Horst H. Baumann
{{Short description|German architect (1934–2019)}}
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Horst H. Baumann (19 June 1934 Aachen – 24 May 2019) was a German architect, designer, light artist,{{Cite web |url=http://www.wtc-memorial.de/ |title=World Trade Center Memorial Lightscape |access-date=2010-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901112329/http://www.wtc-memorial.de/ |archive-date=2010-09-01 |url-status=dead }} and photographer.{{cite web|url=http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Horst_H__Baumann/A/|title=Luminous-Lint – Photographer – Horst H. Baumann|website=www.luminous-lint.com}}{{cite web|url=http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/festival_archive/festival_catalogs/festival_artikel.asp?iProjectID=9245|title=Ars Electronica Katalogartikel|website=90.146.8.18|access-date=2010-03-13|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200018/http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/festival_archive/festival_catalogs/festival_artikel.asp?iProjectID=9245|url-status=dead}} He was best known for designing Rheinturm Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf, Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.amazingdusseldorf.com/visit-discover/dusseldorf/sights/rhine-tower.html|title = The expat guide for international residents}}{{cite web|url=http://arkitectoniq.blogspot.com/|title=arkitectoniq|website=arkitectoniq.blogspot.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.laserscape.de/projekte/ddorf/rheinturm/index.html |title=Lichtzeitpegel Rheinturm - Düsseldorf |accessdate=2010-03-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415155810/http://www.laserscape.de/projekte/ddorf/rheinturm/index.html |archivedate=2009-04-15 }}
Life
He studied metallurgical engineering from 1954 to 1957 and from 1972 to 1974 at the RWTH Aachen, and from 1994 to 2004 at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf.
He worked as a photographer and designer from 1957 to 2019, and from 1966 to 2019 as a lighting artist.
In 1963–1964, he was a visiting lecturer at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm.
In 1977, he took part in documenta 6 in Kassel, where he installed, with Peter Hertha, the first permanent laser sculpture in the world.
Other installations include the Rheinturm in Düsseldorf (1982), the Neonskulptur "Pass the Cross" in Bielefeld-Sennestadt (1988), and the light remodeled at the Rheinturm Düsseldorf 2003.
His work has been shown internationally, including in the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City in 1965,{{Cite web|url=http://www.erevista.ro/viewer/mercedes_benz_amg/U64Y571QK2T20116/78|title = Erevista.ro| date=20 May 2023 }} and in 1967 and 1969 in the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris.{{Cite web |url=http://www.archives.biennaledeparis.org/fr/1969/pays/allemagne.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725073632/http://www.archives.biennaledeparis.org/fr/1969/pays/allemagne.htm |archive-date=2011-07-25 |url-status=dead }}
Death
He died on 24 May 2019, aged 84.{{Cite web |url=https://rp-online.de/kultur/horst-h-baumann-der-entwickler-der-uhr-am-rheinturm-gestorben_aid-39103651 |title=Nachruf: Entwickler der Uhr am Rheinturm gestorben |last=Libuda |first=Klas |website=RP ONLINE |date=28 May 2019 |language=de |access-date=2019-05-29}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100831022048/http://www.laserscape.de/intro_01.html Laserscape]
- [http://www.artnet.com/artist/721439/horst-h-baumann.html "Horst H. Baumann", Artnet]
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Category:20th-century German architects
Category:RWTH Aachen University alumni
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