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Jochen Seidel BIOGRAPHY
1924 Bitterfield, Germany - 1971 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Known for: Painting.
Jochen Seidel was born in 1924 in Bitterfeld and studied from 1946-48 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) as a pupil of Charles Crodel. In this period he created monumental... Read full biography
Jochen Seidel was born in 1924 in Bitterfeld and studied from 1946-48 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) as a pupil of Charles Crodel. In this period he created monumental propaganda murals to stay financially afloat. In 1953, Seidel moved to Berlin, where he began... Read full biography
Jochen Seidel was born in 1924 in Bitterfeld and studied from 1946-48 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) as a pupil of Charles Crodel. In this period he created monumental propaganda murals to stay financially afloat. In 1953, Seidel moved to Berlin, where he began studying under Ernst Schumacher. In 1961 he was awarded the Kunstpreis junger Westen. His painting style evolved from the figurative towards the non-representational. Numerous exhibitions took place in the... Read full biography
Jochen Seidel was born in 1924 in Bitterfeld and studied from 1946-48 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) as a pupil of Charles Crodel. In this period he created monumental propaganda murals to stay financially afloat. In 1953, Seidel moved to Berlin, where he began studying under Ernst Schumacher. In 1961 he was awarded the Kunstpreis junger Westen. His painting style evolved from the figurative towards the non-representational. Numerous exhibitions took place in the following years, for example in Vienna, Stockholm, Helsinki, Caracas, Buenos Aires and Pittsburgh. In 1964 Seidel moved to New York, where he held several teaching positions. Many of his works are on display in public collections, e.g. at the... Read full biography
Jochen Seidel was born in 1924 in Bitterfeld and studied from 1946-48 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) as a pupil of Charles Crodel. In this period he created monumental propaganda murals to stay financially afloat. In 1953, Seidel moved to Berlin, where he began studying under Ernst Schumacher. In 1961 he was awarded the Kunstpreis junger Westen. His painting style evolved from the figurative towards the non-representational. Numerous exhibitions took place in the following years, for example in Vienna, Stockholm, Helsinki, Caracas, Buenos Aires and Pittsburgh. In 1964 Seidel moved to New York, where he held several teaching positions. Many of his works are on display in public collections, e.g. at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, at the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), at the... Read full biography
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Jochen Seidel was born in 1924 in Bitterfeld and studied from 1946-48 at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) as a pupil of Charles Crodel. In this period he created monumental propaganda murals to stay financially afloat. In 1953, Seidel moved to Berlin, where he began studying under Ernst Schumacher.
In 1961 he was awarded the Kunstpreis junger Westen. His painting style evolved from the figurative towards the non-representational. Numerous exhibitions took place in the following years, for example in Vienna, Stockholm, Helsinki, Caracas, Buenos Aires and Pittsburgh. In 1964 Seidel moved to New York, where he held several teaching positions.
Many of his works are on display in public collections, e.g. at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, at the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), at the Kupferstichkabinett SMPK, Berlin, and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.