Rudolf Kämmer

Rudolf Kämmer uses a strictly constructive concrete design vocabulary.  Since the end of the 1950s, Kämmer has developed his ideas rendering basic geometric forms on graph paper with mathematical precision, while his colors make his works glow and lift them up to an emotionally experienceable state of existence. 

In 1961, Kämmer belonged to the ‘Neue Tendenzen’ movement, led by Almir Mavignier at first, which united many European artists or groups of artists that devoted themselves, in accordance with the spirit of the 1960s, to art based on structures and screens, Light Art, Kinetic Art and Op Art. Structures, screens, Superzeichen (super-signs), progressions – are the main motives of Rudolf Kämmer’s comprehensive oeuvre. He challenges our cognitive ability with his canvases and object paintings made of wood. Depending on the incidence of light, or the position of the viewer, the impact of his works changes immensely. 

Rudolf Kämmer (1935 – 2019) studied at the Academies of Fine Arts in Dresden and Leipzig before coming to Munich to study painting with Prof. Ernst Geitlinger from 1957 – 1964. His works are present in numerous German museums – Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Kunsthaus Rehau and Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung Munich.