Jens Rusch

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Jens Rusch with two of his models in the W: O: Art tent at the Wacken Open Air 2012

Jens Rusch (born April 26, 1950 in Neufeld , Dithmarschen ) is a German artist .

Life

“Neocorus”, bronze sculpture by Jens Rusch.
Jens Rusch: "Your new Koog is an eating work." (Quote from the Schimmelreiter )
(Mischtechnik 1989)

Rusch did a craft vocational training and has been working as a freelance artist since 1972. From 1979 to 1982 he studied as a master student with the painter and graphic artist Eberhard Schlotter in Altea in Spain, mainly etching techniques . In addition to his studio in Brunsbüttel in northern Germany, Rusch also frequently works in Spain. There he had a second studio until 1998 in the eastern Spanish province of Alicante in the mountain village of Callosa de Ensarriá on the Costa Blanca , where he is still working temporarily.

In the early 2000s, Rusch survived cancer , which shaped his further artistic development. For example, since 2004 he has been organizing the “ Wattolümpiade ” as a benefit event for the Schleswig-Holstein Cancer Society.

Rusch illustrated, among others, Theodor Storms Schimmelreiter , Goethe's Faust , Arno Schmidt's School of Atheists and the Carmina Burana . His Schimmelreiter illustrations were adopted by six school book publishers; they also appeared in an English textbook edition and in a Korean licensed edition. At a public presentation of the Korean edition of the Schimmelreiter in Brunsbüttel, Gerd Eversberg from the Husum Theodor Storm Society praised the artist's commitment:

“Her realistic illustrations give Korean readers a fair idea of ​​the landscape and life on the west coast; they thus complement the struggles of the coastal inhabitants against the eternal forces of nature, described by Theodor Storm. You have made an important contribution to conveying our cultural heritage to the Asian region. There people who are interested in German culture like to read novellas and poems by Theodor Storm. "

His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Colombia and Romania .

  • Proof printing plate 1. Motif "Metamorphosis" by Jens Rusch

  • Overprint plate 1 and 2. Technique: picturesque aquatint

  • Overprint of plates 1, 2 and 3

Painting "Wackener Weltkuh". Oil on canvas 110 × 150 cm. From the cycle W: O * ART.

Rusch is a member of the German Ex-Libris Society and the Society of Arno Schmidt Readers. He was a member of the artist group North German Realists , which stands in the tradition of plein air painting of the Impressionists . In addition, he is a Freemason and a member of the Masonic Artists' Association Pegasus .

Publications

  • Coast and marsh . Dithmarscher Press Service Christiansen, Heide 1975, ISBN 3-88089-003-X .
  • Jens Rusch draws Büsum . Dithmarscher press service Christiansen, Heide 1976, ISBN 3-88089-005-6 .
  • with: Gabriel Peters: Who is Anguilla? The life story of an eel . Dithmarscher Press Service Christiansen, Heide 1978, ISBN 3-88089-024-2 .
  • This is how Dithmarschen works . 2nd Edition. Dithmarscher press service, Heide 1984, ISBN 3-88089-013-7 .
  • Suspiria de profundis. Erotic graphics . Broschat, Hohenwestedt 1989, ISBN 3-924256-36-5 .
  • The illustrated Schimmelreiter . Möller, Rendsburg 1987, ISBN 3-87550-078-4 . (New edition: Jork and Rusch, Brunsbüttel 1995, ISBN 3-931427-00-5 )
  • Erased on my own. Möller, Rendsburg 1987, ISBN 3-87550-071-7 .
  • Mundus pictus. Landscapes and Still Life. Möller, Rendsburg 1989, ISBN 3-87550-113-6 .
  • Jens Rusch (Ed.): Ex-libris "... from the books" . Jork et al. Rusch, Brunsbüttel 1996, ISBN 3-931427-01-3 .
  • with: Peter K. Hertling: Wind from the front. Family history sketchbook . Neumann, Kiel 2001, ISBN 3-931427-29-3 .
  • Color etching. Deich-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-942074-01-8 . (Teaching book)
  • The illustrated Schimmelreiter. Deich-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-942074-02-5 . (Paperback)

Awards

  • 1990 Culture Prize from the Dithmarschen district
  • 2004 Culture Prize of the Ex-Libris Society
  • 2005 German tourism award for innovative tourism products for the organization of the Wattolümpiade in Brunsbüttel .
  • 2011 “Ambassador Dithmarschen” in the Dithmarschen district
  • 2011 “Person of the Year” readers' campaign from the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher
  • 2012 “Citizens' Prize” from the CDU / Brunsbüttel on behalf of the organizers of the Wattolümpiade benefit event .
  • 2019 honorary member of the oncological working group of the West Coast Clinics

Web links

Commons : Jens Rusch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Online presence of the Theodor Storm Society
  2. ↑ “Der Schimmelreiter” in Korea ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press report from April 10, 2003 on the homepage of the Theodor Storm Society @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.storm-gesellschaft.de
personal data
SURNAME Rusch, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Neufeld , Dithmarschen