Wolff Mirus, Abstraction, 1985, Gouache & Mixed Media

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Wolff Mirus
born 1945 Dessau
Part of a series of handmade greeting cards (each unique) [Catalogue raisonné Jacobs (2021): 1985/30 … Read more Wolff Mirus
born 1945 Dessau
Part of a series of handmade greeting cards (each unique) [Catalogue raisonné Jacobs (2021): 1985/30 (there a photo of another example from the series)]
Undated [1985]
Gouache and twine on stiff cardboard [used as a letter]
Size: 22 x 10.3 cm

Provenance: Sent by the artist as a (Christmas) greeting to acquaintances/friends, with the recipients' addresses on the reverse.

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Wolff Mirus
Painter, draftsman, illustrator, designer.

1949: Fled with his mother and older sister Susan from East Germany to West Germany. 1952: Moved with his father to Darmstadt.

1954: In Wiesbaden, he met Otto Ritschl for the first time; Ritschl was a friend of his mother's at the time.

from 1959 he lived in Wiesbaden, and in 1960 the family moved into Otto Ritschl's former apartment.

from 1962 he participated in the musical evenings at the Ritschl House.

from 1964 Mirus worked for Ritschl in his house, garden, and studio.

In 1965 he began an apprenticeship as a typesetter, and under the influence of Otto Ritschl's art, he created his first still lifes.

from 1966 he attended the Wiesbaden School of Applied Arts.

from 1972 Mirus worked on the catalogue raisonné of Otto Ritschl's oeuvre.

In 1976, after Otto Ritschl's death, Mirus lived in the Ritschl House for a year.

In 1977 he began a friendship with Tom Sommerlatte, and Mirus curated exhibitions and organized exhibitions of fellow artists in his studio.

from 1984 to 1995 he was responsible for advertising, architecture, and art at the AOK Wiesbaden-Rheingau-Taunus health insurance company. 2015-17 Work on the expanded catalogue raisonné of works by Otto Ritschl.


2015-17 Memberships:
Founding member of the Interaction Group

Solo Exhibitions (Selection):

1972 Galerie PM, Wiesbaden

1972-80 Gruppe 80, Wiesbaden

1979 Art 10 Basel, Perspective 79

1980, 1982 Die kleine Galerie, Basel

1988 Galerie Simon “Master – Pupil” (with Otto Ritschl), Wiesbaden

1989-93 Galerie Simon, Wiesbaden

2000 Antiquariat Wiederspahn, Wiesbaden

2001 Galerie Cornelissen, Wiesbaden

2009 Kunsthandel Draheim (with Udo Gottfried), Wiesbaden

2011 Kunsthandel Draheim (with Otto Ritschl), Wiesbaden

Illustrations:

1972 “Thoughts. Poems. 13 Syllables” by Annie Hensler-Möring

1976 “The Opinion Makers” by Otto Ritschl, self-published This piece has an attribution mark,
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