Ronald Paris

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Ronald Paris (2012)

Ronald Paris (born August 12, 1933 in Sondershausen ; † September 17, 2021 in Rangsdorf ) was a German painter and graphic artist . From 1993 until his retirement in 1999 he was a professor at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle .

Origin and education

Ronald Paris was born in 1933 as the son of the theater actor Rupprecht Paris (1902–1955) and his wife Henny, née Klose (1906–1982), a seamstress. After attending primary school in Weimar , he began an apprenticeship as an art glass and glass painter in Weimar in 1948 . Since his desire to become a painter was already clear at this point in time, Paris attended the workers and farmers faculty in Jena from 1950 to 1952 , where he obtained his university entrance qualification . This was followed by a restoration course ( traineeship ) at the Castle Museum in Gotha . From 1953 to 1958 he studied wall painting at the University of Fine and Applied Arts Berlin-Weißensee with Kurt Robbel , Arno Mohr , Bert Heller , Gabriele Mucchi and Toni Mau .

Create

From 1959 he worked as a freelancer. In the same year he covered 3000 km on the Volga during a trip to the Soviet Union . In 1961 he became a member of the Association of Visual Artists of Germany (VBKD) (later VBK of the GDR), of which he was district chairman in Berlin from 1985 to 1991. In this capacity, he co-signed a declaration in 1989 expressing incomprehension about the inability of the party and state leadership and calling for the renunciation of force.

His triptych “Village Festival in Wartenberg” was heavily criticized by the SED leadership in 1961 because the representation of the workers did not correspond to their idealized ideas. In 1962, Paris designed the premiere poster for the Brecht play “ Schweyk in the Second World War ” for the Berliner Ensemble . From 1963 to 1966 he was a master student with Otto Nagel at the German Academy of the Arts in Berlin (East) . In 1965 Ronald Paris was one of the founders of the Intergrafik Triennial , of which he was later chairman.

In 1969 Paris portrayed the singer and actor Ernst Busch while working on a graphic portfolio “Artists see artists” . As a result, two Busch paintings were created, and the Ernst Busch II version was exhibited at the VII Art Exhibition of the GDR . Since the paintings did not show the bush but a tired old man, Paris received numerous criticisms, not least from Busch himself. The painting was bought by the Ministry of Culture and later spectacularly disappeared. It is now considered lost.

From 1993 to 1999 he was a professor at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy in Halle . Paris lived and worked in Rangsdorf (near Berlin) from 1985, where he died in September 2021 at the age of 88.

In Chemnitz , the former Mayor of Chemnitz and current city councilor Eberhard Langer initiated an application to the city council in the summer of 2016 to examine the re-erection of the enamel construction “Fountain of Youth in Socialism”.

In 2019, with reference to the "Intergrafik - International Triennial of Dedicated Graphics" of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, Paris initiated an edition of artistic prints with effectiveness beyond a narrow audience, which he realized together with the left-wing daily newspaper Junge Welt .

family and friends

Paris was married to the photographer Helga Paris from 1961 to 1974 . The marriage resulted in two children (* 1962 and * 1964). From 1985 he was married to Isolde Paris; In 1976 a daughter was born.

He had a close friendship with the painter Ursula Wendorff-Weidt , the founder of modern French dance Jean Weidt , the singer Wolf Biermann , the graphic artist Herbert Sandberg , the painters Gabriele Mucchi and Helmut Symmangk .

The Schwerin landscape painter Wilhelm Facklam (1883–1972) was his uncle; likewise the sculptor Roland Paris (1894–1945).

Works (selection)

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2019 Potsdam, Museumshaus am Güldenen Arm, Ronald Paris ... experiences Paris
  • 2020 Berlin, Schloss Biesdorf , pictures of being. Works from six decades

Awards

  • 1967 Käthe Kollwitz Medal
  • 1970 FDJ art prize
  • 1976 National Prize of the GDR 2nd class for art and literature
  • 1977 Art Prize of the FDGB
  • 2013 Brandenburg Art Prize (Honorary Prize of the Brandenburg Prime Minister for life's work)

literature

Web links

Commons : Ronald Paris  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brandenburg painter Ronald Paris died , rbb24.de, published and accessed on September 18, 2021
  2. ^ A b Alberto Shayo : Roland Paris. The Art Deco Jester King. Antique Collectors Club Art Books, 2016. ISBN 1-85149-823-0 , pp. 17f.
  3. ^ Declaration by the VBK, published in the Sächsische Zeitung on October 20, 1989
  4. ↑ City administration of Chemnitz must look for locations for fountains for young people. In: Freiepresse.de. Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG, August 31, 2016, accessed on September 28, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Art for everyone. In: Junge Welt from June 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ Celebration of Light and Life. In: sächsische.de from June 25, 2018.
  7. ^ Memories from Ronald Paris to his uncle, In: Werner Stockfisch: Mecklenburg in pictures by Wilhelm Facklam. Demmler Verlag, Schwerin 1993, ISBN 3-910150-19-5 . Pp. 8-10; 65.
  8. ↑ Offer: Wall painting by Prof. Ronald Paris. ( Memento of December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at the Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues
  9. ^ Mural "Praise of Communism" by Ronald Paris at the GDR Museum Berlin
  10. ↑ Andreas Wessel : Scare and Pleasure , in: Junge Welt , November 16, 2019.
  11. ↑ Swen Uhlig: Debate about a work of art: This is a document of its time. In: Freiepresse.de. Chemnitzer Verlag und Druck GmbH & Co. KG, September 10, 2016, accessed on September 28, 2016 (with images).
  12. ↑ Close-up of winged altar "In memoriam 1945" ("Paris Altar") at flickr.com
  13. ↑ Ronald Paris… experiences Paris. In: potsdam.de from October 13, 2019.
  14. ↑ Ronald Paris “Pictures of Being - Working from Six Decades” in Schloss Biesdorf. In: berlin.de on May 25, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Paris, Ronald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and university professor
BIRTH DATE August 12, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Sondershausen , State of Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Rangsdorf