Armin Sandig - a painter from Hof
Gallery in Hof Town Hall
At the age of 16, Armin Sandig decided to become a painter in Hof. And that is what he became. At the highest level and with a recognition that few artists receive. His works hang in renowned museums from Amsterdam to New York. With the permanent exhibition in Hof's town hall, the city is paying tribute to a great painter who is justifiably regarded as the most important artist from Hof alongside Johann Christian Reinhart (1761-1847).
"Through painting! ... What cannot be translated from thought into action, what cannot and does not show itself in painting, is not in the picture." (in response to the question "How do you create your paintings?")
"Paintings establish what reality is. If I could say it, I wouldn't paint. In the end, the pictures are silent. You have to see."
- Armin Sandig
Career
- Born in Hof in 1929,
- 1947 Jean-Paul-Prize Hof,
- 1960 Lichtwark Scholarship,
- 1972 Edwin Scharff Prize,
- 1980 Prize of the Nuremberg International Drawing Competition,
- Full member of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg since 1972 and its president from 1980 to 2011,
- 1989 Honorary professorship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,
- 1992 Friedrich Baur Prize for Fine Arts from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts,
- 2002 Federal Cross of Merit
Self-taught painter and graphic artist. Numerous exhibitions over 70 years. Constant intensive collaboration with the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung. Teaching activity. Own publications in the form of portfolios. Freelancer in his younger years ...
