Peter Reichenberger

Peter Reichenberger (born October 13, 1945 in Halle an der Saale ; † July 26, 2004 in Cologne ) was a German painter. In 2006 the entire artist estate was transferred to the Peter Reichenberger Foundation.

life and work

Peter Reichenberger lived in Cologne since 1947 and attended the Severinswall secondary school from 1956. He then trained as a graphic designer. From 1965 to 1967 he did military service and worked for the soldier's courier. From 1967 to 1973 he studied free painting at the Cologne factory schools . He was a master student of Professor Karl Marx . During this time, the first objects and canvases were created that were directly processed with the finger (fingerprint). In 1968 he moved into a studio in Nörvenich Castle . The sculptor Ulrich Rückriem also worked here . During his part-time teaching as an art teacher, he studied art history and ethnology at the University of Cologne . In 1982 he moved to the Alte Wachsfabrik studio in Cologne-Rodenkirchen . Peter Reichenberger has been working as a freelance artist since 1986. The first canvases were created with two-tone overlays of palm prints (HTA 0-90 °). In 1995 he married Stefanie Claudi. The marriage ended in 2003. Peter Reichenberger traveled extensively in the Sahara, the Middle East, Asia and America. On July 26, 2004, Peter Reichenberger had a fatal accident.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

1977 Leopold Hoesch Museum , Düren (catalog)
1978 Galerie Denise René, Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, touches, overlays (catalog)
1990 Düsseldorf Art Fair, FORUM, One Man Show, Gallery 44
1994 Kunstverein Lippstadt (catalog)
1998 Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn, structure and gesture
1999 Galerie Hünermann, Düsseldorf, infinite - handy
2004 Fellner von Feldegg Gallery, Krefeld
2005 Kunsthalle Villa Kobe , Halle (Saale)
2006 Since this year the Peter Reichenberger Foundation has a permanent presentation and exhibition room in the House of Foundations in Cologne
2006 Galerie Seippel, Cologne, pictures from the estate
2007 Gallery 40, Wiesbaden
2007 Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Peter Reichenberger, The graphic work
2007 Galerie 40 Rother, Wiesbaden, painting - retrospective
2008 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
2009 Seippel Gallery, Cologne
2010 Galerie Seippel, Cologne
2011 Galerie Seippel, Cologne
2012/13 Galerie Seippel, Cologne
2013 Museum Goch , Serial Color Spaces
2015 Galerie Seippel, Cologne, structure and color
2015 House of Foundations, Cologne, palm work , Cologne city center galleries (K1), summer edition # 3
2016 House of Foundations, Cologne, works on canvas and paper , K1, Summer Edition # 4
2017 House of Foundations, Cologne, K1, Summer Edition # 5
2017/18 Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, without brush - painting by Peter Reichenberger
2018 House of Foundations, Cologne, works on paper , K1, summer edition # 6
2019 House of Foundations, Cologne, PETER REICHENBERGER , K1, Winter Edition # 1
2020 Galerie Seippel, Cologne, images from the foundation
2020 House of Foundations, Cologne, finger - edge of the hand - palm. Works on paper , K1, Winter Edition # 2
2021 DKM, Duisburg

Group exhibitions (selection)

1977 Wilhelm Morgner House , Soest
1978 Paula Modersohn-Becker-Haus , Bremen
1979 Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Schlaglichter (catalog)
1980 Paula Modersohn-Becker-Haus, Bremen
1982 German Association of Artists , Düsseldorf
1982 Small graphic gallery, Bremen
1983 Brompton Gallery, London / GB
1983 West German Artists Association , Osthaus Museum Hagen , Hagen (catalog)
1983 German Association of Artists, Berlin
1986 Kunstverein and Art Museum Gelsenkirchen , young artists see Romanesque churches in Cologne (catalog)
1986 Kölnischer Kunstverein , 8 in Cologne (catalog)
1991 Kunsthalle Köln , Köln-Kunst
1992 Museum Folkwang , Essen, Shared Pictures - The Diptych in Modern Art (catalog)
1994 Galerie Neher, Essen, Color - Color (catalog)
1994 Brauweiler Abbey , Cologne (catalog)
1995 Galerie Neher, Essen, insight - outlook
1998 Galerie Benden and Klimczak, Cologne
1998 Pixel Partners, Cologne
2001 Museum Morsbroich , Leverkusen, Darlings
2004 Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, VIP 2
2005 17th Art Frankfurt , Fellner Gallery von Feldegg
2005 Seippel Gallery, Beliefs
2010 Galerie Seippel, Cologne (with Egon Karl Nicolaus)
2012 Cologne Fine Arts & Antique (COFA), Cologne (with Egon Karl Nicolaus Foundation)
2012/13 Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Egon Karl Nicolaus Foundation and Peter Reichenberger Foundation
2013 COFA, Cologne (with Egon Karl Nicolaus Foundation)
2015 Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Asensi, Etzold, Klümpen, Nicolaus, Reichenberger
2015 Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Egon Karl Nicolaus Foundation and Peter Reichenberger Foundation

Trade fair participations

From 1978 participation in Art Basel as well as in the art markets in Cologne and Düsseldorf, FIAC Paris, Art Fair Chicago, Art Cologne , Cologne Fine Art

Bibliography (selection)

Galerie Denise René / Hans Mayer, Peter Reichenberger: Touchings, Overlays , Düren 1977 (exhibition catalog)
Yvonne Friedrichs, The Artwork , 1/1982
David Galloway, Art in Amerika, Report from Germany , 4/1984
Wibke von Bonin, 8 in Cologne , 1/1986 (exhibition catalog)
Wim Cox, Cologne artist in portrait , Cologne 1990
Jürgen Stöhr, Moers, Astoria, Bückeburg, Kunstverein Lippstadt, 1994 (exhibition catalog)

literature

Peter Reichenberger - Painting with your hands , v. Marliesa Komanns, ed. v. Peter Reichenberger Foundation / Ralf-P. Seippel, 2017, ISBN 978-3-940440-20-4 .
Peter Reichenberger - Structure and Color , ed. v. Peter Reichenberger Foundation a. Art Foundation Goch, Seippel Verlag Cologne, German / English, 2013, ISBN 978-3-940440-19-8
Jürgen Stöhr, Christiane Vielhaber, Astoria: Peter Reichenberger, 1994, ISBN 3-9803861-8-X

Web links

Foundation website

personal data
SURNAME	Reichenberger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 13, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle on the Saale
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 2004
Place of death	Cologne