Janet Brooks Gerloff

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Self-portrait Janet Brooks Gerloff, 1996, 60 × 50 cm, oil on canvas

Janet Brooks Gerloff (also: Janet Brooks-Gerloff , born April 20, 1947 in Kansas , USA; † September 22, 2008 in Kornelimünster near Aachen , Germany) was a painter. She studied at the University of Northern Colorado , where she graduated as an art teacher .

Career

During her training from 1967 to 1972 she received artistic impulses from Joe Hutchinson, Texas and from Pawel Kontny, Denver and from 1972 to 1976 from Oskar Koller , Nuremberg. In 1972 she moved to Germany, where she married the doctor Joachim Gerloff in the same year. With this she has two children: Anneke and Hendrik. Until 2003 she lived and worked in her studio in Aachen-Brand. In the same year she moved into a new studio in the New Benedictine Abbey in Kornelimünster , Aachen, and moved into a second studio in Weimar . From 2005 the artist set up her studio in a listed half-timbered house in the historic center of Kornelimünster. She lived and worked here until her death in September 2008. She found her final resting place in the Kornelimünster mountain cemetery . The dominant theme in Janet Brooks Gerloff's work is people in conflict and upheaval.

Awards

Awards further distinguish Janet Brooks Gerloff through awards from the University of Northern Colorado in 1989 and the Prize of the Rheinischer Kunstverein Aachen in 1990 as well as through membership in the Künstleronderbund , Berlin and in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Solo exhibition at Gallery Bernardi, Denver, Colorado 1972 and 1973.
  • Solo exhibition Galerie Zabo, Nuremberg 1980.
  • Solo exhibition Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus , Bonn 1982.
  • Solo exhibition portraits in the Bonn Press Club, 1984.
  • Solo exhibition at Kaspar Hauser Galerie Kurzendörfer, Pilsach 1986.
  • Solo exhibition in the Parliamentary Society under the patronage of Otto Graf Lambsdorff , 1987.
  • Traveling exhibition The Mystery of Man , Aachen, Hamburg, Trier, Schwerte, Munich, St. Augustin 1988/89.
  • Solo exhibition Kaspar Hauser: Language and Speechlessness with a reading by Hilde Domin , Aachen 1990.
  • Joint exhibition Rheinischer Kunstpreis 1990 under the patronage of Rita Süssmuth , Burg Stolberg 1990.
  • Solo exhibition Faces and Stories in the Gewandhaus Leipzig, 1991.
  • Solo exhibition on Waiting for Godot in cooperation with the Stadttheater Aachen , presented in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum , Aachen 1991.
  • Solo exhibition at the Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels 1993.
  • Participation in the large art exhibition NRW Düsseldorf 1993 .
  • Participation Black / White , Dillon Gallery, New York City 1997.
  • Solo exhibition with pictures for poems by Hilde Domin in the Protestant Academy in Mülheim, 1997.
  • Participation in the large art exhibition NRW Düsseldorf 1998 .
  • Participation in Grotesque at the Stendahl Gallery in NY 1998.
  • Solo exhibition People and Moments , Galerie Ruetz, Munich 1998.
  • Solo exhibition pictures based on poems by Durs Grünbein with a reading by Dürs Grünbein in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen 1998, and at Wendgräben Castle, 1999.
  • Solo exhibition witch's kitchen from Goethe's Faust in the Lucas-Cranach-Galerie in the cultural capital of Weimar, 1999.
  • Official inauguration of the portrait of August Everding in the August Everding Cultural Center Bottrop and in the National Theater in Munich, 1999.
  • Solo exhibition of pictures from Schubert's winter journey at Rolandseck station in collaboration with Ulrich Schütte and Michael Gees , 1999.
  • Participation artists and photographers today at the turn of the millennium in the Ludwig Forum for International Art , Aachen 1999.
  • Participation in the middle of the night at the turn of the millennium in the Peterskirche Aachen, 1999.
  • Solo exhibition fragility pictures based on poems by Durs Grünbein, Telefonseelsorge Aachen-Eifel, Aachen.
  • Image Aachener Karlsbilder - veiled for the Historikertag Aachen 2000.
  • Solo exhibition Winterreise in collaboration with Ulrich Schütte and Michael Gees in the Reichsabtei Kornelimünster and in the Palais Harrach Vienna, 2001.
  • Solo exhibition Witches Kitchen from Goethe's Faust in the Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen 2001.
  • Solo exhibition Galerie Lindenthal, Cologne 2001.
  • Solo exhibition In me is always farewell at St. Matthäus Stift am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 2001. Pictures of the Archeopteryx for the Natural History Museum in Berlin 2002.
