Discover painter, performance artist, conceptual artist George Brecht (1926-2008)

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: MacDiarmid, George
born as MacDiarmid, changed his name c. 1945 during his stay as an American soldier in Germany in Brecht

Qualifications: painter, performance artist, conceptual artist

Nationality/school: American

Born: New York City 1926-08-27

Deceased: Keulen 2008-12-05

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Biographical information

Education: Philadelphia: opleiding

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1946-1950
New School for Social Research (New York)

1958-1959

Active in

Verenigde Staten van Amerika 1950 - 1965
employed as chemist and engineer
New York City 1963
organises together with Robert Watts the YAM-Festival
Rome 1964
stays in Rome
Villefranche-sur-Mer 1965 - 1968
operates together with Robert Filliou the Center of Permanent Creation
Londen (Engeland) 1968 - 1970
lives in London
Düsseldorf 1971
lives in Dusseldorf
Keulen 1972 - 2008
lives in Cologne

born in

active in

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Cage, John
1958-1959, took experimental music lessons with John Cage in New York, following the example of Cage's music scores, Brecht developed the event score
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Higgins, Dick

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 5 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Cameron/Livingstone 1991 , p. 276
Saur 1992- , vol. 14, p. 49-50 (as: Brecht, George)

obituary, The Guardian, 9 jan. 2009

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George Brecht (1926-2008)

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