{"id":2799,"date":"2017-07-20T11:03:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T09:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/artists\/ulrich-erben\/biografie"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:47:58","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/en\/artists\/ulrich-erben\/biography","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<section  class=\"content-section      mb-20-xs mb-30-sm  \" >\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row   \">\n\n\t\t\t\t[vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]\n\t\t<div class=\"ls-vc-image wpb_content_element\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image__img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ulrich-erben-portrait.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ulrich-erben-portrait.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ulrich-erben-portrait-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ulrich-erben-portrait-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ulrich-erben-portrait-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ulrich-erben-portrait-992x1240.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.storms-galerie.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ulrich-erben-portrait-1024x1280.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- end \/.ls-vc-image -->\n\n\t\t[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ulrich Erben, born in 1940, has been constantly commuting between his home on the Lower Rhine and Italy since his early years and draws inspiration for his painting from the mood of the changing landscapes. Known as one of the most prominent German painters of New Concrete Art, he became famous for his white paintings, which he first showed at the legendary Galerie m in Bochum in 1971. He was also represented at important exhibitions such as &#8220;Geplante Malerei&#8221; at the Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein in 1974 and documenta VI in 1977. Between 1980 and 2005, Ulrich Erben held a professorship at the Kunstakademie M\u00fcnster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, Ulrich Erben&#8217;s painting is one of the most vivid examples of the art of color. He builds on its sensual diversity, on its ability to create harmonious correspondences as well as contrasts and spatiality. His most recent museum highlights include the exhibition &#8220;Light in Colors&#8221; at the Museum Wiesbaden in 2023 and &#8220;The Intimacy of Seeing&#8221; at the Kunstmuseum Bochum in 2018. His works were also shown at the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat in Bottrop in 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ulrich Erben lives and works in D\u00fcsseldorf and Bagnoregio, Italy.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\t\t<section  class=\"content-section      mb-20-xs mb-30-sm  \" >\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row   \">\n\n\t\t\t\t[vc_column][ls_vc_spacer vc_height=&#8221;30&#8243;][\/vc_column]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\t\t<section  class=\"content-section      mb-20-xs mb-30-sm  \" >\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row   \">\n\n\t\t\t\t[vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1961-66<\/strong><br \/>\nStudied painting at the Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf under Joseph Beuys<br \/>\n<strong>1960-61<\/strong><br \/>\nStudied at the Kunstakademie Hamburg<br \/>\n<strong>1958-59<\/strong><br \/>\nStudied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Perugia<\/p>\n<div class=\"ls-shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\"  style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div><\/div>\n<section id=\"biography\" class=\"Listing_section\">\n<div class=\"Listing_section_content\">\n<p><strong>awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"87\"><strong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"64\">2003<\/strong><br data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"67\" \/>Otto Ritschl Prize<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"97\">1986<\/strong><br data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"100\" \/>Konrad von Soest Prize<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"134\">1974<\/strong><br data-start=\"134\" data-end=\"137\" \/>Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (F\u00f6rderpreis)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ls-shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\"  style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>publi collections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart\/Berlin<br \/>\nKunsthalle Bremen, Bremen<br \/>\nKunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle, Halle (Saale)<br \/>\nKunstpalast, D\u00fcsseldorf<br \/>\nKunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, D\u00fcsseldorf<br \/>\nLWL-Museum f\u00fcr Kunst und Kultur, M\u00fcnster<br \/>\nMuseum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve<br \/>\nPinakothek der Moderne, Munich<br \/>\nSammlung zeitgen\u00f6ssischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn<br \/>\nSchwauerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen<br \/>\nVon der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal<\/p>\n<div class=\"ls-shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\"  style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>selected solo exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"266\"><strong>2023<\/strong><br data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"181\" \/>Die Intimit\u00e4t des Sehens \u2013 Lichtbilder von Ulrich Erben, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum<br \/>\n<strong>2019<\/strong><br data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"275\" \/>Festlegung des Unbegrenzten, Josef-Albers-Museum Quadrat, Bottrop<br data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"343\" \/>Farben der Erinnerung &#8211; Wanheimer Ort, Museum DKM, Duisburg<br \/>\n<strong>2016<\/strong><br data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"413\" \/>Ulrich Erben &#8211; Zeiten, Museum Goch, Goch<br \/>\n<strong>2011<\/strong><br data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"464\" \/>Lust und Kalk\u00fcl, MKM &#8211; Museum K\u00fcppersm\u00fchle f\u00fcr Moderne Kunst, Duisburg<br data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"537\" \/>Farben der Erinnerung &#8211; Wanheimer Ort, Museum DKM, Duisburg<br \/>\n<strong>2010<\/strong><br data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"607\" \/>Siria. Erscheinung und Bewegung, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve<br \/>\n<strong>2007<\/strong><br data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"678\" \/>en face, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin<br \/>\n<strong>2006<\/strong><br data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"725\" \/>Landschaft als Abstraktion &#8211; Erben in Weiden, Kunstverein Weiden, Weiden<br \/>\n<strong>2005<\/strong><br data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"808\" \/>Der stille Raum der Spiegel, Museum DKM, Duisburg<br \/>\n<strong>2004<\/strong><br data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"868\" \/>Sehen und Denken 21 &#8211; Unter der Treppe &#8211; Acht R\u00e4ume, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin<br data-start=\"948\" data-end=\"951\" \/>Was ich sehe &#8211; Bilder aus Italien, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal<br \/>\n<strong>2003<\/strong><br data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1028\" \/>Was ich sehe &#8211; Bilder aus Italien, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Cottbus<br data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1110\" \/>Tr\u00e4ger des Otto Ritschel-Preises 2003, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden<br \/>\n<strong>2002<\/strong><br data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1187\" \/>Was ich sehe &#8211; Bilder aus Italien, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve<br \/>\n<strong>1999<\/strong><br data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1260\" \/>Der andere Raum, Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein, M\u00fcnster<br data-start=\"1311\" data-end=\"1314\" \/>Raum ohne Fenster Ohne T\u00fcr, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf<br \/>\n<strong>1998<\/strong><br data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1395\" \/>F\u00fcr den Augenblick, Kunstverein Lingen, Lingen<br \/>\n<strong>1997<\/strong><br data-start=\"1449\" data-end=\"1452\" \/>Neue Bilder, Zeche Zollverein, Essen<br \/>\n<strong>1996<\/strong><br data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1499\" \/>Jakobs Traum &#8211; Bilder und R\u00e4ume, Di\u00f6zesanmuseum, Paderborn<br data-start=\"1557\" data-end=\"1560\" \/>6 Bilder f\u00fcr einen Raum, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen<br \/>\n<strong>1995<\/strong><br data-start=\"1616\" data-end=\"1619\" \/>Soweit der Erdkreis reicht, Museum Haus Koekkoek, Kleve<br \/>\n<strong>1994<\/strong><br