Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. It is well-known for having produced many famous artists, such as Joseph Beuys.
History
The school was founded by Lambert Krahe in 1762 as a school of drawing. In 1773, it became the Earl of Palatine's Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. During the Napoleonic Wars, the earl's art collection was inherited by the Wittelsbach family and moved to Munich, prompting the Prussian government-- who had annexed the Düsseldorf region after Napoleon had surrendered-- to change it into a Royal Arts Academy in Düsseldorf, in 1819.
In the 1850s, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf became internationally-renowned, with many students coming from Scandinavia, Russia and the US to learn, amongst other things, the genre and landscape painting associated with the "The Düsseldorf School of Painting".
Directors
- 1819 - 1824 Peter von Cornelius
- 1826 - 1859 Wilhelm von Schadow
- 1924 - 1933 Walter Kaesbach
- 1945 - 1946 Ewald Mataré
- 1959 - 1965 Hans Schwippert
- 1972 - 1981 Norbert Kricke
- since 1988 Markus Lüpertz
Well-known Professors and Students
- Andreas Achenbach (1827 - 1834 Student)
- Adolf Seel
- Oswald Achenbach (1835 - 1841 Student; 1863 - 1872 Professor)
- Peter Angermann (1968-1973)
- Bernd Becher (1976 - 1996 Professor)
- Joseph Beuys (1947 - 1952 Student, 1961 - 1972 Professor)
- Arnold Böcklin (1845 - 1847 Student)
- Michael Buthe (1944 - 1994 Professor)
- Max Clarenbach (1894 - 1901 Student, 1917 - 1945 Professor)
- Tony Cragg (1979 - 1988 Assistant Professor, 1988 - 2001 Professor)
- Siegfried Cremer (1977 - 1994 Professor of Drawing Technique)
- Rolf Krummenauer (1953 - 1969 Teacher of Forming Arts)
- Felix Droese (1970 - 1976 Student)
- Helmut Federle (1999 - Professor)
- Anselm Feuerbach (1845 - 1848 Student)
- Rupprecht Geiger (1965 - 1976 Professor)
- Eugen Gomringer (1977 - 1990 Professor)
- Günter Grass (1948 - 1952 Student)
- Gotthard Graubner (1954 - 1959 Student, 1976 - 1992 Professor)
- Andreas Gursky(1981 - 1987 Student, master-student of Bernd Becher from 1985)
- Erwin Heerich (1958 - 1965 )
- Hans Schwippert (1959 - 1965 Professor and Director)
- Hans Hollein (1967 - 1965 Professor)
- Ottmar Hörl (1979 - 1981 Student)
- Candida Höfer (1973-x Student)
- Johannes Hüppi (1984 bis 1990 master-student of Dieter Krieg)
- Axel Hütte (1973 - 1981 Student)
- Oliver Jordan (1980 - 1985 Student)
- Jörg Immendorff (1963 - 1969 Student, 1996 - 2007 Professor)
- Karin Kneffel (1981 - 1987 master-student of Gerhard Richter)
- Paul Klee (1931 - 1933 Professor)
- Imi Knoebel (1964 - 1971 Student)
- Walter Köngeter (1952 - 1967 Professor ofConstructive Arts)
- Dieter Krieg (1978- 2002 Professor of Painting)
- Rita McBride (Professor for sculpturing)
- Orlando Mohorovic (1970 - 1974 master-student of Joseph Beuys)
- Yoshitomo Nara (1988 - 1993 Student)
- Heinrich Nauen (1921 - 1937 Professor)
- Albert Oehlen (seit 2000 Professor)
- Markus Oehlen (1976 - 1982 Student)
- Nam June Paik (1979 - 1996 Professor of Video Art)
- Blinky Palermo (1962 - 1967 Student)
- Sigmar Polke (1961 - 1967 Student)
- Lois Renner (1985 - 1988 Student)
- Gerhard Richter (1961 - 1963 Student, 1971 - 1993 Professor)
- Klaus Rinke (1974 - 2004 Professor)
- Reiner Ruthenbeck (1962 - 1968 Student)
- Thomas Ruff (Student, Professor)
- Kaspar Scheuren (1829-1835 Student)
- Felix Schramm
- Rudolf Schwarz (1953 - 1961 Professor)
- Thomas Schütte (1973 - 1981 Student)
- Dirk Skreber (1982 - 1988 Student)
- Thomas Struth (1973 - 1978 Student)
- Norbert Tadeusz (1961 - 1966 Student)
- Rosemarie Trockel (Professor)
- Günther Uecker (1953 - 1957 Student, 1976 - 1995 Professor)
- Oswald Mathias Ungers
- Georg Wilhelm Volkhart (1831 - 1840 Student)
- Max Volkhart (1848 - 1924 Student)