Kuno Gonschior

Kuno Gonschior
Born10 September 1933
Wanne-Eickel, Nazi Germany
Died16 March 2010
Bochum, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationPrinter

Kuno Gonschior (10 September 1933 in Wanne-Eickel – 16 March 2010 in Bochum) was a German painter.

From 1957 to 1961, Gonschior studied painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.[1] In 1959, he was one of the first students of Karl Otto Götz, his classmates being Gotthard Graubner and HA Schult.[2][3][4] From 1961 to 1963 he studied at the University of Cologne. In 1972, he became lecturer at the Pädagogische Hochschule Münster. From 1982 to 2000, he was a professor of painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Berlin.[5]

Gonschior's early work with its intuitive, almost monochrome strokes of the brush was influenced by Götz's abstract style. Later, during the 1960s, he created paintings out of characteristic dots placed next to each other, combining fluorescent, complementary colors such as red and green. As a result, extreme vibrations are triggered in the human eye. He also painted large, abstract landscapes merging and melting thick paint in rich colors. Furthermore, he was inspired by the color theories of Josef Albers. From 1968, he created colored multi-room installations.

In 1977, the artist participated in the documenta 6 in Kassel. After that date, he primarily exhibited in the USA and in Japan.[6] In 1999, he received the Deutscher Kritikerpreis.

  1. ^ Heinz Höfchen, "Gonschior, Kuno", AKL, 58 (Munich and Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 2008), p. 149
  2. ^ "An der Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf studiert er [Gonschior] von 1957 bis 1961 in der Malklasse von Karl Otto Götz zusammen mit Gotthard Graubner und HA Schult." See Museumsplattform NRW: Kuno Gonschior Archived 2016-10-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Günter Steinle emphasizes that Gonschior "in Wanne-Eickel, im Herzen des grauen Ruhrgebiets geboren wurde und später in Köln und Düsseldorf zusammen mit Gotthard Graubner und HA Schult studierte." See Sammlung Steinle: Das Kunstwerk des Monats Oktober 2015: Kuno Gonschior, VIBRATION ROT-GR-BLAU-VIO. Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Oliver Kornhoff and Barbara Nierhoff, Karl Otto Götz: In Erwartung blitzschneller Wunder, exh. cat., Arp Museum, Remagen (Kerber Christof Verlag, 2010), p. 114.
  5. ^ Heinz Höfchen, "Gonschior, Kuno", AKL, 58 (Munich and Leipzig: K.G. Saur, 2008), p. 149
  6. ^ "Nach der Documenta VI in Kassel 1977 stellte Gonschior international aus, vornehmlich in den USA und Japan." See Sammlung Steinle: Das Kunstwerk des Monats Oktober 2015: Kuno Gonschior, VIBRATION ROT-GR-BLAU-VIO. Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine