Willy Reichert (painter)
Willy Reichert (born May 24, 1937 in Munich ) is a German painter.
Life
He probably owes his talent and an eye for the essentials to his parents: his mother was a photographer and his father a church painter. Reichert grew up in Penzing near Wasserburg / Inn. In 1951 he completed an apprenticeship as a painter and graphic artist in Wasserburg / Inn; then he attended the drawing school Heinrich König in Munich in 1954. 1961 began his freelance work. In 1958 his first public participation was in the Great Art Exhibition in the Old Botanical Garden, Munich. He has lived and worked in Wasserburg / Inn since the 1960s.
In 1968 the artistic breakthrough came with the founding of Working Group 68 and the first Wasserburg art exhibition. For many years he remained true to the craft as a restorer. Willy Reichert became known for his atmospheric, dense compositions.
Styles
- Assemblages: new works are based on the basic pattern of a rectangle. This becomes a multi-dimensional work of art by means of overlays with plastic fragments and different materials
- Colored pencil drawings: it is particularly attractive to exhaust the technical possibilities of this simple working material
- Figurative: The aim is not to create a realistic image of the figure, but rather to integrate its body as a mass in an abstract environment
- Still life: the abundance of motifs of the genre still life is almost inexhaustible. It does not matter whether the reproduction is true to detail or not
- Landscapes: The representation of landscapes is about creating a unity in the picture and creating connections between real and abstract forms. Landscapes are set in a new, imaginary light that turns it into something unchangeable
- Animal worlds: The aim is to show the beauty of animals using a wide variety of painting techniques. The pictures are mainly painted in oil and watercolor, very finely drawn or modeled, sometimes realistic, sometimes almost abstract
- Insects: the level of detail in these tiny animals requires a particularly labor-intensive examination. These motifs are taken up to the point of abstraction without losing sight of the subject of "insects"
Exhibitions (selection)
| year | event | place |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Large art exhibition of the working group 68 | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 1970 | Large art exhibition in the town hall | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 1973 | Large art exhibition in the House of Art | Munich |
| 1975 | Gallery at Messerschmidt-Bölkow-Blohm | Munich |
| 1976 | BMW gallery | Munich |
| 1978 | Art Association, "Art and Animals" | Hanover |
| 1978 | Gallery in the Goldgasse | Salzburg |
| 1979 | Art Association | augsburg |
| 1980 | Gallery in the town hall | Waldkraiburg |
| 1981 | Gallery in the Grasgasse | Landshut |
| 1982 | BMW gallery | Munich |
| 1983 | Philipp Morris, "Dimension 4" | Munich |
| 1985 | Great Swabian art exhibition | augsburg |
| 1987 | Gallery in the Ganserhaus | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 1988 | Bavarian civil service insurance | Munich |
| 1989 | Bavarian Landesbank | Munich |
| 1990 | Baroque castle | Meersburg / Lake Constance |
| 1992 | Gallery Gailer | Bad Aibling |
| 1994 | Gallery in the Osram house | Munich |
| 1994 | Gallery Norbert Blaeser | Dusseldorf |
| 1995 | Geras Abbey | Lower Austria |
| 1997 | Rathausgalerie | Burghausen |
| 1997 | University Gallery Antigonisch | Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 1997 | H. Schaffner Collection | Munich |
| 2000 | Kornhausmuseum | Weiler / Allgäu |
| 2001 | ARAG gallery | Munich |
| 2002 | Kreissparkasse | Munich-Starnberg |
| 2004 | Gallery in the old town hall | Prien |
| 2006 | Johannes Klinger Gallery | Hohenaschau |
| 2007 | Gallery Wimmer | Munich |
| 2008 | hohmann fine art (formerly: hart-gallery) | palm desert, California |
| 2010 | "Metal & Color" (Bergmeister and Reichert), Galerie Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2010 | “Art in the Zodiac”, Galerie Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2011 | "Pictures and iron goods" (Reichert, Reich & Schumann), Galerie Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2011 | "Willy Reichert and Robert M. Weber" Gallery Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2012 | "Until today", Galerie Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2012 | "Insect", gallery at the castle | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2013 | "Women", gallery at the castle | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2013 | “City, Country, River”, Galerie Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2014 | “People”, gallery at the castle | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2014 | Art Association | Bad Aibling |
| 2014 | "Animal Worlds", Gallery Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2015 | "Color games", gallery in the old town hall | Prien |
| 2016 | Hilgerhof - together with Andreas Kuhnlein | Pittenhart |
| 2016 | "Lust and Passion", Galerie Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2016 | “ARTen Diversity”, Galerie Auf der Burg | Wasserburg / Inn |
| 2017 | "At the river", gallery at the castle | Wasserburg / Inn |
TV reports
- 1989 ZDF film - Mosaik
- 1991 Film in Sat 1 - Pictures from Germany
Since then several documentaries on Bavarian television
Teaching assignments
- 1993–2000 teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts Vulkaneifel, Steffeln
- 2009 teaching position at the Bad Reichenhall Art Academy
- 2010 teaching position at the Bad Reichenhall Art Academy
Awards
- 1973 European Prize for Painting, Ostend - bronze medal
- 1976 European Prize for Painting, Ostend - bronze medal
Literature, publications
- Kunst-Koch-Buch, 1979 Presentation in the Blaeser Gallery, Regensburg, ISBN 978-3-931904-15-9
- Willy Reichert. Upper Bavarian landscapes. Oil paintings and watercolors Hardcover - November 29, 2006, by Johannes Klinger (Author), ISBN 978-3-938974-01-8
- Willy Reichert. Wasserburg and surroundings. Oil paintings and watercolors Hardcover - October 1, 2005 by Johannes Klinger (author), Willy Reichert (artist), ISBN 978-3-9801037-8-7
- 4 catalogs: "figurative", "still life", "insect", "assemblages"
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reichert, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |