Herrad Prete
Herrad Prete (born November 20, 1933 in Ludwigshafen ) is a painter who lives in Luxembourg and Venice . She is a founding member of the multinational artist group Origine .
Life
Herrad Prete grew up in Mannheim and studied modern literature and languages in Heidelberg . After completing her studies, she lived in Luxembourg, where she and her husband Franco Prete founded the multinational artist group Origine and the publishing house of the same name. Origine's stated aim was to promote the cultural exchange between French and Italian poetry and art.
From 1960 to 2007 she contributed to the translation, publication and distribution of various poets from Italy, France, Belgium and Luxembourg in the form of anthologies, individual and collective editions and literary magazines in her publishing house Origine.
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Herrad Prete's works were exhibited in numerous solo and collective exhibitions in Luxembourg, France, Italy, England and Belgium from 1968 onwards. She also worked on numerous bibliophile art print editions in Italy, Luxembourg and Belgium as part of Origine. For her work she received the 'Osella d'Oro' from the city of Venice.
style
At the center of her sensitive, atmospheric works, in which she developed her own mixed technique, is the capture of the special light of the city of Venice. She is inspired by painters such as William Turner and Lyonel Feininger .
On the occasion of the exhibition "Traces from Venice" at the Goethe-Institut Luxembourg (1992), Paul Bertemes characterized her art as follows:
“... Herrad Prete goes her own art way. She perceives tensions and moods, experiences colors and light, secures traces, walks through rooms, holds onto architectural elements [...] But these are all just the external influences that serve to work out multi-layered inner pictorial spaces. [...] Herrad Prete speaks a pleasantly consistent, graphically reserved language in her diffuse, misty light spaces. [...] This creates a structured, tense, poetic mood that has a captivating effect precisely because of its barren beauty. "
Solo exhibitions
- 1969: Galerie Bruck , Luxembourg
- 1971: Il Semaforo Gallery , Florence
- 1971: Istituto Italiano di Cultura , Strasbourg
- 1973: Ca 'Rezzonico Gallery , Strasbourg
- 1973: Galerie La Grande Jatte , Brussels
- 1973: Il Controdado Gallery , Rome
- 1974: Galerie St. Michel , Luxembourg
- 1990: Dedalus Gallery , Milan
- 1992: Thomas-Mann Library, Goethe-Institut Luxembourg
Collective exhibitions
- 1970: Interférences européennes , Paris
- 1970: Musée d'Art Moderne , Céret
- 1970: Education et vie sociale , Paris
- 1971: Maison de la Culture , Nice
- 1973: Bertrand Russel Foundation , Nottingham
- 1979: Galerie Bruck , Luxembourg
- 1985: Voyages en Sicile , Luxembourg
- 1985: Galerie de Luxembourg , Luxembourg
- 1991: Les Peintres d'Estuaires , Luxembourg
literature
- Hélène Gilmard & André Doms , Origine: un voyage poétique insolite entre cultures . Maison de la poésie (2008)
- Arnaldo Ferragni : Origine - Témoignage d'un chemin commun , p. 36. Grafiche 2am (2009)
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- ↑ Flyer for the exhibition "Traces from Venice" at the Goethe-Institut Luxemburg 1992
- ↑ Flyer for the exhibition "Traces from Venice" at the Goethe-Institut Luxemburg 1992
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Prete, Herrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter with residences in Luxembourg and Venice, founding member of the multinational artist group Origine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen |