Dieter Gantz
Dieter Gantz (born November 1, 1932 in Reideburg ; † January 15, 2018 ) was a German painter , graphic artist and professor .
Life
In 1951 Dieter Gantz passed his Abitur in the Francke Foundations in Halle (Saale) . He then studied painting until 1957 at the Berlin University of Fine and Applied Arts , where his teachers included Kurt Robbel , Bert Heller , Arno Mohr and Toni Mau . This was followed by studies at the Berlin University of the Arts with Rudolf Bednarczik until 1961 .
After a freelance phase, he was appointed as a university professor at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art in 1980. In 1988 he was appointed professor , and from 1991 he held a full professorship at this art college.
From 1970 he was deputy chairman of the district organization of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . In this capacity, he co-signed a declaration in 1989 expressing incomprehension about the inability of the party and state leadership and calling for a renunciation of force.
Study trips took him to Russia , Finland , Holland , Croatia , Italy , Sweden and Belgium, among others . Dieter Gantz lived and worked in Berlin.
Works (selection)
Paintings and graphics
- 1957 old houses, Weissensee , oil
- 1976 S-Bahn Marx-Engels-Platz , oil on canvas
- 1980 The sweat bath , gouache on cardboard
- 1987 Hommage à Carl Hofer , oil on canvas
- 1987 The couple , OIL
- 1988 Reconstruction of Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg , oil on canvas
- 1990 Berlin landscape , oil on canvas
- 2007 studio , oil
Building-related works and tapestries
- 1962, 1963, 1964 murals for secondary schools in Frankfurt (Oder) , Berlin-Treptow and Berlin-Lichtenberg
- 1971 Man and the sea , glass concrete walls in the Berlin restaurant " Gastmahl des Meeres " (with Hans Vent and Rolf Lindemann , destroyed)
- 1976 Winter landscape with hunting motifs ( tapestry ), work for the Palace of the Republic
- 1976 Happiness and peace for our children , gable wall design of a prefabricated building in Landsberger Allee , email , (with Rolf Schubert)
- 1983 Prometheus , tapestry for the Berlin Palace Hotel
- 1986 The wheel , gable wall design for a secondary school in Berlin-Marzahn
- 1987 Pankow market life , gable painting at the weekly market in Pankow
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1978 Galerie am Prater , Berlin
- 1988 Participation in the exhibition The own view in Berlin's Ephraim-Palais
- 1998 Schlettau Castle
- 1999 Märkisches Museum (Berlin)
- 2010 degewo -Remise, Berlin-Pankow
- 2010 Gallery 100, Berlin
- 2011 Bernau Gallery
- 2014 Solitaire Gallery, Berlin
Works by Dieter Gantz were represented several times at the art exhibition of the GDR in Dresden.
Awards
- 1974 Goethe Prize of the City of Berlin
- 1976 Labor banner
- 1978 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1985 Art Prize of the GDR
Web links
- Dieter Gantz in the joint project Bildatlas Art in the GDR
- Photo by Dieter Gantz (1975) in the holdings of the “Deutsche Fotothek” in the German Digital Library
- The power of the gaze , article in the Märkische Oderzeitung from February 27, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieter Gantz died. In: Neues Deutschland , January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
- ^ Declaration by the VBK, published in the Sächsische Zeitung on October 20, 1989
- ↑ The tapestries of the Palace of the Republic on the pages of the German Historical Museum
- ^ Information from degewo ( Memento of December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gantz, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reideburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th January 2018 |