Caesar W. Radetzky

Caesar W. Radetzky-Radetz (* 1939 in Nuremberg ) is a German painter and author . In addition to his work as a freelance artist, he worked as an art teacher with children and young people and as a lecturer in painting at the Reichenhall Art Academy .

life and work

Radetzky studied nude and portrait painting with König at the Academy in Munich and landscape with Ugo Capocchini , Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence. In 1963 he took part in the summer academy “School of Seeing” in Salzburg under the direction of Oskar Kokoschka , and also in 1977 with Rudolf Kortokraks , Oskar Kokoschka's former assistant.

In 1984 a large-format painting was accepted in the nationwide tender for painting "German Landscape Today" and shown in the exhibition stations Neuer Berliner Kunstverein and Kunstverein Hannover . In 1993 the picture cycle "Hommage à Paolo Conte " was created, which is dedicated to the singer's texts and songs. In 1994, during a stay in southwest France, he created large-format pictures with impressions from Aquitaine, bullfighting motifs and landscapes.

In 1995 the cycle "Black Tuscany" was created. The city of Rovereto invited Radetzky to "Estate 95", where seven artists exhibit their works annually in seven palazzi in the city. In 1996 a series of small bronze sculptures was created.

Since November 1, 2015, Radetzky has also lived and worked in Berlin. In the gallery on Spandauer See it can be seen with regularly changing exhibits in a permanent exhibition. His new studio is located in the same building, the old powder factory right next to the Spandau Citadel.

Sacred art

On behalf of the artists' pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Munich , Radetzky designed a Way of the Cross with 14 large-format paintings of the Passion of Christ in 1999 . The 14 Stations of the Cross were shown together with the concert by Hannes Beckmann in the basilica of the St. Boniface Abbey (Munich).

For the exhibition “freedom-freiheit-liberté”, three large-format works were created in 2000 on the subject of a possible coexistence of the world religions Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The Museum for Sepulchral Culture in Kassel showed Radetzky's cycles “venerdi santo” and “Kreuzweg”, under the title “Totentanz und Kreuzweg”. In 2004 there was an exhibition “The Blue Crown” in the Germering town hall. The video of the Stations of the Cross was shown at a concert by Hannes Beckmann at the Munich Music Academy . The 14 Stations of the Cross were created in 2005 as a screen print edition. In 2007 the video film of the Stations of the Cross was shown again in a multimedia connection with Hannes Beckmann's Stations of the Cross concert in a matinee at the Residenztheater in Munich . In 2009 the Way of the Cross “The Blue Crown” was shown in the Renaissance aisle at Brandys Castle near Prague. and in 2010 the Way of the Cross “Sub specie aeternitatis” in Schäftlarn Monastery.

family

Caesar W. Radetzky-Radetz is the great-great-grandson of Field Marshal Josef Wenzel Radetzky von Radetz .

Prizes and awards

2013 1st prize for painting, art prize of the city of Pöchlarn, Lower Austria.
Awarded Maria Theresia Medal by Georg von Habsburg-Lothringen.
1978 Villa Manin graphic award, Udine.
1983 award for painting from the city of Munich

Exhibitions (selection)

1978 Centro Friulano, Udine
1978 Gallery of the Canadian Pacific, Frankfurt am Main
1979 Goethe Institute Milan
1979 Synagogue in Wittlich .
1980 Galleria Rettori, Trieste; Loggia Rucelai, Florence; Galleria La Cave, Treviso
1988 Museion Gallery of the Strahov Monastery, Prague Castle
1992 "Seitenwechsel", retrospective with works from 1970 to 1990, Galerie Rössler.
1999 Pleiades Art Gallery, New York.
2000 Pleiades Art Gallery, New York
2010 “Sicily Cycle”, Ilse Neubauer Gallery, Schauraum 1899, Munich
2010 Triptych “freedom, Freiheit, liberté”, Jazzfest Munich.

Fonts

Venerdi Santo. Thoughts about death. Munich 1998.

with Nicoletta di Milo: art and cuisine. About the culture of food, the art of preparation and the pleasure of enjoying. Munich 2000, ISBN 3-9807443-0-2 .
with Nicoletta di Milo: love, longing and the pleasures of Italian cuisine. ISBN 3-9807443-1-0 .
with Nicoletta di Milo: CucinArte . Typical recipes from Italy's private kitchens. 2001, ISBN 3-7750-0363-0 .

literature

Caesar W. Radetzky. Picturesque cycles . Catalog raisonné (1960–1995). Ed. Galerie Rössler. 1995, ISBN 3-00-000249-9 .

Web links

Literature by and about Caesar W. Radetzky in the catalog of the German National Library
caesar-w-radetzky.de
Gallery at the Spandauer See

personal data
SURNAME	Radetzky, Caesar W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Radetzky-Radetz, Caesar W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg