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1935 Dortmund - 2006 Braunschweig. Known for: Light art and geometric abstract painting.
Axel Dick, an important representative of light art and geometric abstraction, was born in Dortmund in 1935. In 1959 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and completed the state exam... Read full biography
Axel Dick, an important representative of light art and geometric abstraction, was born in Dortmund in 1935. In 1959 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and completed the state exam for art education. By 1962, Axel Dick had worked as a trainee. He then taught at the high school... Read full biography
Axel Dick, an important representative of light art and geometric abstraction, was born in Dortmund in 1935. In 1959 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and completed the state exam for art education. By 1962, Axel Dick had worked as a trainee. He then taught at the high school Brunswick Raabe School. In 1968-1970 he taught at the local College of Fine Arts and the debate at the National Study Seminar until 1997. Axel Dick's first trip to New York in 1965 led him to create works... Read full biography
Axel Dick, an important representative of light art and geometric abstraction, was born in Dortmund in 1935. In 1959 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and completed the state exam for art education. By 1962, Axel Dick had worked as a trainee. He then taught at the high school Brunswick Raabe School. In 1968-1970 he taught at the local College of Fine Arts and the debate at the National Study Seminar until 1997. Axel Dick's first trip to New York in 1965 led him to create works of geometric abstraction. In strict, black and white grid and parallel line images quickly followed his first artistic light objects. On the second trip to the United States in 1967 color became increasingly important in his work, which was in the... Read full biography
Axel Dick, an important representative of light art and geometric abstraction, was born in Dortmund in 1935. In 1959 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and completed the state exam for art education. By 1962, Axel Dick had worked as a trainee. He then taught at the high school Brunswick Raabe School. In 1968-1970 he taught at the local College of Fine Arts and the debate at the National Study Seminar until 1997. Axel Dick's first trip to New York in 1965 led him to create works of geometric abstraction. In strict, black and white grid and parallel line images quickly followed his first artistic light objects. On the second trip to the United States in 1967 color became increasingly important in his work, which was in the technique of silkscreen breaking the web. In the late 1960s he created light fields and terraced prope... Read full biography
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Axel Dick, an important representative of light art and geometric abstraction, was born in Dortmund in 1935. In 1959 he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and completed the state exam for art education. By 1962, Axel Dick had worked as a trainee. He then taught at the high school Brunswick Raabe School. In 1968-1970 he taught at the local College of Fine Arts and the debate at the National Study Seminar until 1997.
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