Arwed D. Gorella

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Arwed Dieter Gorella (* 25. March 1937 in Swidnica , Silesia , † 3. February 2002 in Berlin ) was a German painter of the New Realism , book illustrator , cartoonist , set designer , graphic artist and university lecturer .

education

After graduating from high school in Bad Sachsa , Gorella studied from 1955 to 1961 at the Berlin University of the Arts and at the Free University of Berlin and was a master student of Alexander Camaro .

Teaching

In addition to his own artistic work, Gorella has been a lecturer at the Berlin University of Education since the 1960s . In 1977 he accepted a call as a full professor for fine arts at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts (HBKB). He worked there until 2001. His students include Monika Falke, Jung-Suk Ryu and Armin Baumgarten . In the HBKB's obituary notice for Arwed Gorella, the then president of the university attested to having "made a significant contribution to the university's high international reputation".

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Gorella was one of the representatives of New Realism and was of the opinion that "should interfere in matters of society and politics", and he created numerous anti-militarist and anti-clerical representations. In 1969 he was one of the founding members of the New Society for Fine Arts . In 1972, together with Peter Sorge , Hermann Albert , Bettina von Arnim , Ulrich Baehr , Hans-Jürgen Diehl , Wolfgang Petrick , Joachim Schmettau , Maina-Miriam Munsky and Klaus Vogelgesang, he founded the critical-realistic artist group Aspect , which existed until 1978.

Exhibitions of his works took place in Berlin, Lübeck, Hanover and Hamburg, among others. He also worked as a cartoonist and book illustrator . For example, he illustrated Wolf Biermann's Great Ballad of the Dragon and the Dragon Slayer , a new edition of One Thousand and One Nights in the translation by Gustav Weil and Yaak Karsunkes Die Guillotine circumnavigate .

As a set designer , he also created various sets for performances of Heiner Müller's works at the Bonn Theater Workshop and in 1999 the set for Andrea Breth's production of Goethe's Stella at the Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz .

Publications (selection)

literature

  • Who's Who in the Arts and Literature , Vol. 1: Fine Arts , Karl Strute and Theodor Doelken (Eds.), 3rd edition, Zurich: red series 1983, p. 244.
  • Ingeborg Ruthe: The gallery of the philosophers. On the death of Arwed Gorella , in: Berliner Zeitung of February 26, 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Place of birth according to Who's Who in the Arts and Literature , Vol. 1: Fine Arts , Karl Strute and Theodor Doelken (Eds.), 3rd edition, Zurich: red series 1983, p. 244. Here with the wrong first name “Arnold D. ” specified.
  2. ↑ Life data according to the obituary notice in the Braunschweiger Zeitung of February 9, 2002
  3. ↑ http://www.monika-falke.de/biografie-1.html
  4. ↑ http://www.kunstkontor.net/artist/ryu/vita.php
  5. ^ Obituary notice for Prof. Arwed D. Gorella, in: Braunschweiger Zeitung of February 11, 2002
  6. ^ Ruthe: Die Galerie der Philosophen , in: Berliner Zeitung of February 26, 2002
  7. ↑ http://www.nierendorf.com/deutsch/kataloge/Kuenstler_graphik_kbl_86/Kuenstlergraphiken_Lebensdaten.htm
  8. ^ Ruthe: Die Galerie der Philosophen , in: Berliner Zeitung of February 26, 2002
  9. ^ Ruthe: Die Galerie der Philosophen , in: Berliner Zeitung of February 26, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Gorella, Arwed D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gorella, Arwed Dieter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter of the New Realism, book illustrator, caricaturist, stage designer, graphic artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweidnitz , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 2002
Place of death Berlin