Dieter Barth

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Dieter Barth (* 1943 in Passau ) is a German graphic artist and painter .

Life

Dieter Barth was born in 1943 in the Ilzstadt district of Passau . As a child he emigrated to California with his parents , but soon returned to Passau and, at his father's request, began training at a car dealership . In the following years Barth got to know the Passau painter Otto Sammer , who recommended him an artistic training at the art college in Linz . In 1964 he followed up on this suggestion and began studying painting, graphics, literature and art history there, which he completed in 1969 with a diploma from Herbert Dimmel .

In the same year he began a second degree in painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , until he received another diploma from Hermann Kaspar in 1972 .

In 1972 and 1973 Barth worked as an art teacher at the Bundesgymnasium Vöcklabruck, as well as as a freelance artist . Today he works exclusively as a freelancer in his own studio in Berchtesgaden , where he lives with his wife, whom he met on a study trip to Croatia.

Exhibitions of his works included a. in Linz , Vienna , Salzburg , Anif, Munich , Oldenburg , Frankfurt am Main , Bad Reichenhall , Berchtesgaden and Eichstätt . From December 7, 2019 to January 6, 2020, an exhibition in the Passau culture model was on view.

Works (selection)

  • Drei Drei Drei , 2019, acrylic on canvas
  • The trip to Kythera , 2016, acrylic on canvas
  • Odysseus as a pensioner , 2008, acrylic on canvas
  • What Canaletto Didn't See , 2006, acrylic on canvas
  • The Devil's Prayer Book , 1986, playing cards
  • Bomarzo - Siren , 1983, mixed media
  • Venice - Canale Grande , 1977, mixed media on paper

Public purchases

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Elke Rott: Mythology reinterpreted. Accessed January 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Vita | Dieter Barth. Accessed December 23, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Hallein - exhibition “Die Weltanschauungen des Dieter Barth”. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ Jade-Weser-Zeitung - Pictures by Dieter Barth in the Elisabeth-Anna-Palais. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Dieter Barth's Wonder Worlds. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Eichstätt: Ernst Arnold Bauer, Dieter Barth, Peter Kanhäuser and Horst Linhart exhibit together in Eichstätt. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Review - City of Passau - www.passau.de. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  8. ↑ 30 years of the new collection | PASSAU. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Barth, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist, painter and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Passau