Susanne Praetorius
Susanne Praetorius (* 1961 in Munich ) is a contemporary painter living in Kempten and co-founder of the art association “artig” located there. She is a great-granddaughter of the painter known at that time in Munich and now deceased Max Fenk that among the professors Gabriel and Emanuel von Seidl and Professor Hocheder had contributed much to the development of arts and crafts in the Bavarian capital.
The public award announced by the city of Kempten has been presented to Susanne Praetorius in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2011.
Many of her pictures combine concrete motifs with the imaginary, which astonish the viewer because of their realistic representation based on the trompe l'œil technique. The titles of the pictures often contain humorous word games with hints to explain or even to discover what is hidden at first sight.
Life
From 1980, Praetorius began to exhibit her pictures in public in Kempten, Ulm, Augsburg and Oberstaufen. Because of their good reception by visitors, these places will remain their favorites for the next 20 years and the exhibitions will take place there at irregular intervals. In the meantime, she began her degree in designer (FH) in the communication design course at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences in 1985 and successfully completed it in 1989. Praetorius remains in Augsburg for the time being and then works as an assistant to the advertising department on the city's stages for another year. From 1994 to 2000 she worked closely with Ruth Treffeisen in the manufacture of porcelain dolls until she finally opened her own studio in Kempten. In the same year she expanded her knowledge through an internship as a media designer in digital design. In the summer of 2001 her path leads to the painter Friedrich Hechelmann from Isny, who continues to train artists in "summer academies". In the following year (2002), she began to push her exhibitions again, which in the meantime achieved international character: joint exhibitions in Kempten (Kornhaus), Berlin ( The Story of Berlin ), France (Château de la Ferté and Orschwiller). Further solo exhibitions take place in Bad Grönenbach, Memmingen, Ravensburg and Kempten.
On the occasion of the Allgäu Festival Week , the city of Kempten will, also in the following years, offer a prize to be awarded by the public - Susanne Praetorius takes part in the choice of the public prize for the first time with a picture . She received this for the first time in the following year (2005) for her picture "Garden Party". In 2006 further exhibitions followed in the Allgäu and Alsace - this year it was chosen for the second time by the art lovers among the festival visitors in Kempten with the first prize for the picture "Stiel-Leben". In 2007 and 2008 further exhibitions follow in the Allgäu, Trient and in Feste Vigiliane. For the first time in the history of the Festwochenpreis she succeeded in an "artistic hat trick" in the local scene, again taking first place in the Festwochenpreis for "Traveling Lights".
In the meantime, more and more art lovers and friends of the artist have gathered around Praetorius due to her growing popularity. This circle of friends decides to invigorate the Allgäu art scene the association "artig e.V." to found, in the late summer of 2009, art by painters, sculptors and small artists will be presented in the Kempten market hall in connection with musical or other stage events, with admission to the art exhibitions remaining free. The concept leads to success, the event will be repeated in 2010 with changing artists. This year she is holding further exhibitions with her own pictures in the Allgäu and Black Forest.
Also in 2011 it will be the rule that the art association "artig eV" In late summer, the Kempten market hall was converted into an exhibition space for the artists, Praetorius has been on the board and as an artist again since the association was founded. The annual exhibition course this year takes them to Franconia as well as to the Allgäu, which has now become mandatory for them . The audience of the Allgäuer Festwoche is rewarding Praetorius this year with the first prize for the picture "We are against it".
The year 2012 takes her back to her birthplace in Munich for an exhibition. The art association "artig eV" succeeds in renting historical exhibition space in the imperial city mint in the old town in Kempten ; Starting in April 2012, there will be monthly solo and group exhibitions by artists in the so-called "Galerie kunstreich".
Works
- 2001: African unicorn
- 2002: Sommerfrische, The smile of the pumpkins, Papapeienbaum, Solo
- 2003: Water and stones, forest clearing, exoTisch, Silence, Small Still Life, SeeRosen
- 2004: The big fern, evergreen, Vive la Liberté, SeeLöwe, garden party (audience award of the city of Kempten 2005) , magic forest
- 2005: Autumn, Forest Walk 2, Neptune's Terrace, The Journey, Watercolors, Carpe Diem
- 2006: Stiel-Leben (audience award of the city of Kempten 2006) , Azzuro, sun in the house, the "little sea" from the puffin, aquarius, summer calm, sea of flowers, the other day in the Atlantic
- 2008: The yellow garden, Traveling Lights (audience award of the city of Kempten 2008) , Odyssey, African Pegasus, dandelions and daisies, urban jungle
- 2009: visit, small still life, Viso del Mare,
- 2010: Small Still Life III, Seafood II, Summertime, Am Vulkan
- 2011: Our beautiful life, We are against it (audience award of the city of Kempten 2011) , Il Gabbiano, Wildwuchs, The noise
- 2012: little sea, orange in color, hunter of lost treasure, thought images, new territory, the kiss, beauty (2012)
Web links
- Official website of Susanne Praetorius
- Official website of the art association "artig" in Kempten (Allgäu)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Praetorius, Susanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |