Background
Partenheimer was born in Munich, Germany, on May 14, 1947.
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
Jürgen Partenheimer studied philosophy and the history of art at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, starting from 1968. He continued his education there in 1974, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy in art history with distinction.
415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA
In 1970 Partenheimer received a scholarship to Brandeis University, Massachusetts, where he decided to study fine art.
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Partenheimer studied the history of art at the University of Arizona, Tucson, United States. Later In the year 1973, Partenheimer graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the university.
800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Jürgen Partenheimer was appointed a guest lecturer at the San Francisco Art Institute, California.
Sarphatistraat 470, 1018 GW Amsterdam, Netherlands
From 1987 until 1990 Partenheimer worked as a professor at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany
Jürgen Partenheimer studied philosophy and the history of art at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, starting from 1968. He continued his education there in 1974, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy in art history with distinction.
415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA
In 1970 Partenheimer received a scholarship to Brandeis University, Massachusetts, where he decided to study fine art.
Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Partenheimer studied the history of art at the University of Arizona, Tucson, United States. Later In the year 1973, Partenheimer graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the university.
800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Jürgen Partenheimer was appointed a guest lecturer at the San Francisco Art Institute, California.
Sarphatistraat 470, 1018 GW Amsterdam, Netherlands
From 1987 until 1990 Partenheimer worked as a professor at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
Partenheimer was born in Munich, Germany, on May 14, 1947.
Jürgen Partenheimer studied philosophy and the history of art at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, starting from 1968. In 1970 he received a scholarship to Brandeis University, Massachusetts, where he decided to study fine art. Later he studied the history of art at the University of Arizona, Tucson, United States. In the year 1973, Partenheimer graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the university.
He continued his education enrolling in the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich in 1974. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in art history with distinction from the university.
Partenheimer became an artist in residence at the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca, Spain, in 1972. In the year 1977 the artist moved to Düsseldorf, and two years later he had his first one-man exhibition at the Richard Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh. In 1980-1981 he took part in the XI Paris Biennial, France, and XVI São Paulo Biennial, Nucleus I, Brazil.
Concurrently with his career as an artist, he served as a visiting professor in Montréal in 1982, and he was appointed a guest lecturer at the San Francisco Art Institute, California, a year later. During this time his first paper collages were created. During 1983-1986 he taught at academies in Dusseldorf, Davis (California) and Houston. In 1986 Partenheimer participated at XLII Venice Biennial.
In 1987 Jürgen Partenheimer's watercolours acquired a predominantly graphic character, while he also assayed techniques of graphic design. His sculptures, which were created since autumn 1991, formed a distinct group of works. From 1987 until 1990 he worked as a professor at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, and in 1991 he became a guest lecturer in Edinburgh. The same year his poetic manifesto De coloribus - Notes on colour, was published.
Partenheimer held numerous solo and group exhibitions, including National Gallery Berlin, 1988; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1990; Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1994; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1997. In 2002 an overview exhibition was held at the S.M.A.K. in Gent, Belgium. During 2004-2005 retrospective exhibitions were organized at the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund, Germany, and the Pinacoteca Do Estado in São Paulo, Brazil. During the 2000s he was a participant of a number of exhibitions.
Jürgen Partenheimer is a distinguished painter of the 20th and 21st century. He has become the first German contemporary artist to receive a retrospective at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Beijing and the Nanjing Museum in Nanjing, China, in 2000.
Partenheimer has become a recipient of a number of awards. In 1995 he received the Prize of Art Criticism of the year for the best show of the season in Madrid, Spain. He obtained the Prize for Fine Arts, Kulturstiftung Dortmund, in 2004. The same year he was granted the Federal Cross of Merit First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2011 he received the NIROX Residency Award, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2014 he received the Audain Distinguished Residency Award from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada.
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