Horst Janssen

1929

Horst Janssen is born on the 14th of November in Wandsbek, Hamburg

1946-1951

Studies at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg

1952

Lichtwark scholarship of the city Hamburg

1957

Scholarship of the Kulturkreis des Verbands der Deutschen Industrie

1964

Art price of the city Darmstadt

1965

Edwin-Scharff-Price of the city Hamburg

1967

First price for graphics at the Biennale in Venice

1975

Schiller-Price of the city Mannheim

1978

Biermann-Rathjen-Medal of the city Hamburg

1990

Horst Janssen has a serious accident, which he processes in his work "Der Foliant“

1992

Honorary citizen of the city Oldenburg

1995

Horst Janssen dies on the 31st of August in Hamburg

1997

Inauguration of the "Horst-Janssen-Gallery“ in the Hamburger Kunsthalle

2000

Inauguration of the "Horst-Janssen-Museum“ in Oldenburg

A selection

2024–2025

SELBST, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle

2019–2020

Janssen rediscovered and AI-checked, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg

2016

The Horst Janssen Phenomenon, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg

2009

Horst Janssen – Retrospective on his 80th Birthday, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg

2003

Horst Janssen, Fondation et Musée Carcan, Brussels

2002

Janssen and Women, Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenburg

1984

Drawings and Etchings, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA

1982

Horst Janssen: Drawings and Prints, Albertina Graphic Collection, Vienna

1976

The Work of the Draftsman, Municipal Art Gallery Mannheim

1965

Retrospective, Kestner Society, Hanover