Felix Burda-Stengel

Felix Burda-Stengel is the eldest son of publisher Dr. Hubert Burda. He studied art history, history and economics at the universities of Munich and Bologna. He also produced a series of CD-ROMs on the subjects of art, literature and science. Under the supervision of his teacher Prof. Hans Belting, he completed his studies at Karlsruhe University of Design in Karlsruhe, in 1999, with a dissertation on Baroque Jesuit painter Andrea Pozzo, in whose illusionist architecture he recognized parallels to works by contemporary video artists. The dissertation was published in German, in 2001, bearing the title »Andrea Pozzo und die Videokunst«. The French edition (»Andrea Pozzo et l’Art Vidéo«) followed in 2006 and, in 2013, the American edition (»Andrea Pozzo and Video Art«).

Felix Burda was unable to see his published work. He died of stomach cancer in 2001. The foundation established by his parents, Hubert Burda and Christa Maar, and named after him is committed to enlightening the public about stomach cancer.

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