Gerd Rokahr

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Gerd Rokahr

Gerd Rokahr (born August 17, 1942 in Hanover ) is a German painter , graphic artist and author .

Live and act

Gerd Rokahr spent his childhood and youth in Esens , East Friesland . After an apprenticeship as a shop window designer, he studied painting and graphics at the Bremen State Art School with Winfred Gaul and Karl Heinrich Greune . In 1967 he received support studies at the State Art School in Bremen as well as an "artist support" from the Senator for Education in Bremen. From 1971 to 2001 he worked as an art teacher in Esens and from 1975 to 1978 as a lecturer in painting and graphics at the Wittmund District Adult Education Center. Rokahr has been a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK Ostfriesland) since 1976 .

The focus of Gerd Rokahr's artistic work is the human being with his or her peculiarities. “The graphic artist translates human weaknesses and behaviors into impressive images with sometimes subtle humor and an unconventional language of forms reminiscent of childlike expression. Dreams, the unconscious and the mysterious are also designed by him in an imaginative way. His landscapes, on the other hand, show the peculiarities of the North Sea coast, while the political works address current social conflicts. The overall work, which plays with visual perception, is characterized by its multi-senses ”.

As an author, Gerd Rokahr has dealt in particular with the history of the city of Esens. In recognition of his commitment, the city council awarded him the "Silver Bear" of the city of Esens in 1992. Gerd Rokahr's book "Die Juden in Esens", which appeared in 1987 as the first monograph of the working group "History of the Jewish Communities in East Friesland" in the East Frisian Landscape in Aurich, was considered a model for all subsequent monographs of the working group after its publication. His book Eine Chronik der Stadt Esens is considered to be the first scientifically based and comprehensive chronicle of an East Frisian city.

In 1987 the "Ecumenical Working Group Jews and Christians in Esens" was founded, which Rokahr headed as 1st chairman until 1996. In 1990, during a “Week of Encounters” between Jews and Christians from Harlingerland in Esens, the “August-Gottschalk-Haus” was inaugurated as a memorial and museum dedicated to the history of Jews in East Frisia.

Gerd Rokahr lives and works as a graphic artist and author of regional history studies in Esens, East Frisia.

Gerd Rokahr was included with his work in the " artist database and estate archive of Lower Saxony ".

Exhibitions (selection)

Oil paintings, drawings and prints by Gerd Rokahr were shown in 19 solo exhibitions and 150 group exhibitions in Germany and abroad.

Solo exhibitions

  • 1967: Oil paintings, drawings and lithographs , Cabinet for Current Art , Bremerhaven
  • 1968: Drawings and lithographs , Galerie Werkstatt, Bremen
  • 1970: Drawings, collages and prints , Beck Gallery, Erlangen
  • 1970: Oil paintings and collages , Von der Heydt Museum , Wuppertal
  • 1971: Oil paintings, collages and prints , Beck Gallery, Erlangen
  • 1973: Collages and etchings , Paula-Becker-Modersohn-Haus , Böttcherstraße , Bremen
  • 1975: Oil paintings, collages, prints , Theodor-Thomas-Halle, Esens
  • 1982: Prints , Galerie "Gruppe Grün", Bremen
  • 1983: Printmaking , Rosebrock furnishing studio, Verden
  • 1985: Prints , (together with Elsbeth Lange), exhibition room "Im Giebel", Esens
  • 1986: Etchings and linocuts , gallery in the “Goldschmiede am Markt”, north
  • 1998: Prints , (together with H.- C. Wimmer), gallery in Borromäus-Hospital , Leer
  • 2002: Linocuts , August-Gottschalk-Haus , Esens
  • 2012: Symbolism and deeper meaning , Municipal Gallery “Müllerhaus”, Esens
  • 2013: Landscapes, People and Animals , Kunsthaus Leer
  • 2015: Etchings on texts about Jewish life in East Friesland , August-Gottschalk-Haus, Esens

Group exhibitions

Publicly owned works

Numerous works by Gerd Rokahr can be found in public and private collections at home and abroad, including the University of the Arts, Bremen, the Senator for Education, Bremen, the "Artist's Books Archive", Edewecht, and "The State Museum" in Majdanek, Lublin. With its Rokahr collection comprising 330 works, the Kunsthaus Leer has an extensive inventory of oil paintings, collages, drawings and, above all, prints by the East Frisian painter and graphic artist.

Publications (selection)

A selection of literature by and about the artist Gerd Rokahr, the books he has illustrated and his publications on regional history can be found in the catalog of the landscape library in Aurich.

Visual arts

  • Susanne Augat: Gerd Rokahr - landscapes, people and animals . A publication by the Kunsthaus Leer. Oldenburg 2013. ISBN 978-3-89995-958-1
  • Otto J. Groeg (Ed.): Who's who in the Arts, Who's Who-Book & Publishing , Vol. 2. Munich 1976 (Ed.1), Wörthsee 1978 (Ed. 2, authorized ISSN  0170-7108 )
  • Klaus Hofmann (ed.): German art in the 20th century. Collection of the Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg . Wolfsburg 1974, p. 113
  • Ernest Kay (Ed.): International who's who in art and antiques . Cambridge 1976, p. 324
  • Andreas Klimt; Sandra Trepák: Kürschner's Handbook of Visual Artists: Germany, Austria, Switzerland , Vol. 2. Munich, Leipzig 2007, p. 893
  • Gerd Rokahr (Hs.): Prints 1963–1998. A catalog raisonné . Esens 2008
  • Elizabeth Schwiontek: Art Contours / Artist Profiles . History and present of the BBK in Lower Saxony . Hanover 1998, p. 286
  • Axel Alexander Ziese (Ed.): General directory of artists in the visual and creative arts of the late XX. Century . Vol. 6. Nuremberg 1984, No. 86039

Illustrations

  • Working group of East Frisian authors (ed.): Nix blifft as't is. East Frisian literature of the 80s . With 10 text and cover illustrations based on prints by Gerd Rokahr. Leer 1989. ISBN 3-927139-08-4
  • Manfred Briese: Day and Dream. Narratives . With 7 text and cover illustrations based on pen drawings by Gerd Rokahr. Leer 2000. ISBN 3-934370-22-5
  • Manfred Briese: Taxi to Esens, holiday stories from East Friesland . With 5 illustrations after brush drawings by Gerd Rokahr. Leer 2002. ISBN 3-934370-56-2
  • Theo Schuster: But the Jews are gone ... traces of Jewish life in language and literature in and around East Frisia . With 14 text and cover illustrations after etchings by Gerd Rokahr. Leer 2013. ISBN 978-3-7963-0394-4
  • Theo Schuster: Spook in the Hammrichshof. Fairy tales, legends, superstitions, stories and anecdotes from East Frisia. With 19 text and cover illustrations based on chalk drawings by Gerd Rokahr. Leer 2015. ISBN 978-3-7963-0384-5

