Peter Schnatz
Peter Schnatz (born July 28, 1940 in Ehaben , † October 14, 2004 in Mannheim ) was a German painter .
life and work
From 1947 he was a Waldorf student in Freiburg im Breisgau. Between 1955 and 1958, Peter Schnatz completed an apprenticeship as a window dresser. From 1958 to 1962 he studied painting with Paul Berger-Bergner at the Free Academy in Mannheim. From 1962 he lived as a freelance painter in Mannheim. From 1988 onwards, he repeatedly used his balcony with labeled flags for public protests (e.g. art strike).
In 2004 he ended his life by suicide.
The theme of his painting was the representation of opposites: organic versus artificial, figurative versus abstract , macro - versus microstructure. Most of his works are grouped into cycles, and there is no recognizable uniform style of the different cycles.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1971 Cité Internationale des Arts Paris ; Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 1981 Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 1982 House of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation, Stuttgart
- 1990 Werkstattgalerie Heidelberg (together with Edgar Schmandt)
- 1995 Stübler Gallery, Hanover
- 1996 Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 2015 Mannheim Speicher 7, presentation of the catalog raisonné 1956–2004 - cycle of paintings "The Black River"
Awards (selection)
- 1969 Hans Purrmann Prize
- 1970/1971 scholarship for the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
- 1979 gold medal for painting, Toulon
- 1980 Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
- 1994 Art Prize GKW Engineers Mannheim, 1st prize
literature
- Manfred Fath and Robert Kudielka : Catalog "Syntheses" , Ludwigshafen am Rhein 1970
- Werner Marx: Art magazine "Passagen" , 1988
- Siegfried Gerth, Jochen Kronjäger and Werner Marx: Catalog "Peter Schnatz - Painting Cycles " for the 1996 exhibition in the Kunsthalle Mannheim ISBN 3-89165-100-7
- Susanne Kaeppele: List of works by Peter Schnatz 1956-2004 incl. CD ISBN 978-3-00-049431-4
- Peter Schnatz: Haut-Bilder 1988 to 1991 ISBN 3-927589-25X
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Schnatz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
- Artists' bequests from Mannheim
- Peter Schnatz at artnet.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schnatz, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bring |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 2004 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |