{"id":3891,"date":"2013-09-23T01:23:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T23:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christopherlehmpfuhl.de\/neu2022\/biography\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:59:55","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christopherlehmpfuhl.de\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;77px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|-27px||auto||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.christopherlehmpfuhl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSC7124.jpeg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;_DSC7124&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;38%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]Christopher Lehmpfuhl and Erika Maxim-Lehmpfuhl (studio manager)[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>1972<br \/>born in Berlin<\/p>\n<p>1985-1992<br \/>Painting lessons with Wolfgang Prehm<\/p>\n<p>1992<br \/>Abitur<\/p>\n<p>1992-1998<br \/>Studied painting at the Hochschule der K\u00fcnste (HdK), Berlin, in the class of Professor Klaus Fu\u00dfmann<\/p>\n<p>1996<br \/>Painting and study trip to Lapland<\/p>\n<p>1997<br \/>Painting trip to Australia<\/p>\n<p>1998<br \/>Appointment as master student of Klaus Fu\u00dfmann &#8211; GASAG Art Prize &#8211; Member of the Berlin Artists&#8217; Association<\/p>\n<p>1999<br \/>Member of the K\u00fcnstlersonderbund<\/p>\n<p>2000<br \/>Franz-Joseph-Spiegler-Prize, Mochental Castle, Ehingen<\/p>\n<p>2001<br \/>Teaching at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie, Hanau &#8211; Art Prize &#8220;Salzburg in neuen Ansichten&#8221;, Schloss Neuhaus, Salzburg &#8211; Board work in the K\u00fcnstlersonderbund until 2007, at that time various workshop discussions with members of the K\u00fcnstlersonderbund<\/p>\n<p>2002<br \/>Teaching at the State Drawing Academy, Hanau &#8211; Member of the Neue Gruppe, Munich &#8211; Painting trips to Italy and China<\/p>\n<p>2003<br \/>Member of the North German Realists &#8211; painting trips to Provence, the Azores and India<\/p>\n<p>2004<br \/>Painting trips to Ireland, Amsterdam, Italy and California &#8211; Teaching at the Vulkaneifel Academy, Steffeln &#8211; Finalist of the European Art Prize 2004 at the Triennale, Milan<\/p>\n<p>2005<br \/>Painting trips to Ireland, California and Australia &#8211; marriage to Erika Maxim<\/p>\n<p>2006<br \/>Scholarship of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich &#8211; Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>2007<br \/>Painting residency in Australia &#8211; Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>2008<br \/>Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin &#8211; Birth of daughter Frida Maria<\/p>\n<p>2009<br \/>Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin &#8211; Commissioned to paint all 16 German states on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of reunification &#8211; Trip to Wuhan, China<\/p>\n<p>2010<br \/>Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin &#8211; studio scholarship Wollerau, Peach Propertys Group, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p>2011<br \/>Publication of the monograph &#8220;Berlin Plein Air. Painting 1995 \u2013 2010&#8221; in the architectural publishing house Dom Publishers \u00b7 painting trip to California and the Gulf of Naples \u00b7 art prize of the cultural foundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe<\/p>\n<p>2012<br \/>Painting trip to Tuscany and Romania &#8211; major exhibition &#8220;Berlin Plein Air 1995 &#8211; 2012&#8221; at the Alte M\u00fcnze, Berlin, opening by Minister of State for Culture Bernd Neumann<\/p>\n<p>2013<br \/>Art Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Economy to the North German Realists<\/p>\n<p>2014<br \/>Painting trip to Tuscany &#8211; Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>2015<br \/>Trips to South Korea and Iceland<\/p>\n<p>2016<br \/>The Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung publishes an art edition with 22 Zurich paintings by Christopher Lehmpfuhl for the first time &#8211; The Carzaniga Gallery, Basel shows works by Christopher Lehmpfuhl for the first time at ART BASEL &#8211; Painting trip to Iceland &#8211; Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>2017<br \/>Christopher Lehmpfuhl shows a work from the Schlossplatz cycle for the first time in the foyer of the Humboldt Forum as part of the Donor Day and Open Building Site Day &#8211; Painting trip to Georgia &#8211; Lecturer at the Academy of Painting, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>2018<br \/>Painting trip to Ireland &#8211; Tree Art Prize 2018 of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottorf Castle &#8211; Exhibition in the subway line 5, Berlin in cooperation with Bertelsmann &#8211; Death of parents Iris and Gunter Lehmpfuhl<\/p>\n<p>2019<br \/>Wolfgang-Kl\u00e4hn Prize 2019 &#8211; Audience Award to the North German Realists at NordArt 2019 &#8211; Solo exhibition at Museum W\u00fcrth, K\u00fcnzelsau<\/p>\n<p>2020<br \/>K\u00f6nig Galerie, Berlin, is showing three large formats by Christopher Lehmpfuhl for the first time as part of the St. Agnes trade fair<\/p>\n<p>2021<br \/>Art Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Economy 2021 &#8211; Solo exhibition at the Gottorf Castle Riding Hall, Schleswig &#8211; Solo exhibition at the Museo W\u00fcrth, La Rioja<\/p>\n<p>2022<br \/>Commission for the artistic documentation of the &#8220;Charit\u00e9 2030&#8221; construction project &#8211; solo exhibition at the W\u00fcrth Forum, Arlesheim<\/p>\n<p>2023<br \/>Inauguration of the first glass window in Rudi Bindella&#8217;s wine cellar in Vallocaia, Tuscany<\/p>\n<p>2024<br \/>Painting trip to London &#8211; solo exhibition at Art Forum W\u00fcrth, Capena &#8211; lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Kolbermoor<\/p>\n<p>2025<br \/>Solo exhibition at Art Forum W\u00fcrth, Capena &#8211; Lecturer at the Akademie der Bildenden K\u00fcnste Kolbermoor &#8211; Lecturer at the Akademie f\u00fcr Malerei, Berlin &#8211; Painting trip to Indonesia &#8211; Painting trip to South Africa<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Oswald|700|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||24px|0px||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p original=\"PGg0Pg==\">\n<p>Study trips<br \/>Australia &#8211; 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