EGON KARL NICOLAUS STIFTUNG
 


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THE ARTIST

Egon Karl Nicolaus was born on the 30th of March 1928 in Hamburg, where he started an apprenticeship as a decorator in 1946, before he studied painting at Max Hermann's Malakademie (painting academy) until 1948. In 1949, still based in Hamburg, he continued to study painting under professor Arnold Fiedler at the academy of arts, Kunsthochschule am Lerchenfeld. From 1950 to 1951, Nicolaus moved to Stuttgart, where he became a student of Professor Willi Baumeister, followed by several study trips to Italy (Rome, Naples, Ischia).
The following years, Nicolaus was based in Hamburg again with his own studio . During this period, his work was strongly influenced by Constructivism. In 1956, he moved to the colony of artists in Worpswede, but soon after in 1957, he moved to Paris, where he became involved with Informalism and Tachism. In 1964, Arabic numerals slowly but distinctly began to appear in his informal works. In the same year, he moved again, this time from Paris to Cologne, but still keeping his Parisian studio. From that moment on, the artist permanently travelled between both cities. In the 1970s, among others, he also travelled several times to the USA (New York, Los Angeles). The Arabic number now clearly dominated his oeuvre and from this moment onwards always would. His work became more constructivist again, as before, in the 1980s, it had regained a more gestural execution with a looser brushstroke. Nicolaus died on the 23 September 1988 in Cologne.



SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

1950    

 

 

Völkerkundemuseum, Hamburg (D)
Kunsthalle, Bremerhaven (D)

 

 

1954    

 

 

Volksheim, Hamburg (D)
Kunsthalle Netzel, Worpswede (D)
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (D)

 

 

1955  

 

 

Institut Français, Hamburg (D)
Centre Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)
Falk Raboff Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)

 

 

1957   

 

 

Galerie am Dom, Frankfurt a.M. (D)
Galerie Duncan, Paris (FR)

 

 

1958    

 

 

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (D)
Köpcke Galerie, Copenhagen (DK)
Circulo de Bellas Artes, Palma de Mallorca (ES)

 

 

1959    

 

 

Köpcke Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)

 

 

1963    

 

 

Märkisches Museum, Witten (D)

 

 

1964    

 

 

Galerie La Galère, Paris (FR)
T' Venster, centre for contemporary art, Rotterdam (NL)

 

 

1965    

 

 

American Art Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)

 

 

1966    

 

 

Galerie Le Soleil dans la Tête, Paris (FR)
Galerie Zunini, Paris (FR)

 

 

1970    

 

 

Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen (D)
Baukunstgalerie, Cologne (D)
La Galeria Il Giorno, Milan (I)

 

 

1973    

 

 

Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris (FR)
Märkisches Museum, Witten (D)

 

 

1975    

 

 

Galerie Paul Facchetti, Zurich (CH)

 

 

1976

 

 

Galerie Bernd Clasing, Münster (D)

 

 

1977    

 

 

Galerie van Almsick, Gronau (D)

 

 

1978    

 

 

Centre d'Art Contemporain, Donjon de Jouy, Sancoins (FR)

 

 

1980    

 

 

Galerie Paul Fachetti, Zurich (CH)

 

 

1983    

 

 

Kunstmarkt Köln, Cologne (D), with Galerie Ferdinand Maier, Kitzbühel (A)

 

 

1984    

 

 

Art Basel, Basel (CH), with Galerie Ferdinand Maier, Kitzbühel (A)
Grand Palais, Paris (FR)
Goethe-Institut, Paris (FR)

 

 

1985   

 

 

Art Cologne, Cologne (D), with Galerie Ferdinand Maier, Kitzbühel (A)

 

 

1986    

 

 

Galerie Carinthia, Klagenfurt (A)

 

 

1987    

 

 

Art Cologne, Cologne (D), with Galerie Zeitkunst, Innsbruck (A)

 

 

1988    

 

 

Galerie Jörg Huber, Landshut (D)

 


posthumous

 

1989    

 

 

Galerie C. Grill, Wien (A)
Galerie Bernd Clasing, Münster (D)

 

 

1990    

 

 

Galerie Zeitkunst, Kitzbühel (A)

 

 

1995    

 

 

Art Cologne with Galerie Zeitkunst, Innsbruck (A)

 

 

1997    

 

 

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (D), Magie der Zal in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts
Art Cologne, Cologne (D), with Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne (D)
Kölnische Galerie at Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Cologne (D)

 

 

1998   

 

 

Westdeutsche Kunstmesse, Cologne (D), with Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne (D)
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Cologne (D)
Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne (D)
Galerie van Almsick, Gronau (D)
Galerie Zeitkunst, Kitzbühel (A)

 

 

1999    

 

 

Art Cologne, Cologne (D), with Galerie Dreiseitel, Cologne (D)
Atelier Clasing & Langer, Osnabrück (D)

 

 

2010    

 

 

Galerie Seippel, Cologne (D)

 

 

2011    

 

 

Große Kunstschau, Worpswede (D)

 

 

2012    

 

Mathematicum Gießen e.V., Gießen (D)

 

Cologne Fine Art & Antiques with Egon Karl Nicolaus-Stiftung, Cologne (D)

 

 

2013    

 

 

Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen (D)
Cologne Fine Art with Egon Karl Nicolaus-Stiftung, Cologne (D)
Galerie Seippel, Cologne (D)

 

 

2015    

 

 

Stiftung in Spanien
Galerie Seippel, Cologne (D)

 


THE FOUNDATION

The Egon Karl Nicolaus-Stiftung was established on the 14th October 1996.
Since the 1st of Feburary 2012 the foundation has a permanent exhibition space in the centre of Cologne (Zeughausstrasse 26), to make the artist's oeuvre accessible to the public.

The Egon Karl Nicolaus-Stiftung is committed to support young artists from Cologne. Also, the support of exhibition projects is important within the foundation's activities. Furthermore, the foundation aims to preserve and to promote the artistic legacy and life's work of Egon Karl Nicolaus.


Board of directors:

Marianne Nicolaus - Vorstandsvorsitzende

Dr Michael Euler-Schmidt

Delia Klask 

Inga Schwarz


CONTACT

Your are always welcome to visit the foundation's permanent exhibition space in Cologne:

Haus der Stiftungen | Galerie Seippel
Zeughausstrasse 26
50670 Cologne/ Köln
GERMANY/ DEUTSCHLAND

phone: 0049 (0) 221 - 255 834
eMail: seippelart{at}t-online.de


Opening hours:
Tue-Fri 12:00-18:00h, Sat 11:00-16:00h

Entrance to the foundation via 'Galerie Seippel' on the ground floor.
Please ask gallery staff.

Or contact Mrs Marianne Nicolaus (head of the foundation):

phone/ fax: +49 (0) 2234-711 65
eMail: stiftung{at}egon-karl-nicolaus.de


Postal address:

Egon Karl Nicolaus Stiftung
Zeughausstr. 26
50667 Cologne/ Köln
GERMANY/ DEUTSCHLAND






 

 

 

 

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