Andreas Dress (painter)

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Andreas Dress (born January 6, 1943 in Berlin ; † October 13, 2019 in Sebnitz ) was a German painter , graphic artist and writer

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He spent his childhood in Sebnitz and his youth in Bielefeld . Dress did an apprenticeship as a toolmaker until 1969 and also attended evening school at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts .

1969–1974 he studied at the HFBK Dresden , graduated with Günter Horlbeck , from 1974 he worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Sebnitz and Dresden . 1976–1989 he received five prizes in the exhibition “100 selected graphics from the GDR ”. In 1982 he set up an etching and lithography workshop for his own work. In the same year he started working with Claus Weidensdorfer and there were many joint projects. From 1989 to 2004 they created the Deutsche Hausschatz, an edition of 16 copies in the large format 56 × 74 cm with nineteen drypoint etchings and one overpainting. From 1983 to 1986 the first production of 8 mm films took place, based on phases of free drawing works. In 1991 he received the 1st Jena Art Prize. 1998 the gold medal for drawing film “fragments, fragile” at the German Federal Festival for Fantasy and Experimental Film, Lorch and a medal for special achievements in the field of non-commercial film from the German Film and Video Festival, Westerburg. In 1999 he made a mural in the Pirna District Court . In 2019, the facade of an empty residential building that the city uses as a museum depot was painted by him for two months in Sebnitz . There are works by Andreas Dress in museums, public collections and in private ownership.

Prices

  • 1976–1989: Five prizes in the exhibition "100 selected graphics from the GDR"
  • 1991: 1st Jena Art Prize 1998
  • 1998: A gold medal at the Federal Festival for Fantasy and Experimental Film, Lorch and a medal for special achievements in the field of non-commercial film at the German Film and Video Festival, Westerburg, for the character film "Fragile, fragile"
  • 1998: Winner of the "100 Saxon Graphics" competition
  • 2002: Winner of the "100 Saxon Graphics" competition
  • 2008: 1st prize in “100 Saxon Graphics”, Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1978: Dresden, Galerie Nord 1981
  • 1981: Berlin, Galerie Arkade Dresden, Galerie Mitte
  • 1983: Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts
  • 1986: Erfurt, Galerie erph Berlin, Galerie unter den Linden
  • 1987: Dresden, Galerie Mitte Jena, gallery in the town hall
  • 1988: Erfurt, Galerie erph
  • 1991: Göttingen, ARTIFORUM gallery with Isabell Dresden, gallery at the Blue Wonder
  • 1993: Halle, Hallescher Kunstverein Berlin, gallery at Strausberger Platz Leipzig, gallery ARTeFACT
  • 1994: Gera, gallery on the market
  • 1995: Magdeburg, Galerie Himmelreich with F. Behrend
  • 1996: Schramberg (Black Forest), Schramberger Kunstverein
  • 1997: Bautzen, Bautzner Kunstverein Jena, Schubert Gallery
  • 1998: Dresden, Galerie Mitte Leipzig, Globus Galerie
  • 2000: Berlin, Galerie Hintersdorf Dresden, Kunsthalle / art'otel Neckarsulm, Volksbank - Galerie
  • 2001: Wrocław, Poland, Galeria Design
  • 2002: Berlin, church at Hohenzollernplatz Zwickau, municipal museums
  • 2003: Dresden, Galerie Mitte Berlin, Galerie Hintersdorf and Galerie M
  • 2005: Dresden, Galerie Mitte Weinheim, Galerie Ferrarese
  • 2006: Dresden, New Saxon Art Association and Saxon State Medical Association
  • 2008: Dresden, Galerie Mitte
  • 2009: Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh
  • 2011: Kreischa near Dresden, Gallery Q
  • 2012: Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Art District Jura
  • 2013: Chemnitz, Neue Sächsische Galerie (June 18 to August 18); Dresden, Galerie Mitte (September 27th to November 2nd)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Dress is dead - he leaves behind a great artistic work. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Andreas Dress - Taumel in the Diesseits Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum for contemporary art. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Andreas Dress - art + form | GALLERY FRAMING SPECIALS. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  4. ^ SLUB Dresden: Andreas Dress & Claus Weidensdorfer. A German treasure. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Sebnitz likes it colorful. Retrieved October 16, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ a b c Andreas Dress - visual artist - Dresden. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dress, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2019
Place of death Sebnitz