Lutz R. Ketscher

Lutz R. Ketscher (born May 13, 1942 in Gera ) is a German artist of fantastic realism .

Career

After an apprenticeship as a chromolithographer , Ketscher studied at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art from 1960 to 1965 with Gerhard Kurt Müller and Wolfgang Mattheuer and graduated with a diploma. Ketscher is a representative of the Leipzig School ; he has lived and worked in Hof / Bavaria and Schwarzenbach / Saale since 1989.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1975: Kunstkabinett Erfurt
• 1990: Munich Galerie Rutzmoser "German art with a double bottom"
• 2000: Hof Kunstverein Hof e. V. "Retrospective"
• 2007: City Museum Gera " City Motifs"
• 2012: Frankfurt / Main Gallery Art Virus "Surreal Realism"
• 2013: Kulmbach Plassenburg “The writing miracle Jean Paul”, collective exhibition
• 2017: City and regional library Gera, exhibition "Book and Graphics"
• 2017: Dalheim Monastery "Luther 1917 - still in art today", collective exhibition

Works (selection)

• Die Stadt I , 1965, pen and ink drawing
• The 19th century , mid-1967, grisaille, egg tempera on cardboard
• The Divine Comedy , 1968, 15 etchings for Dante's drama
• Picture cycle Behind the Wall , selection: m ass , 1975, tempera, laid paper
• The Muses , 1987, pencil, colored pencil, cardboard, collage, on the occasion of a visit by Mikhail Gorbachev that was planned but not taken place in Gera
• Pyros , 1997, acrylic on canvas
• The tomb of little Folichon , 2000, acrylic
• Robbery of Europe , 2001, acrylic on canvas
• The Pompeian Red , 2008, acrylic on canvas
• Mandala , 2008, acrylic on canvas
• Dance of the Avatars , 2010, acrylic, oil on canvas
• The false egg , 2010, acrylic on canvas
• The Telluric Cabinet , 2011, acrylic, oil on cardboard
• tutti frutti bubble gum , 2011, acrylic on canvas
• Hedwigs Nerz , 2012, acrylic on canvas
• Soap bubbles I , 2012, acrylic, oil on canvas
• Soap bubbles II , 2012, acrylic, oil on canvas
• Soap bubbles III , fig leaf, 2012, acrylic, oil on canvas
• Rowan Tree , 2013, oil on canvas
• Aviary de Borghese , 2015, pen, acrylic on cardboard
• Hadrian's Gate , 2015, acrylic on canvas
• Amphitheater , 2015, acrylic on canvas
• Putty's Journey, Halloween , 2016, acrylic on canvas
• Putty's Journey, Jonas and Benny , 2016, acrylic on canvas
• Putty's Journey, Marsyas and Apollo , 2016, acrylic on canvas

Illustrations

• Thomas Mann, Tonio Gröger Verlag der Morgen, Berlin 1978 with a consideration by Günter de Bruyne, 11 illustrations
• Henrich v. Kleist, Penthesilea 2008, illustrations as a comic for the drama by Kleist (edition of 100)

Web links

• Homepage Lutz R. Ketscher
• Collection Lutz R. Ketscher , VK private foundation
• Kick-off 75th birthday, catalog raisonné and life , Youtube, March 2017
• Honoring the 75th birthday, exhibition books and graphics, 2017 , Gera (Ostthüringer Zeitung)
• Workers to demigods , East German working world in transition, Frankfurter Rundschau 2015
• Entry culture atlas , 2003

Individual evidence

1. ^ German art with a double bottom , review Galerie Rutzmoser, Verlag Medizin und Kunst, Munich 1990
2. ↑ Museums on the Plassenburg - The writing miracle Jean Paul
3. ^ Tonio Kröger. With a consideration of Günter de Bruyn by Thomas Mann: Der Morgen, Berlin, 1978 - ZVAB.com
4. ↑ LWL - Luther. 1917 to the present day - Dalheim Monastery Foundation. LWL State Museum for Monastery Culture
5. ↑ Bloody Comic , Review of Penthesilea, FAZ, 2008