BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

39th year  -  N° 310                 Tuesday, 5 November 2024         Antwerpen		
Where's Your Head At?
Serial art vandal
Hans-Joachim Bohlmann


  • 20 September 1937 (+) is born in Breslau, Germany.

  • 29 March 1977 (x) Paul Klee's 'Der Goldene Fisch' is attacked by Bohlmann in Hamburg, Germany.

  • 14 May 1977 (x) Unknown Master’s ‘Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes’ is attacked with acid by Bohlmann in Lübeck, Germany.

  • 16 August 1977 (x) Bartholomeus Bruyn’s 'Portrait', Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 'Portrait of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora' and several more paintings are attacked with acid by Bohlmann in Hannover, Germany.

  • 24 August 1977 (x) The painting 'Albrecht von Österreich' by Rubens is attacked with acid by in Düsseldorf, Germany.

  • 7 October 1977 (x) Four paintings are attacked with acid by Bohlmann in Kassel, Germany.

  • 20 April 1988 (x) Albrecht Dürer's 'Lamentation for Christ', 'Paumgartner Altar' and 'Mater Dolarosa' are attacked with acid by Bohlmann in München, Germany.

  • 25 June 2006 (x) Bartholomeus van der Helst's 'Schuttersmaaltijd ter viering van de Vrede van Münster' is splashed with lighter fuel and set on fire by Bohlmann in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  • 19 January 2009 (-) dies of cancer in Hamburg, Germany.


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