| Horst H. Baumann | |
| Birth Date: | 19 June 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Aachen, Nazi Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
Horst H. Baumann (19 June 1934 Aachen – 24 May 2019) was a German architect, designer, light artist,[1] and photographer.[2] [3] He was best known for designing Rheinturm Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf, Germany.[4] [5] [6]
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,[7] and in 1967 and 1969 in the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris.[8]
He died on 24 May 2019, aged 84.[9]