Klaus Dennhardt

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Klaus Dennhardt (born May 19, 1941 in Dresden ) is a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

After completing primary school in Dresden from 1958 to 1961, Klaus Dennhardt completed a preparatory course at the workers 'and farmers' faculty at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . In the following “practical year” he worked in a potato warehouse in Dresden, then in an advertising studio in Leipzig and as a stage worker at the Dresden State Theater.

From 1963 to 1968 Dennhardt studied at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, especially with Heinz Lohmar . Then he worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Dresden until 1986. In 1986 he moved with his family to Berlin (West). From 1988 he was an exhibition organizer and gave painting and drawing courses at the “Die Pump” cultural center in Berlin-Wedding . From 1999 he had his own studio in Wedding. After German reunification, Dennhardt moved back to Dresden, but kept his studio in Berlin. Since 2010 he has lived and worked entirely in Dresden again.

In addition to the classic printing techniques of lithography and etching , Dennhardt paints with oil, acrylic and watercolors . For his large-format pastels, he makes his own pigments and color mixtures. Dennhardt's works can be found in many public collections, including a. in the Kupferstichkabinett Dresden .

Dennhardt is friends with the painter Peter Herrmann .

reception

Of the Dresden artists, Dennhardt had "advanced the furthest into the field of technical-experimental graphics. He operates with the implementation of graphic techniques and results in offset lithography (which is occasionally combined with screen printing). "

“Klaus Dennhardt's artistic work, his movement between the poles of abstraction and realism, are strongly influenced by his experiences in both German states. The artist had made a name for himself in the GDR with abstract works on paper and geometric steel sculptures as an 'avant-garde outsider', he evaded the dictates of realism at the GDR academies. When Klaus Dennhardt left for West Berlin, he turned into a 'contemplative realist'. "

Publications

  • Eight studios. 1970-2001. On the occasion of Klaus Dennhardt's 60th birthday. Ed .: Leonhardi Museum Dresden. Edition Rothes, Schwetzingen 2001.

Solo exhibitions

Web links

Commons : Klaus Dennhardt  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ I never adjusted. In: The world . Berlin, February 25, 2005.
  2. ^ Lothar Lang: Painting and Graphics in the GDR. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig 1983, p. 335.
  3. ^ Lothar Lang: Painting and Graphics in the GDR. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig 1983, p. 241.
  4. ^ Christoph Tannert, artistic director of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin; http://www.atelierlaubbach.de/kuenstler_dennhardt.htm
personal data
SURNAME Dennhardt, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden