Rolf-Dietrich Ratzmann

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Rolf-Dietrich Ratzmann, self-portrait 1989

Rolf-Dietrich Ratzmann (born April 26, 1944 in Zeitz ; † April 9, 1992 in Hogenbögen near Cloppenburg , Lower Saxony ) was a German painter , graphic artist and art teacher.

Life

Ratzmann spent his further childhood and youth in Lünen (Westphalia), where his parents had fled with the then nine-year-old from the GDR in 1953 . Already during his school days at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium (Lünen) his great interest in painting developed. From 1962 to 1965 he studied commercial graphics at the Werkkunstschule Dortmund . A one-year scholarship led him to the College of Arts in Leeds (England) in 1965 , where he continued his graphic studies, but also became a master student in free painting. In 1966 he received another annual scholarship at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts , Paris . Ratzmann completed his studies at the State University of Fine Arts , Hamburg , which followed from 1967 to 1969 , with, among other things, the qualification to teach art at grammar schools. He then returned to Lünen and worked there as an artist and as an art teacher at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium. In 1988 he took time off from teaching at school and worked as a freelance painter until his death.

Ratzmann's expressive art is sometimes characterized as “neo-expressionistic”, but according to the critic Ludwig Zerull , this label does not do justice to “[the] seriousness of this artist, who would have been misjudged as a painter in the expressionist succession”. Ratzmann himself characterized his artistic approach in a diary entry in 1981: “I only use thick brushes to avoid any pettiness. Skill is the death of my painting. "

The dynamic lines and the work with strong colors, like that of the French painter Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), determined his work.

Ratzmann was married and left behind a wife and two daughters. In 1999 he was honored by the city of Lünen, with which he was connected all his life, by naming a street after him.

Works (selection)

  • The Red Boat in the Forest , oil on nettle, 1965 (115 × 150)
  • Dickmadame , oil on canvas (L), 1965 (100 × 75)
  • Southern Harbor , Oil, 1965 (180 × 200)
  • Landscape in Provence , oil, 1971 (75 × 100)
  • Farmhouses in Hogenbögen . Oil, 1978 (107 × 80)
  • Dubrovnik , acrylic, 1984 (34 × 47)
  • Allegorical Couple , Oil, 1987 (100 × 100)
  • Provence , oil, 1989, (75 × 100)
  • Schwansbell Castle , acrylic, 1989 (41 × 40)
  • Self-portrait , oil, 1989 (50 × 30)
  • Leaning Tower in Liguria , acrylic, 1989 (36 × 48)
  • Olive grove , oil, 1990 (100 × 100)
  • Homestead on Tenerife , acrylic, 1990 (24 × 32)
  • Street Canyon New York , Oil, 1990 (120 × 150)
  • Standing nude , oil, 1990 (130 × 75)
  • Studio view , oil, 1991 (100 × 130)
  • Landscape , oil, 1992 (100 × 130)

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1967: Heide Gallery, Marburg
  • 1968: Märkisches Museum, Witten
  • 1970: Town Center, Swinton / Manchester (GB)
  • 1972: Heinz Hilpert Theater, Lünen
  • 1973: Torhaus Rombergpark, Dortmund
  • 1975: Kreishaus, Unna
  • 1976: Werne town house
  • 1977: Huddersfield Art Gallery
  • 1979: Foyer of the Dortmund Opera (retrospective)
  • 1979: MJC Chilly Gallery, Paris
  • 1980: New gallery in Lünen
  • 1984: Foreign Office, Bonn
  • 1986: Wilhelm Morgner House, Soest
  • 1987: Wilhelm Morgner House, Soest
  • 1989: Parliamentary Society, Bonn
  • 1997: Cappenberg Castle, Selm (Unna district)
  • 2003: Moritzburg Castle, Zeitz
  • 2004: City gallery in the Hansesaal, Lünen
  • 2005: Town Hall, Visbek
  • 2006: Moritzburg Castle, Zeitz
  • 2007: City gallery in the Hansesaal, Lünen
  • 2012: City gallery in the Hansesaal, Lünen
  • 2015: Anniversary exhibition for housing cooperative eG Lünen

literature

  • Rolf-Dietrich Ratzmann: painting, drawing. Catalog for the "Hoesch-Galerie '87", ed. vd Hoesch-AG, Dortmund. Dortmund 1987.
  • Rolf-Dietrich Ratzmann: Painting from 1980. Exhibition booklet, ed. from the district of Unna. Unna 1989, ISBN 3-924210-24-1 .
  • Rolf-Dietrich Ratzmann: Figure and Landscape - Painting from 1964. Self-published, Lünen 1986.
  • Location. Exhibition catalog, ed. vd Galerie Koch (Hanover). Artcolor-Verlag, Hamm 1991, ISBN 3-89261-319-2 .
  • Ratzmann: Cappenberg Castle. An exhibition by the Unna district. Published by the district of Unna. Unna 1997, ISBN 3-924210-36-5 (102 pages, 83 color illustrations).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Zerull : That is why no process in human life can be excluded from painting: Rolf-Dietrich Ratsmann. In: District of Unna (Ed.): Ratzmann: Castle Cappenberg. An exhibition by the Unna district. Unna 1997.
personal data
SURNAME Ratzmann, Rolf-Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Time
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1992
Place of death Hogenbögen , near Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony