Peter Wittmann (artist)

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Peter Wittmann (* 1951 in Regensburg ) is a German painter and horticultural artist . He is a representative of the idyllic utopia.

Peter Wittmann was born in Regensburg in 1951. In 1973 he entered Professor Hutter's master class at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna . In 1978 he traveled overland to India and moved into a studio in Dharamsala with the resident English painter Alfred Hallett (1914 to 1986), a gardening friend of the Dalai Lama .

In 1982 Peter Wittmann traveled to Taiwan , where he studied calligraphy at Fu-Jen University in Taipei . In 1984 Wittmann met the art critic and author Heinz Ohff on the occasion of his exhibition in Berlin. This gave him the impetus to deal in detail with the horticultural work of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau . From 1999 to 2001 the work cycle Macchbuba emerged . In 1992 he started designing a garden near Regensburg.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • since 1974 regularly, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg
  • 1980 gallery in the Thomaskapelle, Regensburg
  • 1981 P.-K. Wittmann, Galerie Olaf Clasen, Nice
  • 1984 Peter-Klaus Wittmann, pictures, gouaches and drawings, Galerie Lietzow, Berlin
  • 1986 Peter Wittmann, pictures - drawings - calligraphy, Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham / Upper Palatinate
  • 1989 Peter Wittmann, pastel cycle Pausias and Glykera, Kunsthandlung HW Fichter, Frankfurt am Main
  • 1993 Every sack has its aura, painting - sculptures, Städtische Galerie Regensburg
  • 2004 30 Characters, Peter Bäumler Gallery, Regensburg
  • 2005 late summer, Dr. Erdel Verlag, Regensburg
  • 2005 Flower rooms, Berta Hummel Museum, Massing
  • 2006 Geisha Flowers, Peter Bäumler Gallery, Regensburg
  • 2007 Blumenwelten - Berta Hummel / Peter Wittmann, paintings, watercolors, drawings Diözesanmuseum Rottenburg am Neckar
  • 2008 Soul Landscapes - Lovis Corinth / Berta Hummel / Peter Wittmann, Berta Hummel Museum, Massing
  • 2008 Blossoms and Fruits, Ed / Meiers Art-Vitrinen, Munich
  • 2009 Rosenkreuz, Chapel of the KHG Regensburg
  • 2009 Peter Wittmann - 60 Nympheas, Gallery Peter Bäumler, Regensburg
  • 2010 Letters of India, @ rt-deluxe, Berlin

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1984 Life, Death, Life, Diocesan Museum Obermünster, Regensburg
  • 1985 Illness and illness in contemporary art, Marburg, Berlin, Ingelheim, Mainz, Ingolstadt
  • 1988 Modern art for the church, Diözesanmuseum Obermünster, Regensburg
  • 1990 The Head, Bäumler Gallery, Regensburg
  • 1991 A touch of nature, HW Fichter Kunsthandel, Frankfurt am Main
  • 1996 Cross cultural symbol, Diocesan Museum Obermünster, Regensburg
  • 2003 Passion, "Art in the Guest House", German Bishops' Conference Bonn
  • 2004 Christ - The Image of the Invisible God, Museum St. Ulrich, Regensburg
  • 2004 Dialog 7, Diocesan Museum Pilsen, Diocesan Museum Regensburg,
  • 2007 So what is the time ?, St. George's Chapel of the Augustinian Church Vienna (Hofburg)
  • 2009 Kreuzwege - Berta / MI Hummel / Johannes Potzler / Peter Wittmann, exhibition on the 100th birthday of Berta Hummel, Diözesanmuseum Regensburg
  • Aspects - Non Finito, Danube shopping center Regensburg

Catalogs / monographs (selection)

  • Wittmann, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 1981, text: Peter Bäumler
  • Wittmann, Galerie Lietzow, Berlin 1984
  • Wittmann, Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham / Oberpfalz, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 1986, text: Ines Kohl
  • Peter Wittmann 1992, Ed .: Peter Bäumler, Mittelbayerische Druckerei- und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Regensburg 1992, texts: * Wolfgang L. Brunner, Ines Kohl, Herbert Schneidler, ISBN 3-927529-13-3 .
  • Peter Wittmann: Painting - Sculptures, Städtische Galerie Regensburg, Regensburg 1993, texts: Joseph Berlinger , Herbert * Schneidler, ISBN 3-925753-32-X
  • Peter Wittmann - Et in Arcadia ego, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 2001, texts: Ines Kohl, Joseph Berlinger, ISBN 3-9805087-8-1
  • Peter Wittmann - 30 Characters, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 2004, texts: Peter Bäumler, Franz Xaver Peintinger, ISBN 3-9808295-2-9
  • Peter Wittmann - Blossoms and Fruits, Ed / Meiers Art, Munich 2008, Texts: Peter Eduard Meier, Herbert Schneidler, Ines Kohl, ISBN 978-3-00-024378-3
  • Peter Wittmann: Alkman cycle, Ed. Galerie Bäumler, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 3-9808295-6-1

Catalogs / exhibition participations (selection)

  • Illness and being sick in contemporary art, Cultural Office of the City of Marburg, Marburg 1985, Federal Health Office Berlin, German Medical History Museum, Ingolstadt, texts: Armin Geus et al., ISBN 3-9800020-9-8
  • Modern art for the church, Diözesanmuseum Obermünster, Regensburg, Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Munich, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-7954-0646-3
  • Drawn Art - A Touch of Nature, HW Fichter Kunsthandel und Edition, Frankfurt am Main 1991
  • Gebelkofen project, Städtische Galerie Regensburg, Lindinger + Schmid, Regensburg 1992, texts: Karlheinz Schmid et al., ISBN 3-925753-29-X
  • Kulturzeichen Kreuz, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 1996, Diözesanmuseum Obermünster, Regensburg, texts: Friedhelm Mennekes, Haralampi G. Oroschakoff, ISBN 3-9805087-2-2
  • Passion: Contemporary art from the art collections of the Diocese of Regensburg, Ed .: Association of Dioceses of Germany, Publisher: Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2003, Texts: Hans Langendörfer, Hermann Reidel, ISBN 3-7954-1671-X
  • Dialog 7, Art Collections of the Diocese of Regensburg, Diözesanmuseum Regensburg, Diözesanmuseum Pilsen, Regensburg 2004, ISBN 3-7954-1715-7 .
  • So what is the time ?, Ed .: Hermann Reidel, Art Collections of the Diocese of Regensburg, Regensburg 2007, Texts: Hermann Reidel, Georg Stein, Albin Scheuch, ISBN 978-3-00-022407-2
  • Blumenwelten - Berta Hummel / Peter Wittmann, Diözesanmuseum Rottenburg, Ed .: Wolfgang Urban, Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Ulm 2007, Text: Genoveva Nitz, ISBN 978-3-88294-375-7
  • Soul landscapes - Lovis Corinth / Berta Hummel / Peter Wittmann, Berta-Hummel-Museum, Massing 2008, texts: Genoveva Nitz, Roman Zieglgänsberger, Herbert Schneidler, ISBN 978-3-87909-979-5 .
  • Aspects - Non Finito, publisher: Galerie Donau-Mall Regensburg, Regensburg 2009, texts: Gerd Temporale, Ludwig Bäuml, Herbert Schneidler, ISBN 978-3-00-027820-4

Further bibliography (selection)

  • Heinz Ohff: "Suffering and Hearing", in: Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, March 7, 1984
  • Heinz Ohff: "Peter-Klaus Wittmann", Galerie Lietzow, Berlin, in: The artwork XXXVII / 3, June 1984
  • Andreas Obst: "Illness and being sick in contemporary art", in: Ärzte Zeitung , April 3, 1985, p. 34
  • OA: "The pictorial illness", in: Abendzeitung, Munich, August 7, 1985
  • Dirk Schwarze: “Illness and being sick in contemporary art”, in: Das Artwork, December 1985, p. 37
  • Ines Kohl: “Aesthetic Approaches”, in: Chamer Zeitung, Cham / Oberpfalz, March 28, 1986
  • Joseph Berlinger: "Reports from Cain and Abel", in: Mittelbayerische Zeitung, Regensburg, September 17, 1992
  • Ines Kohl: "Between Weillohe and Asia: Peter Wittmann", in: lichtung, 5th year, November / December 1992/6
  • Ines Kohl: "An eternal learner in dealing with nature", in: Bayerische Staatszeitung, No. 27, July 8, 2005
  • Christine Wawra: "Flowers as luminous signs", in: Schwäbisches Tagblatt, Stuttgart, June 5, 2007
  • Edith Rabenstein: "Nature as a soul landscape", in: Passauer Neue Presse, No. 69, March 22, 2008, p. 8
  • Natascha Gottlieb: "Flowers bloom for the children from Hasenbergl", in: Bild München, May 27, 2008, p. 6
  • Susanne Höppner: “Art enthusiasts show their hearts”, in: TZ, May 31 / June 1, 2008, p. 13
  • janc .: “Again something good done”, in: Abendzeitung, No. 125/22, May 31/1. June 2008, p. 30
  • Elisabeth Bauschmid: “First donate then offer”, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, No. 125, May 31 / June 1, 2008, p. 52
  • Susanne Höppner: "Flowers and fruits for Lichtblick Hasenbergl", in Münchner Merkur No. 125, May 31/1. June 2008, p. 21
  • Helmut Hein: “The rose in the present cross”, in: Mittelbayerische Zeitung, February 4, 2009, K1

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personal data
SURNAME Wittmann, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and horticultural artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg