Roberto Pasini, Roberto Pasini, L�informale. Stati Uniti, L�informale. Stati Uniti, Europa, Europa, Italia, Italia, CLUEB, CLUEB, Bologna 1995, Bologna 1995, plate XXXV, plate XXXV, p. 431, p. 431, The position of German Informalism was completed by the participation of artists such as [�] Emil Schumacher, The position of German Informalism was completed by the participation of artists such as [�] Emil Schumacher, whose work displays a dense and anguished materiality, whose work displays a dense and anguished materiality, surfaces furrowed by erosion and mysterious signs of decay., surfaces furrowed by erosion and mysterious signs of decay., ,(Roberto Pasini, ,(Roberto Pasini, Europa, Europa, Italia, Italia, Bologna 1995), Bologna 1995), Emil Schumacher was born in the Westphalian town of Hagen in 1912 and began a three-year degree at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dortmund when he was 20 years old. He started working as an independent artist in 1935 and founded the artist and exhibition association �junger westen� in 1947 together with a few other artists. The style of his work changed drastically in 1950., Emil Schumacher was born in the Westphalian town of Hagen in 1912 and began a three-year degree at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dortmund when he was 20 years old. He started working as an independent artist in 1935 and founded the artist and exhibition association �junger westen� in 1947 together with a few other artists. The style of his work changed drastically in 1950., He abandoned painting objects and turned towards the expressive power of painting alone. Colour itself gradually became the decisive element of his works. This biographical artistic process happened during a period, He abandoned painting objects and turned towards the expressive power of painting alone. Colour itself gradually became the decisive element of his works. This biographical artistic process happened during a period, which was determined by the French �cole de Paris, which was determined by the French �cole de Paris, Tachism and American Action Painting. While abstraction itself was typical of this period, Tachism and American Action Painting. While abstraction itself was typical of this period, it also became a typical aspect of Emil Schumacher�s personal style., it also became a typical aspect of Emil Schumacher�s personal style., After exhibiting at the �documenta III� in Kassel in 1964 he created extremely large works, After exhibiting at the �documenta III� in Kassel in 1964 he created extremely large works, which manifest an extreme painterly freedom. This phase lasted until the 1980s. Emil Schumacher became internationally known and praised around the middle of the 1950s as one of the most important artists of the Informel. He was awarded numerous international prizes, which manifest an extreme painterly freedom. This phase lasted until the 1980s. Emil Schumacher became internationally known and praised around the middle of the 1950s as one of the most important artists of the Informel. He was awarded numerous international prizes, of which the Guggenheim Award in New York in 1958 was only the beginning. He was appointed professor at the �Hochschule f�r Bildende K�nste� in Hamburg in the same year, of which the Guggenheim Award in New York in 1958 was only the beginning. He was appointed professor at the �Hochschule f�r Bildende K�nste� in Hamburg in the same year, accepted a post as professor in Karlsruhe in 1966 and taught as a guest professor at the university in Minneapolis/USA in 1967 for one year. The �Deutscher Bundestag� honoured him in 1998 by commissioning a mural for the Reichstag building in Berlin., accepted a post as professor in Karlsruhe in 1966 and taught as a guest professor at the university in Minneapolis/USA in 1967 for one year. The �Deutscher Bundestag� honoured him in 1998 by commissioning a mural for the Reichstag building in Berlin., Emil Schumacher died in San Jos� on 4 October 1999, Emil Schumacher died in San Jos� on 4 October 1999, one year after the large retrospective exhibition in Munich., one year after the large retrospective exhibition in Munich.