Untitled, 1964

ArtistPeter Brüning, Düsseldorf 1929–1970 Ratingen

Colour lithograph on cardboard, retouched with coloured pens

State/print versionUnique due to overpainting

Sheet dimensions15 × 21,5 cm

Status

on display, room 032.2

About the workBorn in Düsseldorf, Peter Brüning studied under the abstract painter Willi Baumeister at the art academy in Stuttgart from 1950 to 1952. In 1964, his discovery of cartography – the study of the technical production of maps – marked a turning point in his oeuvre. He incorporated symbolic abbreviations for meadows, bodies of water and roads into his pictorial language as a way of reinterpreting a traditional artistic theme: the landscape. His works were not about deciphering signs but rather telling stories about the conflict between nature and civilisation.

AccessionKemp Collection Foundation 2016

Provenance[...]; 2016 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf)

Inventory numberKemp 837

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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