Joachim Kratsch

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Joachim Kratsch (born December 5, 1937 in Zwickau ) is a German graphic artist and painter . He has lived in Leipzig since 1959 .

Life

After training as a painter from 1951 to 1954, Joachim Kratsch attended the painting and drawing school in Zwickau (MuZ) from 1956 to 1959 under the direction of Carl Michel . He then studied from 1959 to 1964 at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art with Bernhard Heisig .

From 1978 to 2002 Joachim Kratsch was a lecturer in artistic practice at Leipzig University in the field of art education .

In his works, the processed motifs are not so much scenic snapshots as they are metaphors for the life and the network of relationships between the actors shown. The recurring theme are masks and masquerades, which are filled with the basic idea of ​​disguising or hiding the true face.

His study trips include, in particular, trips to Romania and Bulgaria during the GDR era and trips to Italy, particularly Venice.

Joachim Kratsch is a member of the Association of Visual Artists Leipzig eV

Works

Works by Joachim Kratsch can be found in the Kupferstichkabinett Dresden , in the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle / Saale, in the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, in the Museum Junge Kunst Frankfurt (Oder) and in the Galerie Neue Meister Dresden, in the Lindenau Museum Altenburg, in the museum Greiz, in the art gallery of the Sparkasse Leipzig , in the Galerie Hotel Leipziger Hof and in private collections. The following books by Insel-Verlag were illustrated by Joachim Kratsch:

  • Queen of Spades. Novella by Alexander Pushkin (1968, Insel-Bücherei, No. 314)
  • Russian fairy tales by Maxim Gorky (1968, Insel-Bücherei, no.877)
  • Notre-Dame of Paris by Victor Hugo (1969, Insel-Verlag, No. 877)
  • The Storm on the Mill by Émile Zola (1973, Insel-Verlag, no.164)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1970 Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, cabinet exhibition
  • 1973 Word and Works Leipzig
  • 1976 gallery on the boulevard Rostock
  • 1977 Club Gallery Magdeburg
  • 1979 Art of the Time Leipzig
  • 1980 House of Culture in Neubrandenburg
  • 1985 Gallery in the lecture hall of Leipzig University
  • 1994 Gallery in the town hall of Bruchsal (participation)
  • 1997 Art-Kapella Schkeuditz
  • 2006 Rochsburg Castle Museum
  • 2008 Alfred Kubin Galerie Wernstein (participation)
  • 2008 Gallery at Domhof Zwickau
  • 2008 Sun sail gallery Brandenburg an der Havel
  • 2009 Galerie Koenitz Leipzig
  • 2010 City Hall Gallery Grimma
  • 2015 Galerie Koenitz Leipzig

Public collections (selection)

  • Galerie Neue Meister , showroom: "The I in the We. Artist portraits in the GDR". Exhibition July 5, 2011 - October 30, 2011. Exhibited work: The couple in a dark environment (1987)

Awards

  • 1971: Bronze medal at the International Book Art Exhibition in Leipzig
  • 1972: 3rd prize illustration competition for the VII art exhibition of the GDR

literature

  • HU Lehmann. Drawings in the art of the GDR. Dresden 1974
  • G. Meissner. Leipzig contemporary artists. 1977
  • G. Meissner. Painting, pictures on paper, graphics. Catalog for the exhibition in the ART-Kapella Schkeuditz. Leipzig 1997.
  • J. Kratsch. To paradise twice left, then straight ahead. 2004

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personal data
SURNAME Kratsch, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwickau