Rudolf Grüttner
Rudolf Grüttner (born March 5, 1933 in Schweidnitz ) is a German commercial artist and postage stamp artist. For many years he was professor of commercial graphics and from 1988 to 1991 rector at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art .
Life
After his apprenticeship as a sign painter from 1947 to 1950, Rudolf Grüttner initially worked as a poster painter until 1952. He then studied commercial graphics at the Technical School for Applied Arts in Berlin . This was followed by distance learning at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig until 1959, which he finished as a technical college teacher. In this function he worked at the technical school for applied arts in Berlin from 1959/60 and then until 1966 as chief graphic designer for the magazine Freie Welt . After working as a freelance commercial artist in Berlin, he was appointed lecturer at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art in 1975, where he also worked as a professor from 1978 . After Walter Womacka left , he was rector of the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art from 1988 to 1991.
His extensive output includes numerous posters, postage stamps , record sleeves and book covers.
Works (selection)
- 1966 Signet for Radio Berlin International
- 1967 Poster for Bertolt Brecht The resilient rise of Arturo Ui , Dresden State Theater
- 1967 Poster for Maxim Gorki Somow and others , Staatsschauspiel Dresden
- 1971 Poster for Paul Dessau Lanzelott , Dresden State Opera
- 1974 Poster for Pablo Neruda Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murietas , Staatsschauspiel Dresden
- 1976 Poster for Friedrich Schiller The Maiden of Orleans , Staatsschauspiel Dresden
- 1981 poster Peace must be armed
- 1983 Exhibition design to honor Luther in the GDR
- 1984 Design of the signet for the Schauspielhaus Berlin together with Axel Bertram
- 1984 Book design complete edition Nikolai Leskow , Berlin
- 1986 Poster for Leo Tolstoy War and Peace , Theater im Palast Berlin
- 1994 Draft of the stamp for the 100th birthday of Willi Richter (trade unionist)
- 1999 Book design by Hermann Raum Fine Arts in the GDR. Works - tendencies - lasting , Berlin
- 2009 Draft of the stamp for Gottlieb Daimler's 175th birthday
- 2017 draft of the stamp for 200 years of bicycles
Exhibitions
- 1978 City Theater Amsterdam
- 1982 Gallery Art Collections Cottbus
- 1985 Theater im Palast, Berlin
- 1987 Gallery of the Moscow Artists' House
- 1989 Holbeinhaus Augsburg
- 1990 Villa Stahmer near Osnabrück
- 1990 City Hall Gallery Treptow
- 2003 Long Night of Posters, Berlin
- 2013 commercial art. Works from five decades, Beeskow Castle
Awards
- 1975 Art Prize of the GDR
- 1978 National Prize of the GDR III. class
- 1986 National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class
- 1988 Goethe Prize of the City of Berlin
literature
- Short biography for: Grüttner, Rudolf . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Rudolf Grüttner: Turning point / turning point. Memories. Oranienburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-055797-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Grüttner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Rudolf Grüttner in the German Digital Library
- Short biography and information on the book Zeitenwende / Wendezeiten. http://www.rudolf-gruettner.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grüttner, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German commercial artist and postage stamp artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schweidnitz |