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sonderborg 1962 in hannover , germany 18 february 2008 hamburg denmark hamburg university 1947 - 49 1963 biennale sao paulo 1984 member of the academy of the large arts berlin , chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des int lettres , paris 1989 state prize of baden-württemberg . prize for drawing the 7th german painter , new media art 5 april 1923 '' in actu '' sonderborg 1962 hg.jpg k.r.h. sonderborg
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k.r.h. sonderborg

k.r.h. sonderborg -lrb- 1923 -- 2008 -rrb- was a contemporary new media artist and musician .
he was born in sønderborg / als , denmark .
starting in 1953 , he became a member of the group zen 49 , and studied at the atelier 17 in st. w. hayter in paris .
in the years spent time working in london , new york city , tokyo , chicago , cornwall , ascona , rome and paris .
in 1951 the artist kurt rudolf hoffmann called himself k.r.h. sonderborg , after the town he was born in .
sonderborg went to school in hamburg and completed a merchant 's apprenticeship in 1939 .
he became a private student of the painter ewald becker-carus in hamburg in 1946 .
from 1947 to 1949 he studied painting , graphic art and textile design at the state art school in hamburg under willem grimm and maria may .
in 1953 he joined the artists group zen 49 .
he went to paris the same year where he received training in engraving from stanley william hayter in the atelier 17 .
paris is also the place where he first encounters tachism .
in the following the artist goes on longer journeys and works for some time in london , cornwall , new york , ascona , rome and paris again .
in new york k.r.h. sonderborg comes into contact with action painting .
his own style is becoming abstract , painting in swift broads strokes , that reveal the painting process , with spontaneous color application .
black and white contrasts are an important feature , later he adds colors such as cadmium red .
k.r.h. sonderborg takes part in the 1958 biennale in venice .
he is awarded the prize for graphic art at the biennale in tokyo in 1960 as well as the great international prize for drawing at the 1963 biennale in são paulo .
the artist shows works at the documenta in kassel in both 1959 and 1964 .
from 1965 to 1990 he holds a post as professor for painting at the stuttgart art academy .
in 1969/70 he is guest lecturer at the minneapolis college of art and design , as well as at the art institute of chicago in 1986 .
along with artists such as karl otto götz , bernhard schulze , k.r.h. sonderborg belongs to the most important and most impressive representatives of german informal art .
k.r.h. sonderborg died in hamburg on 18 february 2008 , aged 84 .
