KARL HORST HÖDICKE
NACHHALL EINER VISION

FORUM AN DER MUSEUMSINSEL, BERLIN, GERMANY
12 FEBRUARY 2025 | 6 – 8 PM

On February 8, 2025, the anniversary of Karl Horst Hödicke’s passing will be commemorated. To honor this influential and extraordinary person and artist, KÖNIG GALERIE invites you to a reception featuring six selected works that represent different stages of the painter’s career.

Karl Horst Hödicke, SELBSTPORTRÄT, 1975

Address:
FORUM an der MUSEUMSINSEL
Ziegelstraße 17
10117 Berlin

FEATURED ARTIST

KARL HORST HÖDICKE

Karl Horst Hödicke (1938–2024) was a contemporary German artist known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings. The artist’s broad brushstrokes and specific colour palette provide his works with a sense of seeing a place through memory – specifically Berlin with its ever-changing cityscape was a central motif in his work. Having moved to Berlin in 1957, Hödicke became one of the spokespeople for a small group of impetuous young lateral thinkers who wanted to revolutionise painting. No sooner had German post-war modernism rejoined the international artistic trend towards the abstract than they revolted against this new doctrine with a revival of...