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Born 1940 Dessau, Germany. Known for: Minimalism, geometric abstract painting and sculpture.
Imi (Klaus Wolf) Knoebel (b. 1940-). Born as Klaus Wolf Knoebel on December 31, 1940, he spent his childhood near Dresden and moved to Mainz with his family in 1950. From 1962-64, Imi Knoebel studied... Read full biography
Imi (Klaus Wolf) Knoebel (b. 1940-). Born as Klaus Wolf Knoebel on December 31, 1940, he spent his childhood near Dresden and moved to Mainz with his family in 1950. From 1962-64, Imi Knoebel studied at the Darmstadt "Werkkunstschule", in a course based on the ideas of the pre-Bauhaus course taught... Read full biography
Imi (Klaus Wolf) Knoebel (b. 1940-). Born as Klaus Wolf Knoebel on December 31, 1940, he spent his childhood near Dresden and moved to Mainz with his family in 1950. From 1962-64, Imi Knoebel studied at the Darmstadt "Werkkunstschule", in a course based on the ideas of the pre-Bauhaus course taught by Johannes Itten and Lászlo Moholy-Nagy. At the school Knoebel met Rainer Griese. They both used the first name "Im", an abbreviation the friends used to say good-bye. Fascinated by the teacher... Read full biography
Imi (Klaus Wolf) Knoebel (b. 1940-). Born as Klaus Wolf Knoebel on December 31, 1940, he spent his childhood near Dresden and moved to Mainz with his family in 1950. From 1962-64, Imi Knoebel studied at the Darmstadt "Werkkunstschule", in a course based on the ideas of the pre-Bauhaus course taught by Johannes Itten and Lászlo Moholy-Nagy. At the school Knoebel met Rainer Griese. They both used the first name "Im", an abbreviation the friends used to say good-bye. Fascinated by the teacher Joseph Beuys, the two friends transferred to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1964. In 1968, Knoebel created his first major work, an installation called Raum 19, named after classroom No. 19, which Beuys had given to his students at the academy. At that... Read full biography
Imi (Klaus Wolf) Knoebel (b. 1940-). Born as Klaus Wolf Knoebel on December 31, 1940, he spent his childhood near Dresden and moved to Mainz with his family in 1950. From 1962-64, Imi Knoebel studied at the Darmstadt "Werkkunstschule", in a course based on the ideas of the pre-Bauhaus course taught by Johannes Itten and Lászlo Moholy-Nagy. At the school Knoebel met Rainer Griese. They both used the first name "Im", an abbreviation the friends used to say good-bye. Fascinated by the teacher Joseph Beuys, the two friends transferred to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1964. In 1968, Knoebel created his first major work, an installation called Raum 19, named after classroom No. 19, which Beuys had given to his students at the academy. At that time Imi Knoebel already studied the relationship between space, picture support and color in ana... Read full biography
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Imi (Klaus Wolf) Knoebel (b. 1940-)
Born as Klaus Wolf Knoebel on December 31, 1940, he spent his childhood near Dresden and moved to Mainz with his family in 1950. From 1962-64, Imi Knoebel studied at the Darmstadt "Werkkunstschule", in a course based on the ideas of the pre-Bauhaus course taught by Johannes Itten and Lászlo Moholy-Nagy. At the school Knoebel met Rainer Griese. They both used the first name "Im", an abbreviation the friends used to say good-bye. Fascinated by the teacher Joseph Beuys, the two friends transferred to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1964.
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