Biographie

Autobiographische Notizen und Lithographien
Die Apokalypse des Radikalbohemien Blalla W. Hallmann
Ein Essay von Matthias Reichelt (German Language)
Rede von Matthias Reichelt anlässlich der Ausstellungseröffnung von
Blalla W. Hallmann am 25.Mai 2005 im Kunsthaus Nürnberg (German Language)

Short Biography (a detailed biography follows soon)

23.3.1941
  • born in Quirl (Giant Mountains)
1957-1958
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Dusseldorf
1958-1960
  • Apprenticeship
1960-1965
  • College of Fine Arts in Nuremberg with Prof. Fritz Griebel
1964
  • First Exhibition in Vienna
1965
  • Formation of a migrant theatre with fellow students, the later “Hoffmann's Comic-Theatre”
1967
  • Residency in the USA (until 1969), meets Robert Crumb in San Francisco
1968
  • University lecturer at the University of California, San Francisco
1969
  • spent some months in a mental institution
1970
  • destroys his entire artwork
1980-1982
  • lives and works in Wuerzburg
1982-1984
  • Accommodation and studio in the “Kunstverein” in Bruehl, in charge of etching and painting classes
1984-1992
  • lives and works in Cologne
1992-1994
  • lives and works in Berlin
1992-1995
  • Professorship HBK Braunschweig
1994
  • lives and works in Windsbach
2.7.1997
  • died in Windsbach (Middle Franconia)
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