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Horst H. Baumann

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Horst H. Baumann (June 19, 1934 Aachen – May 24, 2019) was a German architect, designer, light artist,[1] and photographer.[2][3] He was best known for designing Rheinturm Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf, Germany.[4][5][6]

Life

He studied metallurgical engineering from 1954 to 1957 and from 1972 to 1974 at the RWTH Aachen, and from 1994 to 2004 at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf. He worked as a photographer and designer from 1957 to 2019, and from 1966 to 2019 as a lighting artist. In 1963–1964, he was a visiting lecturer at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm. In 1977, he took part in documenta 6 in Kassel, where he installed, with Peter Hertha, the first permanent laser sculpture in the world.

Other installations include the Rheinturm in Düsseldorf (1982), the Neonskulptur "Pass the Cross" in Bielefeld-Sennestadt (1988), and the light remodeled at the Rheinturm Düsseldorf 2003.

His work has been shown internationally, including in the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City in 1965,[7] and in 1967 and 1969 in the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris.[8]

He died on May 24, 2019, aged 84.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Luminous-Lint - Photographer - Horst H. Baumann". www.luminous-lint.com.
  3. ^ "Ars Electronica Katalogartikel". 90.146.8.18.
  4. ^ http://www.amazingdusseldorf.com/visit-discover/dusseldorf/sights/rhine-tower.html
  5. ^ "arkitectoniq". arkitectoniq.blogspot.com.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2010-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ http://www.erevista.ro/viewer/mercedes_benz_amg/U64Y571QK2T20116/78
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ Libuda, Klas. "Nachruf: Entwickler der Uhr am Rheinturm gestorben". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-29.

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