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1903 Upper Silesia, Germany - 1985 Berlin, Germany. Known for: Abstract and figurative painting.
The German abstract and figurative painter Horst Robert Bonsack (March 19, 1903- March 8, 1987) was born in Upper Silesia but lived and worked mostly in Berlin. He began his training as an artist in... Read full biography
The German abstract and figurative painter Horst Robert Bonsack (March 19, 1903- March 8, 1987) was born in Upper Silesia but lived and worked mostly in Berlin. He began his training as an artist in 1920 at the Munich Art Academy and two years later became a student of Ewald Duelberg in the Art... Read full biography
The German abstract and figurative painter Horst Robert Bonsack (March 19, 1903- March 8, 1987) was born in Upper Silesia but lived and worked mostly in Berlin. He began his training as an artist in 1920 at the Munich Art Academy and two years later became a student of Ewald Duelberg in the Art Academy in Kassel. He returned to Berlin in 1924 where he continued his training under Karl Hofer. Among the most significant influences upon his work, both stylistically and philosophically, were the... Read full biography
The German abstract and figurative painter Horst Robert Bonsack (March 19, 1903- March 8, 1987) was born in Upper Silesia but lived and worked mostly in Berlin. He began his training as an artist in 1920 at the Munich Art Academy and two years later became a student of Ewald Duelberg in the Art Academy in Kassel. He returned to Berlin in 1924 where he continued his training under Karl Hofer. Among the most significant influences upon his work, both stylistically and philosophically, were the paintings of the 19th-century German master Hans von Marees and the Homeric epics. His artistic career was interrupted by the economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s, the rise of the Third Reich, WWII and subsequent internment in a Russian prison... Read full biography
The German abstract and figurative painter Horst Robert Bonsack (March 19, 1903- March 8, 1987) was born in Upper Silesia but lived and worked mostly in Berlin. He began his training as an artist in 1920 at the Munich Art Academy and two years later became a student of Ewald Duelberg in the Art Academy in Kassel. He returned to Berlin in 1924 where he continued his training under Karl Hofer. Among the most significant influences upon his work, both stylistically and philosophically, were the paintings of the 19th-century German master Hans von Marees and the Homeric epics. His artistic career was interrupted by the economic depression of the 1920s and 1930s, the rise of the Third Reich, WWII and subsequent internment in a Russian prison camp. Once he was able to resume painting, his work reflected influences from diverse internation... Read full biography
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The German abstract and figurative painter Horst Robert Bonsack (March 19, 1903- March 8, 1987) was born in Upper Silesia but lived and worked mostly in Berlin. He began his training as an artist in 1920 at the Munich Art Academy and two years later became a student of Ewald Duelberg in the Art Academy in Kassel.
He returned to Berlin in 1924 where he continued his training under Karl Hofer. Among the most significant influences upon his work, both stylistically and philosophically, were the paintings of the 19th-century German master Hans von Marees and the Homeric epics.
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