Barbara Raetsch

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Karl Raetsch, portrait Barbara Raetsch

Barbara Raetsch (born October 21, 1936 in Pirna ) is a German painter. She has lived in Potsdam since 1958.

Barbara Raetsch attended school until she graduated from high school and then trained as a technical assistant in horticulture in Dresden-Pillnitz. In 1958 she married the painter Karl Raetsch and settled with him in Potsdam. In addition to other activities, she has since been intensively self-taught in painting and graphic techniques. In 1962 and 1964 the sons Bruno and Robert were born. From 1970 to 1974 she worked as a management assistant at the State Palaces and Gardens of Potsdam-Sanssouci. From 1970 she worked intensively with painting, from 1974 also with etchings. Barbara Raetsch has also been working as a freelance painter since 1977 and becomes a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBK).

Together with Karl Raetsch, she had converted the former cemetery chapel in Potsdam-Hermannswerder into a studio and gallery, which was used by her husband, her and their son Robert until 2013. From 1990 Barbara and Karl Raetsch invited to exhibitions of their works in their studio.

Individual exhibitions and participations

Barbara Raetsch, Demolition House II, 1996
  • 1978 Potsdam, small gallery in the basement
  • 1987 Potsdam, Staudenhofgalerie
  • 1990 Bad Kösen, art gallery; Berlin, Domain Dahlem u. Gallery Mother Fourage
  • 1992 Loccum, Evangelical Academy
  • 1993 Westerland / Sylt, Alte Post
  • 1996 Brandenburg, Cathedral and Petri Chapel
  • 1997 Potsdam, State Center for Political Education; Rheinsberg, Kurt Tucholsky Memorial
  • 1998 Wustrau, German Judges Academy
  • 1999 Potsdam, Old Town Hall
  • 2003 Potsdam, City and State Library
  • 2004 Potsdam, Burstert and Albrecht Gallery
  • 2006 Bielefeld, Galerie Jesse
  • 2007 Potsdam, Old Town Hall
  • 2008 Caputh, Galerie Fährhaus Caputh
  • 2011 Werder, Municipal Gallery

Participation in the central art exhibitions of the GDR in Dresden (IX. And X.) as well as in international exhibitions.

literature

  • Barbara Raetsch , Potsdam undated
  • Barbara Raetsch. Painting from 1981 to 1993 , Stahnsdorf o. J.
  • Barbara Raetsch. Paintings, gouaches , with text by Karl-Robert Schütze, Potsdam 2000
  • Barbara Raetsch. Paintings, gouaches , with text by Fritz Erpel, Potsdam undated
  • Interview in the PNN from October 30, 2015 ( http://www.pnn.de/potsdam-kultur/1019882/ )

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personal data
SURNAME Raetsch, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirna