Gerda Lepke
Gerda Lepke (born March 23, 1939 in Jena ) is a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
Gerda Lepke grew up in Gera . From 1953 to 1957 she attended the Evangelical Proseminar and passed the Abitur there. After training as a nurse and working in nursing in Güstrow , she returned to Gera in 1959. In 1960 she moved to Dresden , worked as a nurse, and in 1962 began evening studies at the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK). From 1966 to 1971 she studied painting at the HfBK with Gerhard Kettner , Herbert Kunze and Jutta Damme . She has been working freelance since 1971. She has been working and living with the artist Max Uhlig since 1973. From 1974 she was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . From 1978 she worked on large-format panel paintings on behalf of Dresden institutions.
In 1989 she was one of the co-founders of the Dresden Secession 89 , of which she is an honorary member today. In 1991 she had a teaching position at the Paderborn Summer Academy. In 1993 she received the first art award from the city of Dresden and in 1996 was a founding member of the Saxon Academy of the Arts .
Gerda Lepke lives in Wurgwitz and Gera.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1975: Galerie Nord, Dresden
- 1977: Intelligence Club , Dresden
- 1978 painting and drawings, Central Institute for Nuclear Research, Rossendorf near Dresden
- 1981: Museum of Fine Arts , Leipzig
- 1983: Gallery in the Altes Museum , Berlin
- 1988: Galerie Mitte, Dresden
- 1989: Galerie Kühl , Dresden
- 1990: Galerie Unter den Linden, Berlin
- 1990: Municipal Gallery, Paderborn
- 1991: Kunsthof, Bonn
- 1992: Galerie Neue Meister , Albertinum, Dresden
- 1996: Kunsthütte Chemnitz
- 1996: Gallery of the Ernst-Rietschel-Kulturring Pulsnitz
- 1999: Lindenau Museum Altenburg and Art Collection Gera
- 2001: Saxon Academy of the Arts , Dresden
- 2009: New Sächsischer Kunstverein (with Wolfgang H. Scholz ), Dresden
- 2012: Lower Saxony State Museum for Art and Cultural History , Oldenburg
Awards (selection)
- 1979: Biella Graphics Prize (Italy)
- 1990: Art Prize of the City of Bonn
- 1993: Art Prize of the State Capital Dresden
Works
- Hans Kromer , Peter Graf , Gerda Lepke, Stefan Plenkers : Arrival from the East: Short Stories. Multi Media Art, 1993, ISBN 978-3-9700002-1-8 .
- Wolfgang Hilbig , Gerda Lepke: Wolfgang Hilbig: Poesiealbum 284. Märkischer Verlag Wilhelmshorst, 2009, ISBN 978-3-931329-84-6 .
- Gisbert Porstmann and Carolin Quermann (eds.): Look: painting and drawing by Gerda Lepke. Kerber Christof Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-86678-272-3 .
Literature (selection)
- Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger (ed.): Letters to friends. PalmArtPress, Berlin, 2019. ISBN 3-96258-027-1 / ISBN 978-3-96258-027-8
Web links
- Short biography of Gerda Lepke on picture atlas Art in the GDR
- Gerda Lepke on artfacts.de
- Short CV at sezession89.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerda Lepke , Bildatlas Kunst in der DDR , accessed on April 8, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lepke, Gerda |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |