Richard Schur

Richard Schur (born 1971) is a German artist.

Career 
Richard Schur studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and graduated as Master of Fine Arts in 2000. From 2002 to 2008 he teached painting as Assistant professor with Jerry Zeniuk at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. In 2005 he received the arts prize Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis. Schur's work has been shown in galleries and museums since 1998.

Work 
Schur is known for complex abstract paintings, combining "visual enquiry and art historical references with an element of playfulness".  His works have been described as "Metaphorical Grids", containing clear color blocks, presented with the geometric precision of Piet Mondrian.

Initially Schur works with studies, allowing his motifs to evolve over an extended period of time, experimenting with color choices as part of an intuitive process. The motifs are then transferred to larger canvases or grounds, on which the artist uses the formal language of Hard-edge painting to "gain a sense of clarity in the interaction of colors". His art is also about bringing together the "light, spirit and atmosphere" of various locations around the world that have inspired him.

Awards, Grants, Residendies 
 Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts
 ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
 Residency at the CCA, Centro Cultural Andraxt, Spain
 Grant USA Scholarship of the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts
 Residency Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Collections (Selection) 
 Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
 CCA, Centro Cultural Andraxt, Spain
 CAAM, Centro Atlàntico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
 Guangdong Museum of Art, China

Bibliography 
Richard Schur, Grüner Katalog, icon Verlag Hubert Kretschmer Munich 2008, 
Richard Schur, Weißer Katalog, icon Verlag Hubert Kretschmer Munich 2007, 
Universal Painting, Guangdong Museum of Art, Klaus Ebbers, Jerry Zeniuk, Andrea Dippel 2005, 
Frische Farbe!, Gessler Robert Verlag Friedrichshafen 2004,

References 

Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century German painters
Category:German male painters
Category:21st-century German painters
Category:Modern painters
Category:German contemporary artists