Hubert Riedel

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Hubert Riedel, 2013

Hubert Riedel (born September 7, 1948 in Berlin ; † May 31, 2018 in Berlin) was a German graphic designer , curator and specialist author .

Life

After finishing school, Hubert Riedel worked for ten years as a milling cutter and dispatcher in heavy engineering. From 1965 he dealt with art, from 1967 especially with the work of the poster artist Lucian Bernhard . In 1974 his first poster, Chile is again Chile , was published, which received a lot of international attention. From 1975 to 1986 he was the house graphic artist at the Berlin City Library . Since 1987 he has worked as a freelancer. For many years he designed posters for galleries and museums.

In 1987/88, five posters by Hubert Riedel were shown as part of the Xth Art Exhibition of the GDR .

After 1990 he designed, among other things, posters and catalogs for the Institute for Foreign Relations . On their behalf, he curated the exhibition Lucian Bernhard - Advertising and Design in the Dawn of the 20th Century , which has been on view in over 40 countries on all continents since 1999.

There are posters by Hubert Riedel in the inventory

Awards

Hubert Riedel's works were represented 26 times in the selection “ The 100 best posters of the year ”.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1985 Berlin City Library, HR posters
  • 1992 Berlin, gallery in Scheunenviertel, change of exhibition
  • 2008/09 Berlin, Galerie Mitte, HR 60 posters
  • 2010 Lucerne , Chapel Rössligasse, Poster Festival 10, HR retrospective
  • 2015 Altranft , Oderbruch Museum

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1975 Berlin, Museum for German History , The best posters of the year '74
  • 1980, 1986 to 1990 Warsaw Gallery Zachęta, International Poster Biennale
  • 1986 Berlin, exhibition center at the television tower, Visuell '86
  • 1988 Berlin, exhibition center at the television tower, international posters
  • 1988 Posen Museum Narodowe, Cultural Posters of European Socialist Countries
  • 1988 and 1990 Neubrandenburg , Berlin, Vienna , House for Culture and Education / Berlin City Library / Gallery ZB, posters from Berlin
  • 1989 to 1996 Lahti , Art Museum, VIII./IX./X./XV. International poster biennial
  • 1990 Paris , Grand Palais, IVe Salon international de l'Affiche et des Arts de la Rue
  • 1990 Storrs (CT USA), Atrium Gallery, posters: East / West Germany
  • 1992 Ogaki / Tokyo / Osaka, Exhibition of German Posters 1992
  • 1993 Cottbus, Brandenburg Art Collections, Haufe Riedel Wallat posters
  • 1994 Essen, German Poster Museum , 7th Triennial The best posters from 1990 to 1993
  • 2007 and 2011 Schwerin and Berlin, pasted over, posters from the GDR
  • 2018 Beeskow Castle , La beauté est dans la rue - Beauty is on the street Posters from France, Poland and the GDR

literature

Hubert Riedel campaigned for poster art in numerous publications in German-speaking countries.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog of the Xth art exhibition in the GDR. Pp. 359 and 521.
  2. ↑ Information from the IFA on the exhibition Lucian Bernhard - Advertising and Design in the Dawn of the 20th Century ( Memento from August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Poster collection of the AdK
  4. ^ Database of the DHM
  5. ^ Poster collection of the art museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus
  6. ^ Information as part of an exhibition at the Swiss World Format Association ( Memento from March 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Information from the city of Strausberg

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personal data
SURNAME Riedel, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic and poster artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 2018
Place of death Berlin