David Schnell Explained

David Schnell
Birth Place:Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Nationality:German
Education:Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst
Movement:Leipzig school

David Schnell (born 1971, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) is an internationally exhibited German painter.[1] From 1995 until 2000 he studied painting at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig and then from 2000 to 2002 he was a student in the master class of Arno Rink, with whom Neo Rauch had previously studied.[2] He is associated with the New Leipzig School.

In 2010 Schnell had a solo exhibition at the Stunde Kunstverein in Hannover which then traveled to the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague and the Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen. Schnell is considered to be a younger contemporary of the East German painter, Neo Rauch and a member of the so-called Leipziger Schule (Leipzig school).[3] 2009 he was commissioned to design the "Friedensfenster" (peace window) at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig.[4] In 2013 Schnell was a recipient Villa Massimo grant.[5] In 2016 he was commissioned to design a church window for the Christuskirche in Cologne.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Galerie EIGEN+ART . Eigen-art.com . 2015-03-07.
  2. Web site: David Schnell Biography – David Schnell on artnet . Artnet.com . 2015-03-01 . 2015-03-07.
  3. Web site: David Schnell Art Monographs and Museum Exhibition Catalogs . Artbook.com . 2015-03-07.
  4. http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Friedensfenster-in-Leipziger-Thomaskirche-erinnert-an-1989, Leipziger Volkszeitung
  5. http://www.villamassimo.de/it/borsisti, Villa Massimo
  6. Web site: David Schnells Fenster für die Christuskirche Köln – ChristusKirche. www.christuskirche-mitten-im-leben.de.