About Karl-Heinz Adler
Lived 1927 – 2018 (aged 91). Karl-Heinz Adler was a German sculptor, painter, university teacher, conceptual artist, ceramicist and visual artist.
Karl-Heinz Adler (20 June 1927 – 4 November 2018) was a German abstract painter, graphic artist and conceptual artist and has been described as "one of Germany’s foremost representatives of Concrete Art." He produced many public monuments and developed, with Friedrich Kracht, modular concrete decoration for hundreds of buildings across East, now eastern, Germany.
As a full member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund (DKB), Adler participated in the DKB annual exhibitions in 1992 and 1993. Adler died in Dresden on November 4, 2018, at the age of 91. His grave is located in Loschwitz Cemetery.
Other sources Lybke, Gerd Harry, ed. (2017) Karl-Heinz Adler: Kunst im System – System in der Kunst, Spector Books
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Who was Karl-Heinz Adler?
German sculptor and painter (1927–2018)
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Karl-Heinz Adler was born on 20 June 1927 in Remtengrün.
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Karl-Heinz Adler died on 4 November 2018 in Dresden.
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Karl-Heinz Adler was a sculptor, painter, university teacher, conceptual artist, ceramicist and visual artist.
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Karl-Heinz Adler was German.
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