Roland Nicolaus

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Roland Nicolaus (born November 9, 1954 in Berlin ) is a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

Roland Nicolaus studied enamel design at the Halle (Saale) College of Industrial Design from 1978 to 1979 and painting at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art from 1979 to 1983, with Dietrich Nosky among others. After graduating, he worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist. From 1986 to 1988 he was a master student at the Academy of Arts of the GDR with Willi Neubert. Since 1983 he has been working again as a freelance painter and graphic artist. Between 1991 and 2000 he lectured painting at the Humboldt University in Berlin and at the University of the Arts Berlin. He lives and works in Blumberg near Berlin.

reception

"The naturalistic, yet expressively exaggerated representation is characteristic of the art of Roland Nicolaus"

“He's undermining the rational. Roland Nikolaus removes the ground from under the feet of normality by locating surreal events in naturalistic landscapes with lush to flashy colors in a confusing and inventive way ... Hybrid beings from the Germania type workshop, model and superstar dominate without any signs of lively individuality or inner involvement the picturesque illusion space. Herbal, tangible, human and socio-political elements enter into meaningful symbiotic ties. Between the precisely painted German boxer, accurate windmills and the fluttering Holy Spirit, there is plenty of room for intellectual irony, for social criticism, but also for allegorical things that increase the surreal content. "

Honors

  • 1992 VEAG award for painting

Works in museums and public collections (selection)

  • Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
  • Berlin, Academy of the Arts Berlin and Brandenburg
  • Berlin, City Museum Foundation
  • Berlin, Art Foundation of the Berliner Volksbank
  • Beeskow, Kunstarchiv Beeskow (The beauty of the huts, oil painting, 1988)
  • Cottbus, Art Museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus
  • Halle (Saale), Moritzburg State Art Collections

Literature (selection)

  • Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Lexicon artists in the GDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-35501761-9 , p. 667.
  • 12 master students. Academy of Arts of the GDR, Berlin 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Roland Nicolaus. In: fkwbh.de. Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus-eV, accessed on August 10, 2020 .
  2. ^ Herbert Schirmer: Infopunktkunst. In: infopunktkunst.de. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
  3. ^ Roland Nicolaus. In: artworks.art. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Nicolaus Kunstmaler - Offer & Collections. In: das-alte-europa.info. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
  5. ^ Roland Nicolaus. The beauty of the huts. 1988 - Art in the GDR / Works. In: bildatlas-ddr-kunst.de. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Nicolaus, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin