Johannes Vollrath

Untitled painting by Johannes Vollrath, mixed media

Johannes Raphael Vollrath (* 1940 in Düsseldorf ; † 2013 ) was a German painter.

Career

At a young age, his musical talent was encouraged by his mother (pianist) and grandfather (painter and graphic artist). In 1958 Vollrath began studying commercial graphics at the Werkkunstschule in Düsseldorf . From 1962 to 1968 he worked as a set designer and stage painter for the Residenztheater and the Gärtnerplatztheater in Munich and the "Theater des Westens" in Berlin. Vollrath had been a freelance artist since 1969. His work includes watercolors, acrylic and oil paintings, graphics, photographs and mixed media, etchings and wooden steles. Johannes Vollrath became known through exhibitions in Munich, Landshut, Erding, Meersburg, Stuttgart and Husum.

In 1985 a first book with watercolors by Johannes Vollrath and texts by his partner Ingrid Gnettner was published by Eulenverlag under the title Fantasy Landscapes . Further books followed under the title Natural Landscapes , Blossom Landscapes and Days of the South .

Vollrath has won several tenders to equip public buildings. In 1991 he received the order from the Deutsche Bundesbahn to artistically complement the equipment of the ICE trains with his watercolor and acrylic paintings. In 1996 Johannes Vollrath received the Erding District Culture Prize.

Web links

Literature by and about Johannes Vollrath in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Johannes R. Vollrath (70): "I can still be amazed like a child". May 31, 2010, accessed February 25, 2019 .
↑ Culture Prize. Erding district, accessed on February 25, 2019 .
↑ kn: Torn from the creative phase. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .
↑ Johannes Vollrath - Erding's “friendly artist” is dead. Erding district, accessed on February 25, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Vollrath, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vollrath, Johannes Raphael (full name); Vollrath, Johannes R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	2013

[1] Johannes R. Vollrath (70): "I can still be amazed like a child". May 31, 2010, accessed February 25, 2019 .

[2] Culture Prize. Erding district, accessed on February 25, 2019 .

[3] : Torn from the creative phase. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .

[4] Johannes Vollrath - Erding's “friendly artist” is dead. Erding district, accessed on February 25, 2019 .