Karl Raetsch

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Karl Raetsch (born October 1, 1930 in Berlin ; † May 2, 2004 in Potsdam ) was a German painter .

life and work

Karl Raetsch grew up in Fürstenwalde / Spree . After attending school, he first did an apprenticeship as an electrician, then he continued to attend school until he graduated from high school, while taking part in painting courses he continued his artistic education. This enabled him to study at the Dresden University of Fine Arts from 1953-58 under Professors Erich Fraaß and Paul Michaelis . After graduation, he married Barbara Raetsch and moved to Potsdam. In 1962 and 1964 the sons Bruno and Robert were born. In 1979 he began to expand the cemetery chapel on Hermannswerder into his studio and gallery. Here he worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist until his death.

The extensive oeuvre by Karl Raetsch, created in almost half a century, mainly comprises paintings , including many landscapes and countless individual and group portraits that were created on his own initiative or on behalf of others. They consistently show a certain distance to the required positive image. Over the years, and especially after the political change , his displeasure was expressed in fairytale-like expressive images of social forces and in caricaturing depictions of the people involved.

Of the graphic techniques, Karl Raetsch especially cultivated the woodcut and the watercolor . In addition to a large number of postcard-sized cuts, large-format colored cuts were printed from several plates, for example to the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . The number of watercolors that were created especially while traveling and, like the woodcuts , reveal a relationship to the work of Expressionism , seems unmistakable .

Awards

  • 1977 Theodor Fontane Prize for Art and Literature
  • 1981 FDGB art award

Exhibitions (selection)

Individual exhibitions

Karl Raetsch, self-portrait, 1991, excerpt

Exhibitions with Barbara Raetsch u. a.

  • 1990 Bad Kösen, art gallery
  • 1990 Berlin, Domain Dahlem (with Wolfgang Wegener)
  • 1991 Essen, Forum visual artists (with Walter Lauche)
  • 1992 Loccum, Evangelical Academy
  • 1997 Rheinsberg, Kurt Tucholsky Memorial
  • 1998 Wustrau, German Judges Academy
  • 1999 Potsdam, Old Town Hall (group exhibition)
  • 2000 Fürstenwalde / Spree, municipal gallery in the old town hall
  • 2001 Potsdam, Mittelbrandenburgische Sparkasse; Schwedt, gallery in the Ermelerspeicher; Prenzlau, Dominican monastery
  • 2004 Potsdam, Burstert and Albrecht Gallery
  • 2005 Potsdam, Old Town Hall

Participation in the central art exhibitions of the GDR in Dresden (VI., VII., IX. And X.) as well as in international exhibitions (Poland, USSR, ČSSR and Bulgaria).

In addition, constantly changing exhibitions with Barbara Raetsch in the Hermannswerder chapel.

literature

  • Karl Raetsch. Painting , Potsdam 1981
  • Karl Raetsch. Painting - graphics , Frankfurt / Oder 1987
  • Karl Raetsch. Portraits and critical reflections. Painting 1980 to 1990 , Berlin-Zehlendorf 1990
  • Karl Raetsch. Head and collar. Portraits from politics and society , Potsdam 1998
  • Karl Raetsch. Pictures from five decades , Potsdam 2005 (with texts by Wolfgang Wegener and Karl-Robert Schütze)
  • Karl-Robert Schütze, Karl Raetsch. Paintings - Aquarelle - Grafik , Berlin 1995, ISBN 3928589040

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personal data
SURNAME Raetsch, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2004
Place of death Potsdam