Peter Schnürpel

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Peter Schnürpel (born February 20, 1941 in Leipzig ) is a German painter and graphic artist. He lives and works in Altenburg and is considered a representative of the Leipzig School .

Life and artistic career

Peter Schnürpel studied painting and graphics at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig until 1965 . His teachers included Karl Krug , Wolfgang Mattheuer and Bernhard Heisig . After completing his studies, he began to teach art education at the University of Leipzig . As an artist, Schnürpel was one of the most remarkable graphic artists of his generation in Leipzig with his expressive works. His preferred technique was algraphy .

From 1978 he taught at the Technical School for Applied Arts in Schneeberg and in 1987 was appointed honorary professor at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art. From 1990 he was director in Schneeberg and was appointed professor in 1992. In 1993 he was the founding dean of the applied arts department of the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau . In 2006 he retired.

In 1987 he met Rolf Münzner and Reiner Schwarz in the Kätelhön printing workshop . After 1989, study trips took Schnürpel to France, Italy and Switzerland. Also in 1989 began the collaboration with the printer couple Jeanette and Reinhard Rössler, who have been printing his work since then. He is a lecturer at the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg. In addition to Münzner and Schwarz, Schnürpel's companions included Michael Morgner , Gerhard Kurt Müller , Thomas Ranft and Gil Schlesinger , with whom he was shown in a joint exhibition in the Lindenau Museum on his 75th birthday.

Awards

Works in museums and public collections (selection)

  • Altenburg (Thuringia), Lindenau Museum, graphic collection (including: packaged car; oil crayon and pastel on paper, 1976)
  • Cologne, Museum Ludwig (inter alia: soil landscape; lithograph)
  • Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Graphic Collection (including: carrier; portfolio with 7 etchings, 1999)

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1965–66: Kurt Engewald art dealer, Leipzig
  • 1968: Art of Time, Leipzig
  • 1970: Museum of Fine Arts , Leipzig
  • 1972: Lindenau Museum , Altenburg
  • 1975: Galerie am Sachsenplatz, Leipzig
  • 1978: Museum Neustrelitz
  • 1979: Clara Mosch Gallery, Chemnitz
  • 1980: Galerie Junge Kunst, Frankfurt / Oder
  • 1981: Kunstkabinett Erfurt
  • 1981: Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
  • 1982: Kleine Galerie Pankow, Berlin
  • 1984: Lindenau Museum, Altenburg
  • 1984: Karl Marx University, Leipzig
  • 1985: Blankenhain Castle
  • 1988: Galerie Stübler, Hanover
  • 1988: Kulturhaus Suhl
  • 1989: Galerie Catherine Maurer, Bern
  • 1990: Association for Original Etching, Munich
  • 1991: Galerie Ad Nythen, Vollenhove
  • 1991: Lindenau Museum, Altenburg
  • 1992: Landeskulturzentrum Salzau / Kiel
  • 1995: Marktstrasse Gallery, Plauen
  • 1995: Art Association Bretten
  • 1999: Borssenanger Gallery, Chemnitz
  • 1999: Künstlerhaus Hohenossig
  • 2001: European Academy of Rhineland-Palatinate Sports, Trier
  • 2001: Bad Wildungen Culture Museum
  • 2006: Weise Galerie und Kunsthandel Chemnitz
  • 2008: Museum Osterburg, Wieda
  • 2011: Lindenau Museum, Altenburg
  • 2014: Museum Burg Posterstein
  • 2016: Lindenau Museum, Altenburg

literature

  • Schnürpel, Peter. In: Dietmar Eisold (Hrsg.): Lexicon artists in the GDR. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , pp. 845/847
  • Lothar Lang : Painting and graphics in the GDR . 1st edition. Verlag Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig 1983, DNB  840340435 , p. 123 u. a .
  • Rolf Münzner, Peter Schnürpel, Reiner Schwarz: A work encounter. Gallery Stübler, Hanover 1988
  • Peter Schnürpel: The part of the whole. Print graphics, drawings, overpainting. Catalog, Lindenau Museum Altenberg 2001.
  • Ingo Schulze : Augusto, the judge. A story. With the graphic series Black Dances by Peter Schnürpel. Prestel, Munich 2010
  • Dieter Gleisberg : Peter Schnürpel “One to the other”: drawings, prints, overpainting. Jovis, Berlin 2012
  • Eckhard Hollmann : Inside and Outside - New Works by Peter Schnürpel. ars vivendi, Pfaffenhofen 2014
  • Matthias Flügge : With my friends. Peter Schnürpel on his 75th birthday. Lindenau Museum, Altenburg 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lothar Lang: Painting and Graphics in the GDR. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig, 1983; Pp. 129, 136
  2. ↑ Lothar Lang: The graphic collector. Henschelverlag, Berlin, 1983, p. 181
  3. ^ Rolf Münzner, Peter Schnürpel, Reiner Schwarz: A working meeting. Gallery Stübler, Hanover 1988.
  4. ↑ Courses offered by the museum, accessed on October 22, 2018.
  5. ^ Exhibition leaflet , accessed on October 22, 2018 ( pdf ).
  6. ↑ Blog of Burg Posterstein , accessed on October 23, 2018.
  7. ^ Exhibition and medal for Altenburg artist Peter Schnürpel on the 75th , Leipziger Volkszeitung, September 12, 2016, accessed on October 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ Image index of art & architecture
  9. ↑ Image index of art & architecture
  10. ↑ Image index of art & architecture
personal data
SURNAME Schnürpel, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig