Christine Perthen

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Christine Perthen (* July 21, 1948 in Pirna ; † December 30, 2004 in Berlin ) was a German graphic artist , draftsman and long-time professor at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1966 and subsequent professional training as an industrial seamstress, Christine Perthen studied fashion design from 1967 to 1972 at the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee . After several years of working as a product designer , including shoe designer at VEB Goldpunkt Berlin, she was a master student of Werner Klemke from 1976–1979 at the Academy of the Arts of the GDR and from 1977 held a teaching position at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art. She taught nature studies, life drawing and fashion graphics in the fashion design department. Since then she has also been active as a writer and published her first volume of short stories, Papierliebe .

After working as a freelance graphic artist and draftsman, she was appointed full professor at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee in 1993 .

After suffering from cancer for a short time , Christine Perthen died on December 30th, 2004. One day before her death, she bequeathed her artistic work to the Berlinische Galerie . The Christine Perthen Foundation was founded in 2006 and awards the "Christine Perthen Prize" for etching every five years.

Works (selection)

Christine Perthen designed numerous posters , sets and costume designs for the Berlin Theater im Palais .

Etchings

  • 1985 January 4, 1915 Weissenburger Strasse
  • 1990 Homage to Camille Claudel

Aquatint

  • 1979 Three evening landscapes from the Märkische Land

Etching

Illustrations

literature

Exhibitions

  • 1980 Bunte Stube Ahrenshoop (in collaboration with the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin )
  • 1980 Warsaw , culture and information center of the GDR
  • 1982/83 Dresden, IX. Art exhibition of the GDR
  • 1983 Berlin, Galerie am Prater
  • 1983 Budapest , culture and information center of the GDR
  • 1985 Dresden , Galerie Kühl
  • 1985 Paris , culture and information center of the GDR
  • 1985 Bautzen , Budyšin Art Gallery
  • 1986 Halberstadt , St. Florian Gallery
  • 1987 Ismaning , gallery in the palace pavilion
  • 1987/88 Dresden, Xth art exhibition of the GDR
  • 1991 Berlin, Edition Manfred Schmidt
  • 1994 Berlin, gallery of the Berlin graphic press
  • 1994 Berlin, Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee
  • 1999 Sigmaringen , Society for Art and Culture
  • 2001 Berlin, Gallery M
  • 2004 Laubbach , atelier Laubbach
  • 2012 Berlin, Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus , exhibition with graphics by contemporary artists
  • 2013 Berlin, Eberhard Hartwig printmaking studio (in the former studio of Christine Perthen)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Directory of the artists' estates in the Berlinische Galerie
  2. ^ Idw message: Master of the art of etching - Christine Perthen Foundation established on January 17, 2006
  3. ^ VBK: IX. Art exhibition of the GDR . In: Catalog . 1982.
  4. ^ VBK: X. Art Exhibition of the GDR . In: Catalog . 1987.
  5. ^ Homepage of the studio and the Laubbach gallery
  6. ^ Information from the German Bundestag on the exhibition Exhibition with graphics by contemporary artists
  7. ^ Information from the print studio Eberhard Hartwig
personal data
SURNAME Perthen, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirna
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2004
Place of death Berlin