Reiner Schwarz, The Spatula, 1999, Charcoal and Crayon on Handmade Paper

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Reiner Schwarz
Born 1940 Hirschberg [Jelenia Góra]

"The Spatula" (Catalogue Raisonné: 5/1999)

Signed and dated (1999) upper right

Charcoal and … Read more Reiner Schwarz
Born 1940 Hirschberg [Jelenia Góra]

"The Spatula" (Catalogue Raisonné: 5/1999)

Signed and dated (1999) upper right

Charcoal and colored pencils on handmade paper ("BFK Rives (France)") ---unframed---

Size: 57 x 76.5 cm

This drawing was part of the solo exhibition "The Things of Life" at Galerie Kühn, Lilienthal, in 2009.

Information about the work was kindly provided by the artist, who has digital photographs of the drawing.

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Reiner Schwarz

Painter, draftsman, printmaker.

1950 Moved to Hanover

1960 Began studies at the Berlin University of the Arts
1961-64 Mac Zimmermann's painting class; initial steps in lithography
1962 Study trip to Venice and Florence, studying Italian painting, especially the Sienese and Mannerists
1964 First state examination and study trip to Rome
1965 Master student
1968 Since then, has worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Berlin
1971-91 Represented by Galerie Brusberg in Hanover and Berlin for his entire oeuvre
1974 Established his own lithography printmaking workshop
1984 Catalogue raisonné of lithographs published by Galerie Brusberg, Berlin
1987 Residency with Rolf Münzner and Peter Schnürpel at the Kätelhön printmaking workshop
1988 Began large-format drawings on packing paper
2011 Residency at artbellwald, Switzerland, lasting several months

Awards / Honors
1977 2nd Senefelder Prize for Lithography in Offenbach

1972 & 1976 Medals at the Frechen International Graphic Arts Biennial

1979 Advancement Award of the Silesian Cultural Prize of the State of Lower Saxony

1996 Prize at the 1st International Lithography Biennial of the Baltic States, Nidzica

Collections
Berlin Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings)
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum (Braunschweig)
Kunsthalle Bremen
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
Darmstadt Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings)
Sprengel Museum (Hanover)
Kiel Kunsthalle
Museum of Fine Arts (Leipzig)
Bavarian State Painting Collection (Munich)
MoMA (New York)
Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie (Regensburg)
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