Rainer Ehrt

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Rainer Ehrt while working on a wooden sculpture (2009)

Rainer Ehrt (born August 13, 1960 in Elbingerode (Harz) ) is a German painter , graphic artist , illustrator , cartoonist and author .

Life

Rainer Ehrt spent his childhood and youth in the Harz Mountains. He attended the EOS "Gerhart Hauptmann" in Wernigerode , today the state high school for music of Saxony-Anhalt.

After graduating from high school and serving in the army, he studied industrial design at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle for two semesters . The subsequent change of subject to fine arts was preceded by a year of internship as a printing worker in Halle (Saale) and Leipzig , in which he laid the technical foundations for his later activity. From 1983 to 1988 he studied commercial graphics and illustration at the Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle (Saale) with Gudrun Brüne (drawing), Gerhard Gnauck (writing), Eva Natus - Salamoun and Rainer Schade (illustration). Rainer Ehrt graduated from Gerhard Voigt and Rainer Schade in 1988 .

Already during his studies he developed a special inclination towards satirical and critical graphics, book art and illustration. He has been married to the designer and sculptor Julia Ehrt, née Kretzschmar, since 1984 and is based in Kleinmachnow near Berlin.

Act

Rainer Ehrt started out as a graphic designer, illustrator and poster designer on behalf of the Hans Otto Theater Potsdam , the Progreß film distributor and various Berlin publishers. At the same time, he cultivated free graphics using the original graphic techniques of etching , serigraphy and woodcut and in 1993 founded Edition Ehrt for original graphic bibliophile artist books .

His time-critical cartoons and satirical drawings are published by many newspapers and publishers, for example in: " Eulenspiegel ", "Das Magazin", " Märkische Allgemeine ", "Nebelspalter" (Switzerland), " Cicero ", " Manager Magazin ", " Süddeutsche Zeitung ”,“ Frankfurter Allgemeine ”and“ Die Zeit ”. Since 2000 he has also been involved in painting and wood sculptures. In the book "Preußische Landfahrten", published in 20115/16, he also published his own poetic texts for the first time.

Publications

  • Prussian Panopticon "Espresso Verlag Berlin 2001
  • "Mozart 2006" (picture calendar) Art publishing house Weingarten
  • "Global Crisis Cartoonism" SchaltZeit Verlag Berlin 2009
  • "Sing the truth" (With Marion Welsch) Edition Andreae Berlin 2010
  • "Prussian picture sheet" Parthas Verlag Berlin 2012
  • "Prussian Landfahrten" poetry and landscapes dahlemer verlagsanstalt Berlin 2016
  • "Brother Luther" (picture calendar) Lutherische Verlagsanstalt Hannover 2016
  • "Fontanorama" (picture calendar) dahlemer Verlagsanstalt Berlin 2017
  • Participation in numerous cartoon books and anthologies

In the field of curatorial project-related artistic work, he realized the open-air documentary “Days of Potsdam” (with Bernhard Müller) in 1993, “SEID IHR ALLE WEG” Political images from the state of Brandenburg; Brandenburg, Dominsel 1995 (with Matthias Görnandt), "GUT BÜRGERLICH" Kunstverein Wernigerode 1995, "Märkische Wandlungen" Old Town Hall Potsdam 1999 (with Matthias Görnandt), "PRUSSIAN BLUE" Orangery Potsdam Sanssouci, Altranft Palace, Rheinsberg Palace 2001 (with Silke Hollender , Angelika Euchner) »ART BRANDENBURG« artists fair (with Daniela Dietsche) Potsdam 2005, 07, 09, stage projections for "Mythos Europa" Castle Theater in the New Palace Potsdam - Sanssouci 2009. In 2009 he founded the new Kleinmachnower Kunstverein located in the "Landarbeiterhaus" "Die Brücke", of which he is chairman.

