Early life and education
Kluge-Pott was born in Berlin in 1934 into an upper-middle-class German family and studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste and Braunschweig from 1953 to 1958, where she knew Gunter Grass who was studying graphics and was the student representative.Pamela Bone, "Terra Australia inspires a 'migrant' artist," ''The Age'' (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 06 Sep 1988, p.18Australia
Against her family's wishes Kluge-Pott migrated from Hamburg to Australia in 1958, aged 23, having graduated and after the death of her father. The ship on which she was traveling, the Skaubryn, caught fire on 1 April 1958, three days out ofStyle
Of Australia Kluge-Pott has said: "I think there is no other country like this. Words are too flat to describe it. It is frightening, threatening, beautiful ... I have been here for 30 years, and I know the work I do could not have been done anywhere else in the world but Terra Australis." Her favoured technique is intaglio, with added textural qualities inReception
Writing in 1997 of Kluge-Pott's second solo exhibition at Australian Galleries in Melbourne, Jenny Zimmer writes;Awesome is the word that best describes Hertha Kluge-Pott's recent etchings. Dark, brooding and passionate as ever, they echo oceanic moods and reverberate with the sparse coastal vegetation's harsh struggle with the elements around Cape Bridgewater and west into South Australia's sandy wind-swept Coorong. The artist, a born naturalist, enjoys a symbiotic relationship with sea and coast a union begun dramatically 40 years ago when the ship Skaubryn, on which she set out for Australia, went down in the Bay of Bengal. The prints, etchings and dry points are made with traditional methods learnt at the Berlin Academy. They can be read in numerous ways. ''Pages of a Survey'' is a series of eight small drypoints scratched directly on to the plates, probably while on field excursions. Recorded are tangled ti trees and other coastal plants grown dense and gnarled for protection against the ravages of nature. She interprets them as growing inward into complicated bundles of matter, their sturdy outline shapes darkened by detail that grows thicker and richer at each epicentre. Then she extracts a leaf, a pod, a flower or some other distinctive element and, placing it to one side, renders it precisely as if studied under a looking glass.Robert Nelson, though recognising her skilfulness, less understands what is relayed;
Imagery of Hertha Kluge-Pott is promising, teeming with vibrant life-forms and detail. Yet ... the earnest decoction of nature in mannered arrangements doesn't succeed in communicating much about the subject matter.
Career
After traveling during 1964–65 to Spain, Italy and Germany, Kluge-Pott continued a career in printmaking, as well as teaching the medium. She established a printmaking workshop at theExhibitions
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Source: * 1972 Vic Langsam Galleries Melbourne * 1978 Susan Gillespie Gallery, Canberra * 1981 Studio One Print Workshop & Gallery, Brisbane * 1982 Stuart Gerstman Gallery, Melbourne * 1985 Works Gallery, Geelong, VIC * 1987 Powell Street Graphics Gallery, Melbourne * 1990 Powell Street Graphics Gallery, Melbourne * 1993 Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane * 1994 Australian Galleries, Melbourne * 1997 Australian Galleries, Melbourne * 2001 Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney * 2005 Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane * 2005 Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne * 2010 ‘Recent work’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * 2015 Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne * 2018 ‘Recent work’, Australian Galleries, MelbourneGroup
Source: * 2019 ‘papermade’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne ‘Imprint: A Survey of the Print Council of Australia’, Parliament House Gallery, Parliament House of Australia, Canberra * ‘Art Meets Nature’, presented by WAMA, The Atrium, Sofitel, Melbourne * ‘Melbourne Modern: European art & design at RMIT since 1945’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne 26 June 2019 * 2018 ‘Native Flora’, Silver Leaf Art Box, Merricks, VIC * 2016 ‘Impressions’, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne * 2014 ‘International Print Exhibition, Australia and Japan’, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan; Fukuyama Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan * ‘one of each’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne * 2012-13 ‘Works from the Stock Rooms’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne * 2011 ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney * ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne * ‘Nature of the Mark’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne * 2010 ‘Summer stock show’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne * ‘Artists’ Prints made with Integrity I’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne * 2009-10 ‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne * 2009 ‘Stock show’, Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney * ‘Artists’ ink: printmaking from the Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection, 1970-2001’, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Ararat, VIC * 2008 ‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries Smith Street, Melbourne * ‘Male Formy Grafici’ Lodz, Poland * 2007 ‘Artists Ink’ Warrnambool Art Gallery Collections 1970 -2001, Warrnambool, VIC * 2006 ‘Marks and Motives: Prints from the PCA Collection QUT Art Museum, Brisbane * ‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne * ‘Bookish’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne * ‘50th Anniversary Exhibition’, 5 June, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * 2005 ‘Contemporary Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne * ‘Notes from the Natural World’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * 2004 ‘Surface Tension’, Twenty one contemporary Australian printmakers, New York Society of Etchers inc, New York, NY, USA; Gallery 