data-start=\"1682\" data-end=\"1685\" \/>Xanten &#8211; Assissi, Instituto di Cultura Germanica, Bologna<br data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1745\" \/>Ritorno. Lavori su tela e carta 1991-1994, Studio G7, Bologna<br \/>\n<strong>1993<\/strong><br data-start=\"1814\" data-end=\"1817\" \/>Verborgene R\u00e4ume, ein Projekt, Galerie Thomas Jerig, Duisburg-Ruhrort<br \/>\n<strong>1992<\/strong><br data-start=\"1894\" data-end=\"1897\" \/>Weiss ist Farbe. Bilder 1968-1978, Westf\u00e4lisches Landesmuseum f\u00fcr Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, M\u00fcnster<br data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2001\" \/>Neue Bilder in der Residenz, Kunstverein W\u00fcrzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum, W\u00fcrzburg<br data-start=\"2086\" data-end=\"2089\" \/>Freiheit der Farbe, Shiga Museum of Modern Art, Osaka<br \/>\n<strong>1990<\/strong><br data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2153\" \/>Das Purpurrot der Worte, Farben der Erinnerung, Kunstverein f\u00fcr die Rheinlande und Westfalen, D\u00fcsseldorf<br \/>\n<strong>1988<\/strong><br data-start=\"2265\" data-end=\"2268\" \/>Klever Raum, St\u00e4dtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek, Kleve<br \/>\n<strong>1987<\/strong><br data-start=\"2328\" data-end=\"2331\" \/>Ulrich Erben, Arp Museum Rolandseck, Remagen<br \/>\n<strong>1984<\/strong><br data-start=\"2383\" data-end=\"2386\" \/>Elementare Malerei, St\u00e4dtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim<br data-start=\"2437\" data-end=\"2440\" \/>Koloristische Handlungen, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg<br \/>\n<strong>1983<\/strong><br data-start=\"2504\" data-end=\"2507\" \/>Il Colore Come presenza, Padiglione d&#8217;arte contemporanea, Parco Massari, Ferrara<br \/>\n<strong>1981<\/strong><br data-start=\"2595\" data-end=\"2598\" \/>Felder und R\u00e4ume, Kunsthalle zu Kiel und Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Kiel<br data-start=\"2681\" data-end=\"2684\" \/>Bilder &#8211; Collagen &#8211; Zeichnungen, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig<br data-start=\"2755\" data-end=\"2758\" \/>Bilder &#8211; Collagen &#8211; Zeichnungen, Kunsthalle T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen<br \/>\n<strong>1979<\/strong><br data-start=\"2828\" data-end=\"2831\" \/>Atelier I: Ulrich Erben, St\u00e4dtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen<br \/>\n<strong>1977<\/strong><br \/>\nBilder und Arbeiten auf Papier, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg<br \/>\n<strong>1973<\/strong><br data-start=\"2998\" data-end=\"3001\" \/>Ulrich Erben, K\u00f6lnischer Kunstverein, Cologne<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"266\"><div class=\"ls-shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\"  style=\"height: 30px\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"266\"><strong>selected group exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"625\"><strong data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"462\">2024<\/strong><br data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"465\" \/>Farbrausch. Werke aus der Sammlung Kemp, Kunstpalast, D\u00fcsseldorf<br data-start=\"529\" data-end=\"532\" \/>20 Jahre Langen Foundation: Drei Generationen \u2013 Eine Leidenschaft, Langen Foundation, Neuss<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"635\">2023<\/strong><br data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"638\" \/>Die Sammlung Haniel \u2013 Der eigene Weg, MKM Museum K\u00fcppersm\u00fchle, Duisburg<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"721\">2022<\/strong><br data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"724\" \/>Schatzhaus &amp; Labor. 25 Jahre Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"814\">2021<\/strong><br data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"817\" \/>Einblicke \u2013 Kunst aus der National-Bank, MKM Museum K\u00fcppersm\u00fchle, Duisburg<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"903\">2020<\/strong><br data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"906\" \/>Good-Bye-Grabbeplatz, Galerie Hans Mayer, D\u00fcsseldorf<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"970\">2019<\/strong><br data-start=\"970\" data-end=\"973\" \/>gestalten \u2013 ein Jahrhundert abstrakte Kunst im Westen, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelim\u00fcnster, Aachen<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1076\">2018<\/strong><br data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1079\" \/>HEIMVORTEIL. Deutsche