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Imi Knoebel, born Klaus Wolf Knoebel ( 1940 - 1996 ), was a German Artist . He is known primarily for his Minimalist and Abstract Painting and Sculpture .

Knoebel was born in Dessau, Germany, in 1940.http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500124422 From 1964 to 1971, he studied under Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with fellow students Blinky Palermo (with whom he shared a studio) and Jörg Immendorff .http://www.diacenter.org/exhibs_b/knoebel/

Knoebel's work explores the relationship between space, picture support and color.http://www.kettererkunst.com/bio/ImiKnoebel-1940.shtml The style and formal concerns of his painting and sculpture have drawn comparisons with the high Modernist principles of both Kazimir Malevich and the Bauhaus John-Paul Stonard: "Knoebel, Imi" Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, {Link without Title} , http://www.groveart.com/

Knoebel's works are held in numerous public collections, including in Beacon, New York , the Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC) in France , the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen in Switzerland , the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany and Malmö Konsthall in Sweden .


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  • ''Imi Knoebel: Works 1968–1996'' (exh. cat, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Mus. and elsewhere, 1996).