Joseph Beuys

Offset poster for Beuys's 1974 US lecture-series "Energy Plan for the Western Man", Ronald Feldman Gallery Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( ; ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, , Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings.

Beuys is known for his "extended definition of art" in which the ideas of social sculpture could potentially reshape society and politics. He frequently held open public debates on a wide range of subjects, including political, environmental, social, and long-term cultural issues.

Beuys was professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1961 until 1972. He was a founding member and life-long supporter of the German Green Party. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Prentbriefkaart in monochroom voorstellend een bordeauxkleurig veld met bovenaan de handgeschreven titel.
    By Beuys, Joseph, Staeck
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    Prentbriefkaart in zwart-wit met titel in groen voorstellend een man met een hoed. Dwars over de prentbriefkaart staat een deel ...

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    By Beuys, Joseph, Steidl, Gerhard, Staeck
    Date 1972
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    Prentbriefkaart in kleur voorstellend de tekening van een stok met een rode wimpel een een witte wimpel met rode rand. ...

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    By Beuys, Joseph, Steidl, Gerhard, Staeck, Freie Volksinitiative e. V.
    Date 1985