Jürgen Gerhard

Jürgen Gerhard (* 1947 in Leipzig ) is a German painter .

After graduating from high school, Gerhard learned the profession of typesetter , which he practiced in Leipzig from 1966 to 1967. From 1968 he studied ten semesters at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and graduated in 1973 with a diploma. Since then he has been working as a freelance painter and graphic artist. In 1976 he moved to Hohen Neuendorf in Brandenburg , where he has also had his own studio since 1978. From 1986 to 1990 Gerhard was an honorary lecturer at the Technical School for Advertising and Design in Berlin-Schöneweide . Since 1990 he has lectured at the adult education center and from 2000 to 2004 held a teaching position for figurative drawing at the "Konrad Wolf" University of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg .

Gerhard's works have been shown in solo exhibitions and participation in exhibitions, primarily in the area of ​​the former GDR , but also in Hanoi , London , Minsk , Moscow and Prague . Some of his work is in public ownership and in numerous museums, including the Lindenau Museum Altenburg , Märkisches Museum Berlin or the Otto-Dix-Haus .

Jürgen Gerhard has been married to the ceramist Frauke Seifert since 1975 and lives with her in Hohen Neuendorf .

Awards

• 1979: Prize of the Minister for Culture on the occasion of the exhibition Young Artists
• 1983: Art and Sport Art Prize
• 1983: Most beautiful (graphic) book of the year

Web links

• Press release from the city of Hohen Neuendorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Artist directory - Hohen Neuendorf ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of Hohen Neudorf, accessed on April 10, 2014 
2. ↑ Optical experiences , Märkische Oderzeitung from January 24, 2012