Michael Buthe was a German artist.

From 1964 to 1967 he studied art at the Werkkunstschule Kassel. Thereafter he studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as master student of Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys was a German performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art.His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy and anthroposophy; it culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social...

. From 1985 to his death 1994 he worked as a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, formerly Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, is the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. It is well known for having produced many famous artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Demand, and Andreas Gursky...

. Amongst others Klaus Girnus was one of his master students.

Exhibitions

Solo shows (excerpt):

• 1970 - Galerie René Ziegler, Zürich
• 1972 - Galerie Möllenhoff , Cologne
• 1980 - „Die endlose Reise der Bilder“, Museum Folkwang, Essen
• 1982 - Holly solomon Gall., New York
• 1984 - Museum villa Stuck, Munich
• 1985 - Galerie Mod. Kunst Dietmar Werle, Cologne
• 1986 - Galerie Munro, Hamburg

Group shows:

• 1970 - „Beuys, Buthe, Eggenschwiler....“, Art Museum Luzern & Munich Art Club
• 1972 - documenta
  Documenta
  documenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...
  
  5, Kassel
• 1977 - documenta 7, Kassel
• 1984 - Biennale Venedig
• 1985 - Kunsthalle Bern
• 1986 - Sammlung Toni Gerber, Bern

External links

• Biografie