Eugen Roth (artist)
Eugen Roth (born December 16, 1925 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ; † March 25, 2011 there ) was a German painter and sculptor . He was particularly active in the field of computer graphics and computer art .
Life
Eugen Roth learned early on, while attending grammar school in Ludwigshafen, to model in a sculptor's atelier and learned the molding technique from a plasterer friend of his. In 1942 and 1943 he created numerous clay portraits in a studio that his father, an electrical engineer, had set up for him. From 1943 to 1945 he was a soldier in France, returned badly injured to Ludwigshafen and worked on his war experiences in a series of watercolors in the Expressionist style .
From 1947 to 1948 he studied at the State School for Arts and Crafts in Saarbrücken with Boris Kleint and Karl Lorenz Kunz . Eugen Roth was a representative of concrete art .
From 1948 to 1951 Roth created material pictures and monotypes , developed techniques for painting with indanthrene colors . Together with his wife Hilde Roth he dealt with art + fashion, was involved in the Kunstverein Ludwigshafen and in the literary cabaret ' Die Schmiere ', Frankfurt / Main. 1950–1952 Construction of his studio house according to his own designs in close consultation with Egon Eiermann's students in a Bauhaus-like style. From 1953 he made pictures of steel structures in front of colored backgrounds and entire murals, from 1956 he and his wife also took on commissioned artistic work for international industrial fairs. In 1968 he was one of the founding members of the group parallel . He was also a member of the Rhein-Neckar Artists Association and the Palatinate Artists Working Group (APK). In 1970 he began to produce the first spatial structure sculptures from stainless steel tube modules. Since 1990, inspired by Herbert W. Franke , Roth has been intensively concerned with the computer as a tool for painting. After first attempts, he started painting digital pictures and computer graphics in 1998 . With his works, Eugen Roth clearly distinguished himself from other artists who deal with computer art or digital art - the representatives of "computational art". Because his works are not a product of graphically represented equations, but he still painted his pictures, but on the screen.
Eugen Roth was married to Hilde Roth since 1947 . He has a daughter, Christel Burghard-Wörfel .
Motivation and message
The 20th and 21st centuries are characterized by ever advancing technology in all areas of life. An artist and his art are shaped by the time in which they live. As a result, the artist and his art today have to orientate themselves towards technology and deal with it.
»If we want to value works of the fine arts as messages from the artist to the viewer, and that is exactly what they are according to their function, then I see the point of my work in making a contribution to the understanding of the technical-scientific developments of our time - and conversely, to draw the attention of scientists and technicians to the aesthetic aspects of their field of work. « - Eugen Roth
Beginning in the 1960s, the computer found its way into the life of the individual with increasing intensity; it supports or replaces the tools used by humans. The computer replaces z. B. canvas and brushes and other tools and aids. The computer becomes the artist's tool for his art.
“The computer is one of the most used tools of our day. How could art stop at him? For me, the digital capabilities of the computer systems have made them into constantly used tools, just like pens, brushes, paint, soldering irons and welding equipment. But beyond all other means, this technology enables me to implement my ideas in an overwhelmingly limitlessly fascinating way. I want to use that. ” - Eugen Roth
Awards
- 1957 1st prize in the Südwestfunk competition
- 1960 Palatinate Prize for Fine Arts
- 2008 Golden Plotter of the City of Gladbeck for three pictures on the topic "WELTBILD - Kosmos - BILDWELTEN"
Works in public space (selection)
- 1952 Steel relief on a port building in Ludwigshafen
- 1957 Mural with steel strings stretched over curved steel surfaces in the Südwestfunk studio in Kaiserslautern
- 1959 Geological mural at the Edith Stein School in Speyer
- 1960 Design of 5 murals in the research institute G201 of BASF in Ludwigshafen
