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Event: Exhibition Gallery Broft
Dates: 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011
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Event: Peter Royen sieht Rot
Dates: 1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jan 2008
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Event: Exhibition Gallery Altes Museum
Dates: 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007
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Event: Die 24 Stunden des Tages
Dates: 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007
Group Exhibition Peter Royen
Event: 53x53 - eine leise Retrospektive
Dates: 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006
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Event: Kunst aus NRW
Dates: 1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005
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Event: Gruppe 53
Dates: 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2003
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Event: Malkasten
Dates: 1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2003
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Event: Exhibiton Museum Mondriaanhuis
Dates: 1 Jan 2002 - 31 Dec 2002
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Event: Exhibiton Gallery Musee Jenisch
Dates: 1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 1995
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Event: Peter Royen und seine Freunde
Dates: 1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1993
Group Exhibition Peter Royen
Event: Exhibition Gallery Kunsthalle Kobe
Dates: 1 Jan 1992 - 31 Dec 1992
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Event: Exhibition Gallery Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Dates: 1 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 1977
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Event: Exhibition Gallery Musee des Beaux Arts
Dates: 1 Jan 1966 - 31 Dec 1966
Group Exhibition Peter Royen
Event: Exhibition Gallery Stedelijk Museum
Dates: 1 Jan 1962 - 31 Dec 1962
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Event: Exhibition Gallery Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
Dates: 1 Jan 1961 - 31 Dec 1961
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Event: Exhibition Gallery Museo d'Arte de Sao Paulo
Dates: 1 Jan 1954 - 31 Dec 1954
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Biography
The Federal Cross of Merit 1984 and the Artist Award of the Düsseldorf Artists 2013 are an expression of how highly he was esteemed.
Known by the name “painter of silence” by Werner Schmalenbach, he worked with geometry and structure, but his paintings are neither strict nor programmatic. His aim was to explore the spatial effect of colour, so the non-colours white and black were perfect for this. He encourages the viewer to spend a lot of time with his work, to read into the paintings. Then one discovers the haptic properties of the material and the subtle spatial effect.
After studying with Pankok, Royen remained in Dusseldorf. He had countless exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, as well as in Brazil and Japan. Many important international collectors, such as Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, owns works by him.
Solo Exhibitions
2014 - Wood Cuts, Dusseldorf
2013 - Zenit, Villa 1912, Kröpelin
2008 - PETER ROYEN sees red, Dusseldorf
Grayia Blumberg Gallery, Recklinghausen
2006 - 53x53 - A quiet retrospective - Dusseldorf
2005 - Paintings 1957-2005 - Art from North Rhine Westphalia, Aachen
2001 - Garanin Gallery, Berlin (closed)
1977 - Horizons, Paintings 1972 to 1977 - Arts Hall, Dusseldorf
Group Exhibitions
2014 - "Hommage to Silence" FlowFineArt Gallery
2013 - THE GREAT Art Exhibition NRW 2013
2011 - Flow FineArtGallery, Hitdorf
Na Nul / after Zero - Borzo Modern & Contemporary, Amsterdam
Exhibition Number One / arteversum accrochage, Dusseldorf
2009 - Ellert & Friends - Cubus Art Hall, Duisburg
2008 - Grazia Blumberg Gallery, Recklinghausen
2007 - Separate ways, encounters between contemporaries -
Sigrid Kopfermann - early works,
Peter Royen - meditative paintings
Epikur Gallery - Wuppertal
2007 - 24/7 - The 24 hours of the day - arteversum, Dusseldorf
2006 - Always tangible - Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf
2005 - Hubertus Wunschik Gallery, Mönchengladbach
2004 - New Acquisitions of Contemporary Art
1995 - 2004 - Karlsruhe City Art Hall
2003 - Museum of Ratingen City
1999 - ConstructiveArtinEuropeattheThresholdofthethirdMillenium,
hors Lieux Gallery, Strasbourg
ConstructiveArtinEuropeatthethresholdofthethirdMillenium,
EmiliaSuciu Gallery
Constructive and tangible art, Ettlingen
1993 - Peter Royen and his friends - Art Hall, Dusseldorf
1976 - Art Hall Dusseldorf
1957 - Heinz Mack and Peter Royen - Schmela Gallery, Dusseldorf (closed, 2008)
Awards
1958 - Jan Wellem Award - City of Dusseldorf
1959 - Advancement Award Great art prize of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia
1996 - Prize of Honor at the Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
2013 - Art Prize of the Artists' award of the artistry of Dusseldorf
for honoring his life's work