K\u00fcnstler aus der Sammlung Schaufler, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1186\">2014<\/strong><br data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1189\" \/>K\u00fcnstlerr\u00e4ume, Weserburg \u2013 Museum f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, Bremen<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1260\">2011<\/strong><br data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1263\" \/>25 Jahre! Sammlung Henri Nannen, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden<br \/>\nNatur. Sammlung der Altana Kulturstiftung, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen<br data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1400\" \/>Neue Farben. Eine Auswahl aus der Sammlung Kemp, Museum Kunstpalast, D\u00fcsseldorf<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1491\">2010<\/strong><br data-start=\"1491\" data-end=\"1494\" \/>DOUBLE ROTATION. Werke aus der Sammlung Lafrenz, Weserburg \u2013 Museum f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, Bremen<br data-start=\"1587\" data-end=\"1590\" \/>Le R\u00eave \u2013 Der Traum \u2013 Motiv und Metapher, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum<br \/>\naus\/gezeichnet\/zeichnen, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1737\">2007<\/strong><br data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1740\" \/>Die Kunst zu sammeln, Museum Kunstpalast, D\u00fcsseldorf<br data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"1795\" \/>Wunderkammer Bahnhof Rolandseck \u2013 Das Sammeln von Johannes Wasmuth, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"1913\">2006<\/strong><br data-start=\"1913\" data-end=\"1916\" \/>FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!, ZKM \u2013 Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe<br data-start=\"1986\" data-end=\"1989\" \/>Conversation with Art, on Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"2059\" data-end=\"2067\">2004<\/strong><br data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2070\" \/>DaimlerChrysler Collection for South Africa, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town<br data-start=\"2162\" data-end=\"2165\" \/>DaimlerChrysler Collection for South Africa, Museum Africa, Johannesburg<br data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2240\" \/>DaimlerChrysler Collection for South Africa, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"2318\" data-end=\"2326\">2003<\/strong><br data-start=\"2326\" data-end=\"2329\" \/>On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the DaimlerChrysler Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit<br data-start=\"2430\" data-end=\"2433\" \/>The DaimlerChrysler Collection, ZKM \u2013 Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"2514\" data-end=\"2522\">2000<\/strong><br data-start=\"2522\" data-end=\"2525\" \/>Times are changing: Auf dem Wege! Aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen<br data-start=\"2609\" data-end=\"2612\" \/>Von Albers bis Paik. Konstruktive Werke aus der Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, Haus f\u00fcr Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zurich<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"2738\" data-end=\"2746\">1999<\/strong><br data-start=\"2746\" data-end=\"2749\" \/>geometrie als gestalt. Strukturen der modernen Kunst, Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"2861\" data-end=\"2869\">1997<\/strong><br data-start=\"2869\" data-end=\"2872\" \/>Grenzg\u00e4nger \u2013 10 K\u00fcnstler zu Heine, Kunstverein f\u00fcr die Rheinlande und Westfalen, D\u00fcsseldorf; Goethe-Institut, Paris\/Marseille\/Rome\/Florence<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3014\" data-end=\"3022\">1996<\/strong><br data-start=\"3022\" data-end=\"3025\" \/>Zeitstr\u00f6mungen, Sammlung Nieders\u00e4chsische Sparkassenstiftung, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3125\" data-end=\"3133\">1994<\/strong><br data-start=\"3133\" data-end=\"3136\" \/>On a clear day, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3202\" data-end=\"3210\">1993<\/strong><br data-start=\"3210\" data-end=\"3213\" \/>Labyrinth, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin<br data-start=\"3251\" data-end=\"3254\" \/>Die Sprache der Farbe, Nieders\u00e4chsische Sparkassenstiftung, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3352\" data-end=\"3360\">1992<\/strong><br data-start=\"3360\" data-end=\"3363\" \/>Das geteilte Bild, Museum Folkwang, Essen<br data-start=\"3404\" data-end=\"3407\" \/>Miauhaus, Thread