Mark Flood
1957
Irving Kriesberg (1919 - 2009)
Irving Kriesberg
1919 - 2009
Esteban Fekete (1924 - 2009)
Esteban Fekete
1924 - 2009
Nnenna Okore (1975)
Nnenna Okore
1975
Grigory Davidovich Bruskin (1945)
Grigory Davidovich Bruskin
1945
George Nelson (1908 - 1986)
George Nelson
1908 - 1986
Loretta Lux (1969)
Loretta Lux
1969
David Hamilton (1933 - 2016)
David Hamilton
1933 - 2016
Wolfram Beck (1930 - 2004)
Wolfram Beck
1930 - 2004
Lino Sabattini (1925 - 2016)
Lino Sabattini
1925 - 2016
Kristin McKirdy (1958)
Kristin McKirdy
1958
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928 - 2000)
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
1928 - 2000
Ivan Baj (1957)
Ivan Baj
1957
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