Major exhibition participations and personal exhibitions

(E) = solo exhibition

  • "Voltaire in Potsdam" 1991, center d'information d'ambassade d'allemagne Paris 1993
  • "Lichtenberg Connection" Göttingen 1993
  • Triennial for satirical drawing Greiz since 1990
  • “Karicartoon” biennial of satirical drawings in Leipzig since 1995
  • »Jesses-Christo!« Gallery at Chamissoplatz Berlin 1995
  • "A Prussian Ship of Fools" Representation of the State of Brandenburg in Bonn 1998
  • »Müllermommsen« - German heads and pictures Old Town Hall Potsdam 1998
  • "Mommsen's Block" Brecht House Berlin 1999
  • »Dream Ship of Fools« Kunsthalle Osnabrück 2000
  • Kurt Tucholsky Memorial Palace Rheinsberg 2001
  • "Capital metamorphoses" Representation of the State of Brandenburg Berlin 2001
  • Anton-Paul Weber-Museum Ratzeburg 2003
  • Wernigeröder Kunstverein 2003/04, (with Julia Ehrt),
  • "Best of 2003 Illustration" 3x3 magazine, New York 2004 (B)
  • "Arte e vita" International Artists' Symposium Potsdam 2004/05
  • Art Association Schwedt / Oder 2006 (E)
  • Friedrich Naumann Foundation Potsdam 2006 (E)
  • Olaf Gulbransson Museum for Graphics and Caricature Tegernsee 2007
  • "Revolution Museum" Ernst Bloch Center Ludwigshafen 2007
  • "Preussisch Kariert" Potsdam, Roman Baths Park Sanssouci 2007
  • "TILL FOR EVER" Bomann Museum Celle 2007
  • Gallery Packschuppen Glashütte 2008 (with Julia Ehrt), (E)
  • »ADLERS FITTICHE« permanent exhibition Secret Prussian State Archive Berlin 2008
  • »PRUSSIAN SPRING« Kunstkontor Sehmsdorf Potsdam 2008
  • WORLD PRESS CARTOON Sintra, Portugal 2008
  • BEST OF WORLD PRESS CARTOON Fondacion Calouste Gulbenkian Paris 2009
  • ETA Hoffmann Theater Bamberg 2009
  • MARKINGS 12 artists see Brandenburg, Art Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus 2010
  • "TEST THE WEST" - German Museum for Caricature and the Art of Drawing Wilhelm Busch Hanover 2011
  • "GO TO THE MUSEUM!" - Anniversary show in the Austrian Caricature Museum Krems 2011/12
  • Personal exhibition EHRTARBEITEN - painting, satirical graphics, sculptures, GALERIE 1OO Berlin 2011 (E)
  • Heike Adner / Rainer Ehrt "FIGURENSPIEL" Sculptures, painting, graphics, Wernigeröder Kunstverein / gallery on the first floor 2011 (E)
  • THE LINE OF LIFE Visual artists on the work of Volker Braun, project gallery of the BBK Leipzig eV 2011
  • Rainer Ehrt - ARTIST'S BOOKS, Bamberg State Library / New Residence 2011 (E)
  • "Frederic le grand" Maison Heinrich Heine Paris 2012 (E)
  • "Prussian All-too-Prussian" Willy Brandt House Berlin 2012 (E)
  • Art Association Tauberbischofsheim 2013, (E)
  • "Life and Deeds of Richard Wagner" Kunstverein Bayreuth 2013, (B)
  • Gallery Kunstkontor Potsdam 2014, (E)
  • "Cartoons and satirical graphics" Representation Brandenburg in Brussels 2014/15, (E)
  • "Lichtenberg reloaded" German Museum for Caricature and Critical Graphics Wilhelm Busch Hannover 2015, (B)
  • "Lichtenberg reloaded" Lichtenberg reloaded "Marburger Kunstverein 2015 (B)
  • "Cartoons from two millennia" Sommerpalais Satiricum Greiz 2016 (E)
  • Maison de France Berlin 2016 (B)
  • "PANOPTIKON" Gallery Christine Knauber Berlin 2017 (E)
  • "Brother Luther" URANIA Berlin 2017 (E)
  • "Brother Luther" Museum Leaning House Wernigerode 2017 (E)
  • "FIGURAMA" Gallery Kunstkontor Potsdam 2017 (E)
  • "Walpurgis Night" Museum House Im Güldenen Arm Potsdam 2018 (E)
  • "Art is Art" Fontane-Hommage Potsdam / Neuruppin 2018/19
  • "Ancient Adaptations" Winckelmann Museum Stendal 2019 (E)

Prices

  • 1995 Prize of the Berlin Senate at the Berlin Summer of Caricatures
  • 1996 Silver Gothaer of the Gothaer Karikade
  • 1997 Helen Abbott Prize for Fine Arts
  • 1998 Best political Cartoon New Statesman Cartoon Competition London
  • 2004 Best of 2003 Illustration 3x3 magazine, New York
  • 2007 Brandenburg Art Prize
  • 2008 Grand Prix World Press Cartoon Lisbon
  • 2010 Grand Prix Satyrykon Legnica 2010
  • 2011 Audience Award at the German Caricature Award
  • 2016 excellence award world humor award Salsomaggiore / Italy
  • 2020 Art Prize of the City of Wernigerode

Working in collections

literature

  • Rainer Ehrt: Global crisis cartoonism. Cartoons & satirical graphics , with a foreword by Frank Lüdecke , Schaltzeit Verlag , Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941362-09-3 .
  • Christoph Tannert: Prelude early review. Radio Brandenburg, December 5, 1996.
  • Martin Ahrends: About the draftsman Rainer Ehrt. In: Märkische Wandlungen.
  • Exhibition catalog 1999 and "SchriftZzüge" Brandenburgische Blätter für Kunst und Literatur 1/2002.
  • Uta Tok: Inheriting with relish. In: Journal Leipziger Volkszeitung. May 22, 1998.
  • Kornelia Löhrer: About the drawings by Rainer Ehrt. In: When the story goes around a corner. Almanac of the Varnhagen Society, Berlin 2000.
  • The magazine. Berlin 2/97;
  • Herbert Kundler: Rainer Ehrts Prussian Panopticon. In: LandSicht. 1/2001.
  • Frank Kallensee: Baroque and snappy. In: Märkische Allgemeine. February 20, 2001.
  • Walther Keim: Challenge. In: MediumMagazin. 8/2002.
  • Who is helping whom from the sofa? In: Junge Welt. October 4, 2003.
  • Arno Neumann: picture books - picture books. In: Märkische Allgemeine. December 20, 2003.
  • Cicero. Political Culture Magazine. 08/04,
  • Anne-Katharina Knieß: Book Art Artist Books . In: atelier. 03/05,
  • Jörg Zimmermann: With pleasure in ambiguity. In: Märkische Oderzeitung. June 30, 2007.
  • Heidi Jäger: Strong line. In: Potsdam's latest news. May 11, 2007.
  • Roland R. Berger: Rainer Ehrts artist books. In: MARGINALIA. Journal of book art and bibliophilia. 1/2011 Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden.

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personal data
SURNAME Honor, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist, illustrator, cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Elbingerode (Harz)