About Bodo Baumgarten
Lived 1940 – 2022 (aged 81). Bodo Baumgarten was a German painter, conceptual artist, sculptor and artist.
Bodo Baumgarten (25 November 1940 – 13 September 2022) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator. He is a former professor at Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK) in Saarland.
Biography Bodo Baumgarten was born on 25 November 1940 in Gdynia, West Prussia (now Poland). Baumgarten continued his studies from 1965 to 1969 at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, where he started teaching while completing his studies. In 1981, Baumgarten moved to Cologne, Germany, where he maintains his present-day studio.
He taught painting at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK) from 1989 until 2006. Baumgarten had many notable students, including Andrea Neumann.
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German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator (1940–2022)
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Bodo Baumgarten was born on 25 November 1940 in Gdynia.
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Bodo Baumgarten died on 12 September 2022 in Hamburg.
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