Benno Schmidbaur was born in Augsburg, Germany and went to a classical gymnasium with a focus on ancient Greek and Latin. He went on to study Egyptology and Assyriology in Munich and West Berlin. In Berlin, he began working with the sculptor Wolf Henri in a 17th century forge, now a museum. He moved to New York in 1978 and quickly established himself with a large retrospective of his Berlin sculpture at Goethe House New York simultaneously with a solo exhibition with Bodley Gallery.
He moved to Saugerties in 1980.
1951 Born in Augsburg, Germany
1972-75 Studied Assyriology and Philosophy, Munich & Berlin
1975-76 Assistant to Wolf Henri, Berlin
1978 Moved to New York City
Benno has written a 4 volume book about his second home in the jungle.
Writings by Benno
Publications: Catalogues & Newspaper Articles
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Joachim Uhlmann, “Zitate der Gravitation”