Dieter Rex
Dieter Rex (born January 2, 1936 in Bad Frankenhausen ; † November 20, 2002 there ) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Career
Dieter Rex completed an apprenticeship as a set designer in 1954 before studying painting and tapestry weaving at the University of Industrial Design in Halle, Burg Giebichenstein from 1955 to 1960 . He was a student of Kurt Bunge , Lothar Zitzmann , Meinolf Splett and Willi Sitte . From 1961 he worked as a freelance artist. In 1978 he received the teaching assignment in Halle (Saale) . In 1986 he was appointed full professor for painting. Between 1986 and 1991 he was director of the visual and applied arts section .
From 1970 Rex became increasingly involved with landscape painting and the pastel technique.
In 1999 he went back to his hometown Bad Frankenhausen, where he died in 2002.
Awards
- 1970 Handel Prize of the Halle district (in the collective "Monument 25 Years of Democratic Land Reform")
- 1981 Art Prize of the GDR
Works (selection)
- Cliff (watercolor, 1976)
- Vit (watercolor, 1976)
- Thunderstorm by the sea (watercolor, 1976)
- Winter evening in the Hainleite (oil painting, 1987)
Works in museums and public collections (selection)
- Bad Frankenhausen / Kyffhäuser , collection of the regional museum in Schloss Frankenhausen (including: welder from Leuna II ; panel painting, mixed media, 1967)
- Gera, Gera Art Collection, Otto-Dix-Haus (including: Portrait of an old man; graphite drawing, 1979)
Individual evidence
- ^ Winner of the GDR Art Prize 1981 , In: Neues Deutschland , April 25, 1981, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rex, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Frankenhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 2002 |
| Place of death | Bad Frankenhausen |