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Dahmen's early work phase after the end of World War II and his joining the German Artists' Association, is dedicated to Tachism. Later, too, the influence of the originally French Informel is important to him. He strives for a cultural exchange with the Ecole de Paris and orients himself on the artistic currents there. From the mid-1960s, Dahmen began to integrate different materials into his works, striving to relate art back to life through real things.
Along with Emil Schumacher and Gerhard Hoehme, Dahmen is considered one of the earliest and most important artists of German Informel. |
1917 |
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born in Stolberg (Rheinland) |
1932 - 1933 |
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Attends the Aachen Art School until its closure |
1936 - 1938 |
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Apprenticeship as a commercial graphic artist |
1939 - 1945 |
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military service and imprisonment |
1945 |
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Briefly at Düsseldorf Art Academy, working as a freelance artist |
1946 |
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first solo exhibition, Aachen |
1950 |
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travels to Ascona, Tessin |
since 1951 |
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Numerous trips to Paris |
1954 - 1959 |
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Drawing teacher at a private school in Aachen |
1954 |
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first solo exhibition in Paris |
1956 |
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Works with relief surfaces are created |
1958 |
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Gold Medal of the First International Art Award of Switzerland for Abstract Art |
1959 |
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Participation in documenta II, Kassel |
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first longer trip to Spain |
1961 - 1967 |
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regular stays in Ibiza with second studio |
1963 |
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first solo exhibition in New York |
1964 |
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Teaching position at Kunstschule Bremen in the field of surface design |
1967 |
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Appointment as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich |
since |
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first object boxes are created |
1973 |
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International Graphic Prize, Ibiza |
1974 |
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Travels the USA and Mexico |
1976 |
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Begins to compile a catalog raisonné, print section appears in 1979 |
1981 |
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dies in Preinersdorf at lake Chiemsee |