Robert Schneider (painter, 1944)

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Robert Schneider (born July 29, 1944 in Buchheim, municipality of March (Breisgau) near Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a contemporary German painter and draftsman.

Life

Schneider grew up on a small farm that was only managed for self-sufficiency. Upbringing was fraught with conflict, so he left home early. In the 1960s he toured Europe and discovered his passion for art. After returning to Baden, he married and had a son and has had a granddaughter since 2005. Schneider lives and works in Hamburg.

Working method

Schlachthof I , 1985, acrylic on canvas, 140 × 110 cm, owned by the artist.

Influenced by surrealist motifs and the political discussions around 1968, Schneider discovered representational painting with its content-related and committed positions.

Images are created that deal with people and their legacies without showing them. Relocations to Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Hamburg follow. The positive suggestions associated with the change of location later lead to a “reflection of the century”. Schneider shows this painterly reflection and analysis of the past century at the places visited, such as Bitterfeld , Kattowitz , Auschwitz , Verdun , Bremen-Farge and Baku / Azerbaijan. During these work trips, countless sketches and photos are created on site as a basis for work. In the studio, the impressions are condensed and subjected to the background of the statement. The result are the cycles created between 1991 and 2002. However, Schneider is not satisfied with the inventory, but continues the series with apocalyptic visions into the 21st century. These include the oil cycle and, above all, the fish and meat series : matter becomes a metaphor. This reflection of the century, created over twelve years, is Schneider's main work. His oeuvre also includes single images, triptychs and small series.

plant

Schnee I , 2003, acrylic / canvas, 110 × 180 cm. Owned by the artist.

Century reflection:

  • Bitterfeld (1991–1993)
  • Slask / Upper Silesia (1993–1996)
  • Oil (1999–2001) Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Auschwitz (1996–1997)
  • Fish (1997–1999)
  • Verdun (2001-2002)
  • Bunker Valentin (2002) Bremen-Farge
  • Meat (2002-2005)

literature

  • Art Signals, People & Industry, Patriotic Society of 1765 . Catalog. Hamburg 1987.
  • 200 years of the French Revolution . Catalog. State Art Gallery Berlin . 1989.
  • Robert Schneider . Catalog. Studio gallery. Hamburg 1990.
  • Robert Schneider. Bitterfeld . Catalog. Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven [u. a.] Bremen 1997.
  • Robert Schneider. Painting. Drawing . Catalog (Polish). Muzeum Śląskie. Katowice 1997.
  • Robert Schneider - Slask / Upper Silesia . Book accompanying the exhibition of the same name in the Silesian Museum Katowice / Poland. Katowice 1997.
  • Robert Schneider . Auschwitz. Catalog. Bremen 1998.
  • Work images in: Türk; Klaus: Pictures of the work. An iconographic anthology. Wiesbaden. 2000.
  • The second creation - images of the industrial world . Exhibition catalog of the German Historical Museum in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2002.
  • The World War 1914-18. Event and memory . Exhibition in the German Historical Museum Berlin 2004.
  • Klaus Türk: Robert Schneider's reflection on the century. Video. Wuppertal 2007.
  • Jörg Meissner: Places of Remembrance. Verdun as the setting for history and a symbol of art in the work of the painter Robert Schneider . In: Cat. The First World War and Art. Landesmuseum Oldenburg 2008, pp. 218–229 u. 237.
  • Image battles. 2000 years of news from the war. Catalog. Technology-Media-Art, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück 2009.
  • Tierra del Fuego - Regions of Vulcan. Catalog. LVR-Industriemuseum Oberhausen, Ruhr 2010, European Capital of Culture 2010.
  • Karin von Maur : Between color and shape . 60 years of art in and from Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2013.
  • Martin Bayer: From Flanders to Verdun: battle landscapes of the First World War in contemporary art . In: Christian Stachelbeck (Hrsg.): Materialschlachten 1916. Event, meaning, memory. Verlag Ferdinand Schönigh, Paderborn 2017.
  • Stefan Borchardt (ed.): Franz Radziwill and the present: Landscape technology media. Exhibition catalog, Kunsthalle Emden, 2018.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchheim , March (Breisgau)