Waxing Space, New York<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3450\" data-end=\"3458\">1990<\/strong><br data-start=\"3458\" data-end=\"3461\" \/>Kunstminen. Neuerwerbungen zeitgen\u00f6ssischer Kunst 1978\u201390, Museum Kunstpalast, D\u00fcsseldorf<br data-start=\"3550\" data-end=\"3553\" \/>Minimal And \u2026, Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3596\" data-end=\"3604\">1987<\/strong><br data-start=\"3604\" data-end=\"3607\" \/>Five Abstract Artists from Germany, Annely Juda Fine Art, London<br data-start=\"3671\" data-end=\"3674\" \/>The Open Image, Khiva Gallery \/ Goethe-Institut &amp; San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco<br data-start=\"3766\" data-end=\"3769\" \/>Standort 87, Mathildenh\u00f6he, Darmstadt<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3810\" data-end=\"3818\">1986<\/strong><br data-start=\"3818\" data-end=\"3821\" \/>Die Gegenwart der Farbe, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld<br data-start=\"3877\" data-end=\"3880\" \/>Aus Privatbesitz f\u00fcr Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"3947\" data-end=\"3955\">1985<\/strong><br data-start=\"3955\" data-end=\"3958\" \/>1954\u20131985 \u2013 Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4043\" data-end=\"4051\">1984<\/strong><br data-start=\"4051\" data-end=\"4054\" \/>ein anderes Klima, St\u00e4dtische Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf, D\u00fcsseldorf<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4121\" data-end=\"4129\">1982<\/strong><br data-start=\"4129\" data-end=\"4132\" \/>Hommage \u00e0 Barnett Newman, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4190\" data-end=\"4198\">1981<\/strong><br data-start=\"4198\" data-end=\"4201\" \/>Kunst f\u00fcr den Bund. Erwerbungen seit 1970, St\u00e4dtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4282\" data-end=\"4290\">1980<\/strong><br data-start=\"4290\" data-end=\"4293\" \/>5 \u00d7 30 \u2013 150 Jahre Kunstverein f\u00fcr die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Kunstverein D\u00fcsseldorf<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4384\" data-end=\"4392\">1978<\/strong><br data-start=\"4392\" data-end=\"4395\" \/>The Book of the Art of Artist\u2019s Books, Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, Teheran<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4481\" data-end=\"4489\">1977<\/strong><br data-start=\"4489\" data-end=\"4492\" \/>documenta VI, Kassel<br data-start=\"4512\" data-end=\"4515\" \/>032303 projets \/ \u00e9v\u00e9nements, Institut d\u2019art contemporain Montr\u00e9al &amp; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa<br data-start=\"4617\" data-end=\"4620\" \/>Tendenzen der Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nach 1945, Sz\u00e9pm\u00fcv\u00e9szeti M\u00fazeum, Budapest<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4719\" data-end=\"4727\">1976<\/strong><br data-start=\"4727\" data-end=\"4730\" \/>Il colore \u00e8 spazio, Studio La Citt\u00e0, Verona<br data-start=\"4773\" data-end=\"4776\" \/>Several Silences, Galerie Gerald Piltzer, Paris<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4827\" data-end=\"4835\">1975<\/strong><br data-start=\"4835\" data-end=\"4838\" \/>Pittura, Palazzo Ducale, Genua<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4872\" data-end=\"4880\">1974<\/strong><br data-start=\"4880\" data-end=\"4883\" \/>Geplante Malerei, Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein, M\u00fcnster<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"4939\" data-end=\"4947\">1973<\/strong><br data-start=\"4947\" data-end=\"4950\" \/>Prospect 73 \u2013 Maler, Painters, Peintres, St\u00e4dtische Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf, D\u00fcsseldorf<br data-start=\"5035\" data-end=\"5038\" \/>Prisma 1973, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"5083\" data-end=\"5091\">1972<\/strong><br data-start=\"5091\" data-end=\"5094\" \/>Szene Rhein-Ruhr\u201972, Museum Folkwang, Essen<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"5141\" data-end=\"5149\">1966<\/strong><br data-start=\"5149\" data-end=\"5152\" \/>Bianco + Bianco, L\u2019Obelisco, Rome<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_column width=\"1\/3\"] [\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\"\"] Ulrich Erben, born in 1940, has been constantly commuting between his home on the Lower Rhine and Italy since his early years and draws inspiration for his painting from the mood of the changing landscapes. 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