Horst H. Baumann (1934-2019) - Laserscape in Utrecht






Has over ten years of experience in art, specialising in post-war photography and contemporary art.
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Photo of a work by Horst H. Baumann.
Shown is a laser artwork, realized from the Dom Tower in Utrecht in 1986.
Photo taken by J.T. Wammes
Dimensions: 30x40 cm
Dimensions with frame: 51x59 cm
Horst H. Baumann (born 1934) studied metallurgical engineering from 1954 to 1957 and again from 1972 to 1974 at RWTH Aachen, and from 1994 to 2004 at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf. From 1957 he was active as a photographer and designer, and from 1966 to 2019 as a light artist. In 1963–1964 he was a guest lecturer at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm.
In 1977 Baumann participated in documenta 6 in Kassel, where he, together with Peter Hertha, realized the world’s first permanent laser sculpture. Among his other major installations are the light project on the Rheinturm in Düsseldorf (1982), the neon sculpture Pass the Cross in Bielefeld-Sennestadt (1988) and the redesign of the lighting of the Rheinturm in 2003.
Baumann’s work was exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (1965) and at the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris in 1967 and 1969.
Seller's Story
Photo of a work by Horst H. Baumann.
Shown is a laser artwork, realized from the Dom Tower in Utrecht in 1986.
Photo taken by J.T. Wammes
Dimensions: 30x40 cm
Dimensions with frame: 51x59 cm
Horst H. Baumann (born 1934) studied metallurgical engineering from 1954 to 1957 and again from 1972 to 1974 at RWTH Aachen, and from 1994 to 2004 at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf. From 1957 he was active as a photographer and designer, and from 1966 to 2019 as a light artist. In 1963–1964 he was a guest lecturer at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm.
In 1977 Baumann participated in documenta 6 in Kassel, where he, together with Peter Hertha, realized the world’s first permanent laser sculpture. Among his other major installations are the light project on the Rheinturm in Düsseldorf (1982), the neon sculpture Pass the Cross in Bielefeld-Sennestadt (1988) and the redesign of the lighting of the Rheinturm in 2003.
Baumann’s work was exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (1965) and at the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris in 1967 and 1969.