  • Lithography series Hexenküche from Faust I 2002.
  • Portrait series Friedrich Nietzsche 2002.
  • Solo exhibition Winterreise in collaboration with Ulrich Schütte and Michael Gees in the Lufcik Gallery Warsaw, in the Gallery of the National Museum Krakow, in the Museum for Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig, in the National Museum in Poznan and in the Research Center Jülich, 2002.
  • Solo exhibition Winterreise in collaboration with Ulrich Schütte and Erwin Ernst Wilhelm Meier in the Heimatmuseum Verl and in the Landesmuseum Detmold, 2003.
  • Solo exhibition Pictures to poems by Durs Grünbein with a reading by Durs Grünbein in the Literature Forum in the Brechthaus Berlin, 2003.
  • Solo exhibition of pictures based on poems by Durs Grünbein with a reading by Dürs Grünbein, Burgau Castle, Düren 2003.
  • Official inauguration of the portrait of Hans Hotter in the National Theater in Munich , 2004.
  • Traveling exhibition Pictures to poems by Attila József in the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin, in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest and in the Museum Zinkhütter Hof Stolberg (Rhld.), 2005, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Würzburg 2006, and DVD without knocking from Dieter Bartel for the exhibition of the same name in 2004, performed in Berlin, Budapest, Stolberg.
  • Solo exhibition Janet Brooks Gerloff , Figures and Stories in the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne , 2008.
  • Solo exhibition Witches Kitchen from Goethe's Faust , Casa di Goethe, Rome 2009.
  • Solo exhibition fragility pictures based on poems by Durs Grünbein, Telefonseelsorge Aachen-Eifel, Aachen 2011.
  • Solo exhibition pictures by Janet Brooks Gerloff , Studio Cru, Cologne 2011.
  • Solo exhibition Encounter with Janet Brooks Gerloff in memoriam , Museum Zinkhütter Hof, Stolberg (Rhld.) 2013.
  • Solo exhibition THE JANET BROOKS GERLOFF ART COLLECTION , Steinweg-Galerie im Burg-Center, Stolberg (Rhld.) 2013.
  • Memorial exhibition 5th anniversary , Ev. Kornelimünster-Zweifall church and Kornelimünster Benedictine abbey, September 22, 2013, Aachen-Kornelimünster.
  • Joint exhibition Insights , painting by Johannes Wickert and Janet Brooks Gerloff, November 10, 2013 to mid-2014, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Neuwied.
  • Memorial concert and exhibition Lux Aurumque , December 14, 2013, Benedictine Abbey Kornelimünster.
  • MENSCHSEIN - double exhibition with works by Janet Brooks Gerloff and Johannes Wickert, Aula Carolina, Aachen, 11. – 12. April 2015.
  • Solo exhibition as part of the 6th art tour ARTTOUR de Stolberg , Steinweg-Galerie im Burg-Center, Stolberg (Rhld.), 9. – 10. May 2015.
  • Painting exhibition with accompanying charity concert Together against the cold , monastery church of the Benedictine Abbey of Kornelimünster, November 8, 2015.
  • Solo exhibition as part of the 7th art tour ARTTOUR de Stolberg , Steinweg-Galerie im Burg-Center, Stolberg (Rhld.), May 1st, 2016.
  • Group exhibition for life to go on as part of the XX. International IFOTES Congress.
  • Solo exhibition and memorial concert on the occasion of Janet Brooks Gerloff's 70th birthday, St. Laurentius parish church, Aachen-Laurensberg, April 30, 2017.
  • Solo exhibition as part of the 8th ARTTOUR de Stolberg art tour , Janet Brooks Gerloff ART Collection in the Burg-Center, Stolberg (Rhld.), May 7, 2017.
  • Solo exhibition and memorial concert on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of Janet Brooks Gerloff, Ev. Friedenskirche Eupen / Belgium, October 3, 2017.
  • Solo exhibition Pictures by Janet Brooks Gerloff, Telephone Pastoral Care Aachen Eifel, Aachen, January 9 to April 27, 2018
  • Solo exhibition as part of the 9th ARTTOUR de Stolberg art tour , Janet Brooks Gerloff ART Collection - the complete estate - in the Burg-Center, Stolberg (Rhld.), May 6, 2018
  • Solo exhibition and memorial concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Janet Brooks Gerloff, Klosterkirche of the Benedictine Abbey Kornelimünster, September 22, 2018

Works (selection)

Portraits

Janet Brook Gerloff created portraits of, among others, Rainer Barzel (on behalf of the Bundestag), Otto Graf Lambsdorff , Heinz Kühn , Ernst Albrecht , Manfred Wörner , Peter Graf von Kielmansegg , Abbot Albert Altenähr, Hilde Domin , four portraits August Everding , Marcel Marceau , Ernst Pöppel , Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt , Lindiwe Mabuza , Helmut Schmidt , Theo Waigel , Hans Hotter , Hugo Cadenbach , Konrad Beikircher , Max Kerner , Bernd-Olaf Küppers , Gabriele and Felix Schumpelick and Ulrich Schütte.

Altarpieces

Other works by Janet Brooks Gerloff include the altarpieces in the Benedictine Abbey of Kornelimünster, in the Protestant church in Ittersbach and that of St. Laurentius in Laurensberg , Aachen.

Stained glass window

The artist created glass windows for St. Michael and St. Katharina in Balkhausen / Odenwald, St. Marien in Volkmarsen, St. Elisabeth Stift in Herne , St. Nikolaikirche in Heisede and the Protestant church in Aachen-Kornelimünster.

Posters and CD covers

Several posters for the WDR for the "Nachtmusik" series were also part of her work, as was the design of the CD covers for the recordings by Ulrich Schütte and Gary Holt "Friedrich Hölderlin - four chants" and "Songs for poems by Heinrich Heine", for the CD “Winterreise” by Ulrich Schütte / Michael Gees and for “Fairy tales and ballads - also for adults” spoken by Konrad Beikircher , sung by Ulrich Schütte with Jürgen Glauß on the piano.

Catalogs and publications, radio and television (selection)

Catalogs and writings have been published by Janet Brooks Gerloff on:

  • Catalog mystery man 1988,
  • Brochure Rheinischer Kunstpreis 1990 Rheinischer Kunstverein eV, Aachen,
  • Book Life Before Eyes 1991,
  • Illustrations in art and messages , graphic posters 86 and The German Parliament 1991,
  • Book Time and Man 1996,
  • Catalog fragility with pictures for poems by Durs Grünbein 1998,
  • Catalog witch's kitchen with pictures of Goethe's Faust 1999,
  • Catalog winter trip 2001,
  • Catalog without knocking with pictures of poems by Attila József 2004,
  • DVD without knocking by Dieter Bartel for the 2004 exhibition of the same name. Performed in Berlin, Budapest, Stolberg
  • Catalog Gestalten and Stories with pictures from the exhibition in the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne, 2008,
  • Brochure The church window by Janet Brooks Gerloff in the church of the Evangelical parish Kornelimünster-Zweifall in Kornelimünster 2010.

She helped shape programs on ZDF , RTL and Deutschlandspiegel, Bayerischer Rundfunk Researchers and Facts .

literature

  • Birgit Lermen: The Cain / Abel motif in pictures by Janet Brooks-Gerloff, in: Katechetisch Blätter 115 (1990) 304-309.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1988 Honorees. In: Honored Alumni of University of Colorado. Retrieved June 20, 2018 (American English).
  2. ↑ Jürgen Lange: Stolberg - Encounters with a great artist. In: Aachener Zeitung . May 3, 2013, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ »without knocking«. Pictures by Janet Brooks Gerloff on the poetry of the Hungarian Attila József . In: number - magazine for culture in Würzburg .
  4. ↑ XX. International IFOTES Congress , Eurogress Aachen, 19. – 22. July 2016
  5. ↑ Pictures by Janet Brooks-Gerloff. Kornelimünster Benedictine Abbey , accessed on March 5, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Parish Ittersbach: The interior of the church. Evangelical Church Community Ittersbach, archived from the original on August 8, 2014 ; Retrieved August 5, 2014 (images by Janet Brooks Gerloff).
  7. ↑ The Church of St. Laurentius. Catholic parish of St. Laurentius Aachen, accessed on March 5, 2020 (see under wall decorations).
  8. ↑ The church window. St. Marien Catholic Parish, Volkmarsen, accessed March 5, 2020 (designed by Janet Brooks Gerloff).
  9. ↑ The church window in Kornelimünster. Evangelical Church Community Kornelimünster-Zweifall, accessed on March 5, 2020 .
  10. ^ Rheinischer Kunstpreis 1990. (PDF) Rheinischer Kunstverein, accessed on March 5, 2020 (brochure for the award). Available from the Steinweg Gallery under Janet Brooks-Gerloff
  11. ↑ Dieter Bartel: without knocking kopogtatás nélkül pictures by Janet Brooks Gerloff for poems by Attila József. In: YouTube . October 2, 2013, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  12. ^ The church window by Janet Brooks Gerloff in the Evangelical Church of Kornelimünster. (PDF) Evangelical Church Community Kornelimünster-Zweifall, December 2010, accessed on March 5, 2020 (brochure with articles about the church window). Available under The church window in Kornelimünster .
personal data
SURNAME Gerloff, Janet Brooks
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brooks-Gerloff, Janet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 2008
Place of death Kornelimünster