101, Melbourne & Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS * ‘Contemporary Australian Prints’ from the collection, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney * ‘Situate’, Prints from the collection, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC * ‘Artists’ Books and So…’, Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane * ‘Panorama’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * ‘Species’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * 2002 ‘Landscapes’, Australian Galleries, Sydney * ‘Wild Nature in Contemporary Australian Art and Craft’, Jam Factory, Adelaide * 2001 ‘Workings of the mind; Melbourne Prints 1960’s-1990’s, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne * ‘Landscape and Environment’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * ‘Contemporary Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries, Sydney * 2000 ‘Australian Identities in Printmaking’, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW * ‘Workings of the Mind; Melbourne Prints 1960s – 1990s’, Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane * ‘Prints, Drawings & Watercolours’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * 1999 ‘Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award’, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC * ‘Australian Paper Awards’, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne * ‘Australian Paper Awards’, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra * ‘Australian Paper Awards’, University of Technology, Ultimo, Sydney * 1998-99 ‘Look Again: Contemporary prints and drawings from the collection’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne * 1998 ‘Australian Prints from the Collection’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney * ‘Fremantle Print Award Exhibition’, Fremantle, WA 26 June 2019 * ‘Decalogue’, Catalogue of 10 years of Australian Printmaking, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea * ‘The Big Small Print Show’, Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane * 1997 ‘I Had a Dream’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne * ‘Warrnambool Print Award’, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC * ‘Australian Printmedia Award Exhibition’, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, NSW * ‘Geelong Acquisitive Print Prize Exhibition’, Geelong, VIC * ‘Relationships’, Works on Paper, Irene Amos Collection, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, * Toowoomba, QLD * 1996 ‘Male Formy Grafica’, Lodz, Poland * ‘UWS Macarthur National Printmedia Acquisitive Exhibition’, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney * ‘People, Prints & Patronage’, 1900-1996 Print Collection of Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC * 1995 ‘Contemporary Printmakers from Australian Galleries’, LaTrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC * ‘Sites & Places: A Survey exhibition with Danny McDonald’, touring Victorian & South Australian Regional Galleries, organised by Riddoch Art Gallery * ‘Recent Prints’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne * ‘Eveolution’, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW * 1994 ‘Artists Book Fair’, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane * 1993 ‘City of Richmond Acquisitive Award Exhibition’, Melbourne * 1992 ‘Henri Worland Acquisitive Award Survey Exhibition’, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC * ‘Transitional Times Plus’, Print Council of Australia & Faculty of Art & Design, RMIT, Melbourne * 1991 ‘IV Biennale Small Graphic Forms’, Ostrow, Poland * ‘Students Choice’, Survey Exhibition, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW * 1990-91 ‘Henri Worland Print Award Exhibition’, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC * ‘Acquisitive Award Exhibitions’, M.L.C, Melbourne * 1990 ‘A New Image, Prints’, Powell Street Graphics, Melbourne * 1989-91 ‘Small Graphic Forms’, Lodz, Poland * 1988 ‘With the Imprint of Another Culture’, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, touring exhibition * 1987 ‘Yarra Valley High School’, Print Award Exhibition, VIC * ‘Henri Worland Print Award Exhibition’, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC * 1985-93 ‘Fremantle Print Award Exhibition’, Fremantle, WA * 1985 ‘Australian prints ’85’, Print Council of Australia Exhibition to the University of Oregon, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, USA * 1984-96 ‘Print Biennial’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC * 1984 ‘Selected mini prints’, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Travelling Exhibition, Australian State Galleries, Japan AICHI Cultural Centre, OGISU Memorial Museum, Toyohashi City Museum * 1983 Stuart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne * ‘Diamond Valley Art Award Exhibition’, Diamond Valley, VIC * 1982 ‘12 Australian Printmakers’, Oxford, UK * Darmstadt-Hessisches Landes Museum, Bayreuth Erlangen University, Germany * 1978 ‘Australian Etching’, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne * National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne & Main State Galleries * 1972-76 ‘International Print Biennale’, Krakow, Poland * 1972 ‘Images’, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, India * 1963, ''Prints '63, Studio One Printmakers'', Tate Adams,Awards
* 1966: F.E. Richardson Print Prize, Geelong Gallery * 1987, 1889, 1991: Henri Worland acquisitive prize, Warrnambool Art Gallery * 1982, 1984, 1988. MPAC acquisitive *1990 MLC Acquisitive Art Award, Melbourne *1996 Daily Telegraph Mirror Acquisitive Award, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, NSW *1999 Australian Paper Art Award, MelbourneCollections
* National Gallery of Australia * Art Gallery of New South Wales * Art Gallery of South Australia * National Gallery of Victoria * Queensland Art Gallery * Geelong Gallery * Newcastle Regional Art GalleryLarkin, Annette; Evolution, Works by Australian Women Artists from Newcastle Regional Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection, Catalogue, February 1995 *References
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