- 1960 mural and spatial sculpture in the Blies School in Ludwigshafen
- 1961 Wall with sculpture "Ball Game" in the Ernst Reuter School, Ludwigshafen
- 1964 Stainless steel structure in the entrance hall of the interpreting institute in Germersheim
- 1965 parapet frieze made of enamel panels in the indoor swimming pool in Marl
- 1967 two murals in the Hohenstaufen high school in Kaiserslautern
- 1970 Wall picture made of aluminum elements in the BfG Ludwigshafen
- 1972 Overall artistic design of the Mundenheim school center, together with Hilde Roth
- 1973 Spatial structure sculpture in the courtyard of the Betzenberg school center in Kaiserslautern
- 1973 Wall painting made of triangle modules in the integrated comprehensive school in Ludwigshafen-Gartenstadt
- 1981 Overall artistic design of the Speyer-Ost school center, together with Hilde Roth
- 1982 Pyramidal spatial structure sculpture in front of the council chamber of the Ludwigshafen town hall center
- 1997 Stainless steel room structure with mobile in Ludwigshafen-Maudach
- 2000 Two spatial structure sculptures on loan to the city of Schweinfurt as part of the "Cultural Summer 2000"
Exhibitions / participations (selection)
- 1954 Universa House Nuremberg: "8 Palatinate Artists"
- 1960 Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern : "Pfalzpreis for Eugen Roth"
- 1961 Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 1961 Mannheim Art Association
- 1961 House of Art , Munich
- 1961 Koblenz Castle
- 1961 Landesmuseum Mainz
- 1964 Dr. Ludwig Reichert-Haus, Ludwigshafen: "Bucher - Kunz - Roth - Vorhauer"
- 1968 Dr. Ludwig Reichert House, Ludwigshafen
- 1968 TU Berlin: "International Computer Conference"
- 1968 Brooklyn Museum New York: International conference "Experiments in Art and Technology"
- 1968 “Galerie Senatore”, Stuttgart
- 1971 Dr. Ludwig Reichert House, Ludwigshafen
- 1973 Parliamentary Society, Bonn
- 1998 Collection of the German Bundestag, Bonn: "Selected - Works on Paper"
- 1998 Kunstverein Villa Streccius , Landau
- 2002 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna: Conference and exhibition "art bits"
- 2002 "art bits" u. a. at the Photokina in Cologne, the Cebit in Hanover, Epson in Brussels
- 2002 “Fascination Technology - Digital Pictures by Eugen Roth” at BASF Ludwigshafen
- 2003 "Eugen Roth - Digital Pictures" in the Mannheim Planetarium with a large projection in the dome
- 2004 "New digital pictures by Eugen Roth", gallery for design and visual communication in the vocational school (BBS) Ludwigshafen
- 2005 “Fascination Art + Technology” in the headquarters of the Sparkasse Vorderpfalz, Ludwigshafen
- 2006 "Computer Art 2006", Museum Gladbeck
- 2006 "Eugen Roth - Art from the Computer" in the Sparkasse Miltenberg-Obernburg
- 2007 “20th Century Computer Art - Beginnings and Developments” at the TAMA Art University Museum, Tokyo
- 2008 Psychotherapeutic University Outpatient Clinic in Landau
- 2008 “From the basement to the light”, Kunstverein Villa Streccius , Landau
- 2008 Museum Gladbeck "WORLD IMAGE - Cosmos - IMAGE WORLDS"
- 2009 Speyer Memorial Church "Computer Art meets Choral" together with Peter Heidrich as part of Kult (o) urnacht
- 2009 Melanchthon Church Ludwigshafen, presentation of pictures for chorales by Arvo Pärt together with Peter Heidrich as part of the cultural summer
- 2009 Museum Pachen, Rockenhausen , together with Jochen Frisch and Regina Reim , award winners of the apk
- 2010 kulTurm Ludwigshafen, exhibition and presentation of pictures to music by Lehberger , Satie , Sibelius together with Peter Heidrich as part of the cultural summer
- 2010 “Science Art II - Pictures between Art and Science”, Kunstverein Villa Streccius , Landau, exhibition and presentation of pictures for chorales by Arvo Pärt together with Peter Heidrich
- 2012 “Roth-Roth / Wörfel-Wörfel”, artist family over several generations, Städtische Galerie Speyer, Speyer and Purrmann-Haus , Speyer, group exhibition by Hilde and Eugen Roth, Christel and Peter Wörfel, Jan Wörfel
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sculptor Eugen Roth has died ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.news.de of March 29, 2011. Accessed March 30, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 2011 |
| Place of death | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |