Artworks by Peter Royen

Peter Royen, born in Amsterdam, died in 2013 at the age of 90 in Düsseldorf, known for his white silent paintings and his great commitment to his fellow artists.
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