Fritz Winter
Fritz Winter studied at Bauhaus in Dessau and was a pupil of Paul Klee,Wassily Kandinsky and Oskar Schlemmer. Through his abstract language, he always referred to nature and tried to visualise its growth, powers and shapes. During National Socialism he emigrated to Dießen am Ammersee and in 1937, he was forbidden to paint. Since the 1950s, Fritz Winter received numerous considerable art awards and was successful on the international scale. In 1950, he hence participated the Biennale in Venedig and was represented at the documenta I to III. In 2012/2013, his work was showcased in Munich at the Pinakothek. Deceased in 1976, the artist is numbered among the most popular artist during postwar.
Vita Fritz Winter
Deceased 1976 in Herrsching am Ammersee.
Education
1977
Rubens-Preis der Stadt Siegen posthum verliehen
1972
Orden Pour le mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste
1969
Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz
1959
Großer Kunstpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
1957
Internationaler Grafikpreis Tokyo
1955 – 1970
Professur an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Künste Kassel
1951
1. Preis des Deutschen Künstlerbundes Berlin
1950
2. Preis der Biennale in Venedig
1927 – 1930
Studium am „Staatlichen Bauhaus“ in Dessau bei Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer
Exhibitions (selection)
2017
Galerie Freitag 18.30, Aachen
2016
Art Fair, Köln
Galerie Freitag 18.30, Aachen
2015
Art Fair, Köln
Galerie Freitag 18.30, Aachen
2012/2013
Pinakothek der Moderne, München
1964
Teilnahme an der Documenta III in Kassel
1959
Teilnahme an der Documenta II in Kassel
1955
Teilnahme an der Documenta I in Kassel
1950
Teilnahme an der Biennale in Venedig
