& Horst Ademeit, Paul Goesch, Chris Hipkiss, Foma Jaremtschuk, George Widener , Wesley Willis
Karl Junker was born
1850 as the son of a bricklayer in the city of Lemgo in North
Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. His grandfather took charge of his
education after both his parents had died from tuberculosis. At age
fifteen he initiated a carpenter's apprenticeship and, having
completed his trade exam, began working in Hamburg and Berlin. In
1871 he felt drawn to the art capital of Munich, where he began his
studies at the School of Applied Arts and then, in 1875, enrolled at
the renowned Academy of Fine Arts. Before having completed his
studies, Junker embarked on an educational journey around Italy in
1977, where he spent several years traveling. Here he became
particularly interested in the arts, but also in architecture. This
becomes evident from his sketchbooks. In 1880 he returned to Munich,
where he remained for another three years. From 1883 until his death
in 1912, Karl Junker lived in his home town of Lemgo, where he was
commissioned for a number of projects. In 1889 and with the help of a
master carpenter, Junker handed in his application at the city of
Lemgo for the project of a timber frame house.
For over twenty years
Junker worked on the design of his "Junkerhaus" on Hamelner
Road, where he created chairs, tables, dressers, beds, a grandfather
clock and even a baby cradle. Over 115 wooden sculptures, 840 pencil
and watercolors drawings and around 200 paintings have survived.
The gallery will show a
selection of Karl Junker's fantastic architecture for the first time:
two chairs, monumental and rustic at the same time, and the
architectural model of a well, a blueprint for the city of Detmold
dated from 1899.
Alongside the works of
Junkers we will present a selection of gallery artists, whose works
reveal a clear fascination with architecture: Horst Ademeit, Paul
Goesch, Chris Hipkiss, Foma Jaremtschuk, George Widener and Wesley
Willis.
This exhibition was organized in collaboration with
the Museum Junkerhaus, Lemgo. We thank the Museum Director Jürgen
Scheffler for his kind support.