Regional history

  • Gerd Rokahr: The Jews in Esens. History of the Jewish community in Esens from its beginnings in the 17th century to its end in the National Socialist era . Aurich 1987; 2nd edition 1992. ISBN 3-925365-76-1
  • Gerd Rokahr: Remember, not suppress. Ten years of the Ecumenical Working Group Jews and Christians in Esens . Esens / Wittmund, 1997
  • Gerd Rokahr: The bomb attack on Esens on September 27, 1943. Approaching a difficult subject . Esens 2003
  • Gerd Rokahr: A Chronicle of the City of Esens. Dates and facts - assumptions and legends - from the beginning to the present . Esens 2010. ISBN 978-3-87542-075-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Susanne Augat: Gerd Rokahr - Landscapes, People and Animals. A publication by the Kunsthaus Leer. Oldenburg 2013. p. 64. ISBN 978-3-89995-958-1
  2. ↑ Axel-Alexander Ziese: Article: Gerd Rokahr ( Memento from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: General Lexicon of Artists in the Visual and Creative Arts of the late XX. Century . Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Reflection on central questions of humanity. Symbolism and deeper meaning - exhibition by the Esensian artist Gerd Rokahr in the municipal gallery “Müllerhaus” . In: Anzeiger für Harlingerland from August 8, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b BBK Ostfriesland: Members . Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Susanne Augat, director of the Kunsthaus Leer on the exhibition: Gerd Rokahr: Landscapes, People and Animals in the Kunsthaus Leer . Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  6. ^ A b Klaus Wilbers (Mayor of Esens) and Jürgen Buß (City Director): For guidance . In: Gerd Rokahr: A Chronicle of the City of Esens . Brune-Mettcker-Verlag, Wittmund 2010. ISBN 978-3-87542-075-3 . P. 4
  7. ↑ Michaela Ölsner: Land of Discoveries. Journey to the Jewish East Frisia . Documentation on the cooperation program. Aurich 2014, p. 28. Also: Hajo van Lengen : Zum Geleit . In: Gerd Rokahr: The Jews in Esens. The history of the Jewish community in Esens from its beginnings in the 17th century to its end during the National Socialist era , Aurich 1987, 1994², ISBN 3-925365-76-1 .
  8. ↑ Gerd Rokahr: Remember, not suppress. Ten years of the Ecumenical Working Group Jews and Christians in Esens . Esens / Wittmund, 1997, pp. 17, 36-74, 117.
  9. ↑ Susanne Augat: Gerd Rokahr - Landscapes, People and Animals. A publication by the Kunsthaus Leer. Oldenburg 2013 ( ISBN 978-3-89995-958-1 ). List of solo and group exhibitions from 1965–2012 on pp. 66–70, Detlef Kiesé: Art also shown in some neighboring countries. Esenser graphic artist Gerd Rokahr took part in a group exhibition for the 150th time . In: Anzeiger für Harlingerland from October 15, 2013
  10. ↑ Klaus Handel: Reflection on central questions of humanity. Symbolism and deeper meaning - exhibition by the Esensian artist Gerd Rokahr in the municipal gallery “Müllerhaus” . In: Anzeiger für Harlingerland from August 9, 2012
  11. ↑ Andrea Lieder-Hein: applause from the scene for the description of the new pictures. Gerd Rokahr exhibition opened in the Kunsthaus in Leer / numerous visitors. In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung from April 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ Detlef Kiesé: Jewish life interpreted with an eraser needle. Exhibition. Gerd Rokahr created impressive works on texts about Jewish life in East Frisia . In: Anzeiger für Harlingerland from September 7, 2015
  13. ↑ private property. Art collections of Bremen artists. Exhibition in the Städt. Galerie Bremen, September 30th-11th November 2012. Invitation card with the names of all the exhibiting artists.
  14. ^ Christian Behrends: Exhibition: The name says it all. 25. Exhibition until the end of the year in the “Nordbrücke” art house . In: Anzeiger für Harlingerland from December 5, 2012
  15. ↑ Manfred Schütz: There is little interest in external success. The graphic artist Gerd Rokahr from Esens is primarily looking for inner self-affirmation. In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung (Leer), 12th of 1996. Also: Axel-Alexander Ziese: Article: Gerd Rokahr ( Memento of the original from September 26th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: General lexicon of artists in the fine and creative arts of the late XX. Century . Retrieved September 24, 2015 and: Reflection on central questions of humanity. Symbolism and deeper meaning - exhibition by the Esensian artist Gerd Rokahr in the municipal gallery “Müllerhaus” . In: Anzeiger für Harlingerland from August 8, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lex-art.de
  16. ↑ Susanne Augat: Gerd Rokahr - Landscapes, People and Animals. A publication by the Kunsthaus Leer . Oldenburg 2013. ISBN 978-3-89995-958-1 . P. 9
  17. ^ Johann Haddinga : Literary stumbling blocks in East Friesland. New release. Theo Schuster documents Jewish life for the second time. In. Ostfriesischer Kurier from December 18, 2013
  18. ^ Johann Haddinga: New volume with East Frisian folk stories. From Theo Schuster's treasure trove - fairy tales, legends, superstition and anecdotes . In: Ostfriesischer Kurier from August 29, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Rokahr, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover