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Not to be confused with the German-born engineer and surveyor Karl Opperman.

Karl Oppermann (1975)
Karl Oppermann (2012)
"Hausmusik I (1992/2007)" painting by Karl Oppermann

Karl Oppermann (* October 30, 1930, in Wernigerode; † August 12, 2022, in Nordharz)[1] was a German painter.

Life and work

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Oppermann was born into a long-established family of craftsmen during the Weimar Republic and grew up in Wernigerode. His father was an engineer and master electrician, his grandfather a master cooper. At the end of the World War II, Oppermann decided on painting as his career choice at the age of fifteen and began writing at the same time.

In 1996 he moved the center of his life from Berlin to Veckenstedt in the Harzvorland. From 2007 to 2019, Oppermann was chairman of the association Kinder-Atelier Harz e. V., which he initiated and is based in Wernigerode.[2] After numerous smaller poetry publications, he published his first volume of memoirs in 2005 under the title Klatschmohn und Silberstift. The follow-up volume Wechselgesang appeared in 2007 and Nachschlag in 2010. In September 2010, Oppermann donated his entire oeuvre of prints to the Wernigerode Cultural Foundation.

Honors

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In 2003 Oppermann was awarded the Wernigerode Art Prize. In 2009 he was honored with the Andreas Art Prize (German: Andreas-Kunstpreis) of Sankt Andreasberg town. In 2015, Karl Oppermann received the Badge of Honor of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. In 2021, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon.[3]

Private matters

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Oppermann died in August 2022 in the Veckenstedt district of the municipality of Nordharz in Saxony-Anhalt at the age of 91. He was married twice and is survived by three children.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

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  • 1959 Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin
  • 1963 Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin
  • 1965 Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
  • 1968 Museum Schloss Oberhausen
  • 1969 Gallery U Recickych, Prague
  • 1970 Seat of the Federal President, Bonn
  • 1971/73/75 Gallery Gerda Bassenge, Berlin
  • 1975 Great Orangery of Charlottenburg Palace
  • 1977 Galleria d'Arte, Genoa
  • 1980 Museo d'Arte, Lima
  • 1987 Museo de Arte de São Paulo
  • 1988 Shea & Beker Gallery, New York
  • 1991/92/93 Galerie Ludwig Lange, Berlin
  • 1993 Sala d'Arcs, Barcelona
  • 1994/2003 Annual: Enno Becker Gallery, Berlin
  • 1995/2000/03 Kunstverein Wernigerode
  • 1995/2007 Burg Kniphausen, Wilhelmshaven
  • 2002 Kunstverein Talstraße, Halle (Saale)
  • 2005 Berlin University of the Arts
  • 2007/09 Bauscher Gallery, Potsdam
  • 2008 Representation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Brussels
  • 2010 Berlin University of the Arts
  • 2012 Gallery at the Grand Elysée, Hamburg
  • 2012 Municipal Art Gallery, Plovdiv/Bulgaria

Permanent presence:

Works (selection)

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  • "Large Berlin Picture", 1965
  • "Berliner Weiße", 1966
  • "Our ride went to Ostlang", 1967
  • "Picnic at the Voterraio", 1968
  • "Rambla de las Flores", 1982
  • "Christ the Juggler", 1983
  • "German Dream", 1984
  • "The Birthday Cake", 1984
  • "Fisherman and Swimmer", 1985
  • "Treptower Park", 1985
  • "Self-Portrait with Tie", 1986
  • "The Beginners", 1987
  • "Large Paseo", 1992
  • "Hausgemeinschaftsleitung", 1994
  • "West-östlicher Diwan", 1994
  • "Berlin auf Achse", 1999
  • "Tenerife Transfer", 2006

Book publications

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  • "Altea", poems and etchings, Eigen-V., Berlin 1962
  • "Butterflies", poems and etchings, Berlin 1969
  • "Unter der Lasur", poems and drawings, Edition Galerie am Abend, Berlin 1971
  • "An die Mauer geschrieben", poems and silkscreens, Eigen-V., Berlin 1974
  • "Metamorphosen", watercolors and poems, Edition Ars VIVA!, Berlin 1980
  • "Kopfstand und Bandoneon", poems and watercolors, Berlin 1982
  • "Les Vagants", oil paintings and drawings, Genoa/Berlin 1984
  • "Vagants", poems and drawings, Torhaus-Galerie, Braunschweig 1985
  • "Dear Hans", D. von Kurmin Verlag, Berlin 1990
  • "Musikalisches Skizzenbuch", Oberbaum-Verlag, Berlin 1993
  • "Klatschmohn und Silberstift", Letterado Verlag, Quedlinburg 2005, ISBN 3-938579-09-9
  • "Wechselgesang", Ziethen Verlag, Oschersleben 2007, ISBN 978-3-938380-64-2
  • "Nachschlag", Ziethen Verlag, Oschersleben 2010, ISBN 978-3-932090-20-2

Literature

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  • Helmut Börsch-Supan: "Künstler der Gegenwart", Berlin 1975
  • Andrezej Wirth: "Les Vagants", Genoa 1983
  • Ernst A. Busche: "Berlin Bilder 1963–1986", Nicolai, Berlin 1986
  • Ernst A. Busche: "Jäger und Gejagte", Berlin 1989
  • Kerstin Englert: "Karl Oppermann – Prusiano Latino", Gebr. Mann Verlag Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7861-1792-6 (Biography)
  • Wibke von Bonin: Catalog Burg Kniphausen, Wilhelmshaven 1995
  • Christian Juranek: "Simplicissimus und Courage", Renchen 2004
  • Harz University of Applied Sciences: "El mundo – un teatro, The Karl Oppermann Foundation at the Harz University of Applied Sciences (FH)", Halberstadt 2009
  • Kai Schlüter (ed.): Günter Grass: Das Milch-Märchen. Early advertising works. With a DVD by Radio Bremen. Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-86153-739-7


Individual references

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  1. ^ mdr.de. "Harz painter Karl Oppermann died | MDR.DE". Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Ivonne Sielaf (September 26, 2019). "Wernigerodes Kinder im Reich der Farben". Volksstimme. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Press release of the state of Saxony-Anhalt dated December 2, 2021, No. 539/2021
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