Gerhard Charles

Gerhard Charles Rump, born 1947 in Bochum, Germany, graduated from Ruhr-University in Bochum (PhD) in 1972. Librarian, journalist, finance consultant, monument conservator at Wesel (Germany) and marketing director for then Mannesmann Tally computer printers, he is the current art market editor of the German nationwide daily quality newspaper DIE WELT in Berlin, teaches History of Art at the Technical University of Berlin (at professorial level), and a photo artist, represented by Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery in Bielefeld, Germany. His next show, ???Fairy Trash?? (together with Mandy Seifert) will be at Galerie Jens Hafenrichter in Nuremberg, Germany. The photographs deconstruct traditional fairy tales. Dr. Rump has published numerous books, among those a monograph on George Romney (1734-1802) and on George Stubbs and Sporting Art (???Pferde- und Jagdbilder in der Englischen Kunst??). His new book, ???Rekonstruktionen?? (Reconstructions) is due to appear later in 2009. HCP 54.

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Reconstructing Deconstruction Five Artists and their Analysis of the Relations Between Reality and Myth at Caprice Horn Gallery in Berlin, Germany
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