Wolfgang Leber

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Wolfgang Leber, 2012

Wolfgang Leber (born February 15, 1936 in Berlin ) is a German painter , graphic artist , sculptor and university professor .

Life

After initial artistic attempts and participation in evening courses, Wolfgang Leber's application to the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art was initially rejected. Therefore, in 1957 he began studying in the graphics class of the master school for arts and crafts in Berlin-Charlottenburg with Heinz Weißbrich and Günter Scherbarth and in 1961 at the University of Fine Arts , which he had to abandon after the construction of the Berlin Wall . From 1962 to 1964 Wolfgang Leber worked as a graphic designer at the Volksbühne Berlin . The graphic work began in 1964. After his first sculptural works, which were created from 1966 to 1968, he resumed his sculptural work in 1999. He has been working as a freelancer since 1965.

In 1970, Wolfgang Leber founded the graphic studio at Berlin's Kulturhaus Prater and managed it until 1995. In 1973, he was the initiator of the Galerie am Prater in the same building , which offered many young artists a first platform. In 1990, together with other Berlin artists, he founded the artists' initiative Maisalon , which in the same year organized its first exhibition in the Thaer-Saal of the Humboldt University .

From 1974 to 1978 he lectured at the Fachschule für Werbung und Gestaltung Berlin and from 1990 to 1993 at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, where he also held a visiting professorship from 1998/99 . In 1993, Wolfgang Leber taught at the Technical University of Berlin , Faculty of Architecture, and in 1996 as part of a teaching assignment at the University of Greifswald .

In 1981 he was awarded the Berlin Prize. Wolfgang Leber lives and works in Berlin. His partner is the fashion designer Marlene Gaßmann.

Works by Wolfgang Leber are in the possession of the Berlin National Gallery , the Art Collection of the German Bundestag , the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett , the Lindenau Museum Altenburg, the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig and the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1973 Galerie am Prater , Berlin
  • 1976 Galerie im Turm, Berlin (first exhibition with painting)
  • 1977 Greifengalerie, Greifswald
  • 1979 Galerie Mitte, Berlin
  • 1981 Arcade Gallery, Berlin
  • 1982 Leonardi Museum, Dresden
  • 1983 gallery in the Altes Museum , Berlin
  • 1984 Galerie Unter den Linden, Berlin - extensive exhibition of prints from 1964–1984
  • 1985 Galerie Junge Kunst , Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 1986 Galerie Mitte, Berlin
  • 1990 Rotunda Gallery, Berlin
  • 1992 Academy of the Arts (Berlin) , gallery on Pariser Platz
  • 1992 Galleria eco d'arte moderna, Florence
  • 1993 Galerie Sophien-Edition, Berlin
  • 1994 Gallery in the Brecht House, Berlin-Weißensee
  • 1995 LEO.COPPI Gallery, Berlin
  • 1996 Galerie Mitte, Berlin and Museum Junge Kunst , Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 1997 Gallery Netuschil , Darmstadt
  • 1999 Art Association, Halle
  • 2000 Kniphausen Castle Foundation , Wilhelmshaven
  • 2000 Galerie Parterre, Berlin - extensive exhibition of lithographic works
  • 2001 Kulturhistorisches Museum Stralsund - first exhibition of works
  • 2003 Galerie Pohl, Berlin
  • 2004 Gallery Berlin, Berlin
  • 2005 Galerie im Turm, Berlin
  • 2007 Döbele Gallery, Würzburg and Finkbein Gallery, Dresden
  • 2009 Galerie der Moderne, Berlin
  • 2010 MLS Gallery, Bordeaux
  • 2011 Gallery Forum Amalienpark, Berlin
  • 2012 Kunstverein Bensheim and gallery of the Berlin graphic press, Berlin
  • 2013 Galerie Bernau, Bernau (together with Marlene Gaßmann)
  • 2014 Gallery in Schweigenberg, Freyburg
  • 2014 Galerie der Moderne, Berlin
  • 2016 Märkisches Museum, Berlin
  • 2020 Galerie der Berliner Graphikpresse, Berlin (painting and stone prints from the workshop of Klaus Wilfert)

Since 1964 he has had numerous exhibitions and participations at art fairs, galleries and museums.

Quote

“After just a few years of his self-discovery process, he had created a range of designs on the existential theme of» space and figure «that was appropriate to both his emotionality and his artistic temperament. He found this affinity above all in the art of the great French colourists of the 19th and especially the 20th centuries. A luxurious color refinement as well as cheerful light-heartedness and the desire for harmony also characterize his work. The work of this artist could be described as the dialogue between poetry and prose, in which the subject is juxtaposed with the use of means. It is not the synthetic vision, but the analytical view with which he seeks to shape what is essential for him. For him it is not the object as such that is important, but for him it is the lines, shapes and colors and their relationship to one another that make up the pictorial organism. "

- Brigitte Rieger-Jähner

Literature (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on the pages of the Galerie Parterre ( memento of the original from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlin.de
  2. ^ Information on the Märkisches Museum | City Museum Berlin
  3. ↑ Description of the picture City landscape with mast on the pages of the Museum Junge Kunst Frankfurt (Oder)
personal data
SURNAME Leber, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin