Horst ANTES

Background

Antes, Horst was born on October 28, 1936 in Heppenheim a.d.B., Germany. Son of Valentin and Erika Antes.

Education

After his Abitur, he studied from 1957 to 1959 under the important woodcutter Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Grieshaber at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (today known as the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe) in Karlsruhe.

Career

Troisieme Biennale de Paris, Museum Ulm, Stadtische Galerie Munich 1964; Gallery Stangl Munich 1965, 1968, 1972, 1975; Galerie Defet, Nuremberg 1966, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1988; Galerie Krohn, Badenweiler 1961, 1967, 1977, 1984; Gimpel and Hanover Gallery, Zurich and London 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1980; Lefebre Gallery, New York 1967, 1969. 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986; 10th Biennale Sao Paulo 1969, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Kunsthalle Bern, Kunsthalle Bremen, Frankfurter Kunstverein 1971-1972; Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe 1978; Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, Galerie Brusberg, Hanover 1979, 1982, 1983; Briihl, Schloss Augustenburg 1980; Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart 1966, 1970, 1981, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo 1981, 1984; Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne 1960, 1963, 1965, 1982, 1984, 1987; Kunsthalle, Bremen 1983, Sprengel Museum, Hannover 1983, Wilh-Haek Museum, Ludwigshafen 1983; Guggenheim Museum, New York 1984; Galerie Neumann, Diisseldorf 1985; Stadt. Galerie, Villingen-Schwerringen University Kunstverein Hochrhein, Bad Sackingen 1987; Galerie Levy, Hamburg 1988; Freie Akademie der Kiinste, Hamburg 1988; Galerie Bemd Lutze, Friedrichshaffen 1988; Group exhibitions: Pittsburgh Institute Exhibition 1961, 1964, 1970, 1977; Dokumenta, Kassel 1964, 1968, 1977; Europalia, Brussels 1977; Im Namen des Volkes, Duisburg, Remscheid, Vienna, Sculptures Europeennes, Brussels 1979; Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, Basel Wenkenpark 1980; Meridian House International, Washington, District of Columbia, Deweer Art Gallery, Belgien, Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne, Grosse Kunstausstellung, Munich, Triennale fiir Kleinplastik, Budapest 1981, National Museum, Seoul, Goethe Institute, London 1983, Athens 1984; Neue Darmstiidter Sezession, Darmstadt, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart 1982; Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1985, Taimer Gallery, Tokyo 1986, Positiunen-Malerei aas der Bundesrepublik, Berlin, Dresden 1986, Hannover 1987: Interfacies 1986; Palma de Mallorca 1986; Intergrafik Doctorate.D.R., Berlin 1987; Institute Art Show for End of World Hunger, Minnesota et cetera 1987; Guggenheim Museum, New York 1987; Aalborg 1988, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio 1988; Catalogues: Catalog of Etchings 1962-1966 (G. Gercken) 1968, Catalog of Books (West. Euler) 1968, Catalog of Steel Sculptures (H. G. Sperlich) 1976, Catalog of Lithographs (B. Lutze) 1976, 25 Votive (1983/84).In his early paintings, Antes sought a path somewhere between figurative painting and the L"Art Informel. One of his most important role models was Willem de Kooning. Around 1960 Antes discovered his "Kopffüßler" (literal translation: Head-Footer), a form which preoccupied the artist in numerous variations and artistic techniques.

By 1963 his "Kopffüßler" was fully developed in its stylistic and contextual premises and became also compulsory for his sculptural work, which began the same year.

The artist was given several scholarships and awards in the 1960s, including the Villa-Romana-Prize in Florence in 1962 and the Villa Massimo scholarship in Rome in 1963. Three years later, aged only 29, Antes accepted a teaching post at the Akademie in Karlsruhe.

This was followed by a post as a professor also in Karlsruhe which he held from 1967 to 1973, as well as a one-year guest-professorship at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. The artist resumed teaching at the Akademie in Karlsruhe in 1984 and continued teaching there for another 16 years.

Since 1990 Antes has been living and working in Karlsruhe, Florence and Berlin.

His oeuvre includes not only paintings and graphic art, but also sculptures in public spaces. at the Kunsthall Hamburg, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the Nationalgalerie Berlin, and the Museum of Modern Artist

Achievements

• Horst Antes has been listed as a notable Painter, sculptor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Academy, der Kiinste, Berlin, now living in Berlin, Karlsruhe and Tuscany, Italy.

Connections

Married Dorothea Grossman, 1961. 2 children.

Father:

Valentin Antes

Mother:

Erika Antes

Spouse:

Dorothea Grossmann