Otto Mindhoff, Experimental Station (1978), 1978, Acrylic on Hardboard

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About This Piece

Otto Mindhoff

1932 Blankenstein – 2019 Schwetzingen

"Experimental Station"
Signed and dated lower left (1978)
Acrylic on hardboard, framed [original frame]
Size: 50 x 72 cm (without frame) or 53 x 75.4 cm (with frame)

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Otto Mindhoff
Painter, graphic artist.

1946-49 Apprenticeship as a painter and sign painter
1950-54 Training as a graphic designer at the Folkwang School of Applied Arts (Essen)
1954-56 Own sign painting workshop
1956-57 Studies at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (under Rudolf Yelin Jr.)
1957-62 Studies at the Karlsruhe State Academy of Art and Design (under HAP Grieshaber and Georg Meistermann)
from 1962 Freelance artist
from 1963 Numerous exhibitions
1965 Guest lecturer at the University Institute for Art and Design Education (Mainz)

Memberships:

1972 Founding member of the Schwetzingen Art Association (director until 1978)
1977 Provisional chairman of the German section of the International Wood Engraving Association XYLON (elected chairman in 1978)
1987 Initiator and co-founder of the XYLON Museum Workshops e.V.

1990 Co-founder of the artists' group "mal 8"
Artists' Association of Baden-Württemberg
German Artists' Association
International Association for Artistic Relief Printing XYLON

Solo Exhibitions (Selection):

1965 Galerie Baier, Mainz
1971 Exhibition Pavilion of the City of Kiel
1971 Galerie Schiessel, Cologne
1983 Palais Hirsch, Schwetzingen
1983, 1995 Schwetzingen Art Association
1994 Literary Forum, Villa Böhm, Neustadt/Weinstraße

1994 Hattingen Art Association

2012 Retrospective on his 80th birthday, XYLON – Museum + Workshops, Schwetzingen

2019 XYLON – Museum + Workshops, Schwetzingen

Awards:

1959 Scholarship from the German People's Foundation

1960 Travel grant from the German National Academic Foundation

1966 Fellowship at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris)

1984 Working grant from the German Academy in Rome in Olevano

1999 Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit

Collections:

Kunsthalle Mannheim
Städtische Galerie Rastatt
Heidelberg University Hospital
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis District Office, Heidelberg
VHS Schwetzingen
City of Schwetzingen
Karlsruhe Regional Council

Public Commissions:

1971 Design of the war memorial in the cemetery in Schwetzingen

1972 Mural for the Karlsruhe University of Education, which was not realized due to changes in the construction plans

1972-77 Design of the entrance area of the seminar building at the University of Mannheim (together with Gerd Lind)

1981 Execution of a ceiling painting in the Palais Hirsch in Schwetzingen

1987 Execution of two murals in the new parliament building of the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament (Stuttgart)

1989 Design of the underground parking garage on Wildemannstrasse in Schwetzingen

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Period	1970 to 1979
Year	1978
Production Period	1970 to 1979
Country of Manufacture	Germany
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Abstraction, Industrial, Postmodern
Detailed Condition	Very Good — This vintage/antique item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use.
Restoration and Damage Details	Light wear consistent with age and use, Slightly soiled and somewhat dusty; some rubbing at the edges due to framing (more so at the side edges), and with some minor losses of the paint layer; plate verso stained; frame slightly rubbed
Product Code	NFY-2621223
Material	Acrylic
Color	Black, blue, green, grey, multicolored
Width	2 cm 2 cm
Depth	4 cm 4 cm
Height	50 cm 50 cm

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