K. R. H. Sonderborg
* 5. April 1923 in Sønderborg (Denmark) as Kurt Rudolf Hoffmann; † 18. Februar 2008 in Hamburg.
He was one of the most important proponents of the German Informel abstract art movement.
achievements:
1960: Prize of the 2. International Biennal of Print in Tokyo (Prize of the Governor of Tokyo)
1963: Grand International Prize for Drawing at the 7. Biennal of São Paulo
1984: Member of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg
1984: Member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin
1984: Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris
participations:
documenta II (1959) and documenta III (1964) in Kassel
Venice Biennial (1958 and 1960)