Kurt Wendlandt (August 13, 1917 in Poznań – February 13, 1998 in Berlin) was a German painter,

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

, photographer, author and illustrator. His work incorporates paintings, drawings, statuary, photogram,

Décollage ''Décollage'', in art, is the opposite of collage; instead of an image being built up of all or parts of existing images, it is created by cutting, tearing away or otherwise removing, pieces of an original image.

, light graphics and photos. Books illustrated by Wendlandt have been published in (Germany), the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and the

GDR East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

Exhibitions (selection)

*1942–44: '' Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung''

Haus der Kunst The ''Haus der Kunst'' (, ''House of Art'') is a non-collecting modern and contemporary art museum in Munich, Germany. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park. History Na ...

, Munich *1961: ''Retrospektive'' Rathaus Spandau, Berlin *1965: ''A 65 Amsterdam-Berlin-Frankfurt'' Haus des Deutschen Kunsthandwerks, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *1968: ''Vom fototechnischen Experiment zur Neuen Figuration'' Galerie Clarissa, Hannover *1968: ''Foto-Grafik, Sammlung Clarissa'' Museum August Kestner, Hanover *1968: ''Sühnezeichen''

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

, Copenhagen, Denmark *1969: ''Lichtgrafik'' Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin *1969: ''Foto 69'' Rhodes National Gallery, Salisbury (today:

National Gallery of Zimbabwe The National Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) is a gallery in Harare, Zimbabwe, dedicated to the presentation and conservation of Zimbabwe's contemporary art and visual heritage. The original National Gallery of Rhodesia was designed and directed by ...

), Harare, Zimbabwe *1970: ''Artes gráficas aplicadas à fotografia de Kurt Wendlandt''

Goethe-Institut The Goethe-Institut (, GI, en, Goethe Institute) is a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and ...

, Sao Paulo und Rio de Janeiro, Brasil *1972: ''Zyklus OSSIAN''

Lottehaus The Lottehaus is a museum in Wetzlar, Germany. It was the birthplace of Charlotte Buff, who lived there for the first 20 years of her life until she got married. The Lottehaus was originally an establishment of the Teutonic Order, which founded ...

, Wetzlar, Germany *1973: ''Akzente und Kontraste'' Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie,

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

, Germany *1976: Lichtgrafik Goethe-Institut, Paris, France *1976: ''La VII Bienal de Ibiza'' Museo de Arte Contemporaneo,

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, Spain *1977: ''Retrospektive'' Forum bildender Künstler,

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

*1977: ''Die Medien der bildenden Kunst''

Neue Nationalgalerie The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century. It is part of the National Gallery of the Berlin State Museums. The museum building and its ...

(National Gallery), Berlin *1980: ''Kunst in Berlin 1930–1960''

Berlinische Galerie The Berlinische Galerie is a museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin. It is located in Kreuzberg, on Alte Jakobstraße, not far from the Jewish Museum. History The Berlinische Galerie was founded in 1975

(State Museum of Berlin for Modern Art and Photography), Berlin *1985: Galerie des Lichts Berlin, Berlin *1988: ''Retrospektive''

Spandau Citadel The Spandau Citadel (german: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and ...

, Berlin *1988: ''Neue Sammlungen'' Berlinische Galerie (State Museum of Berlin for Modern Art and Photography), Berlin *1989: ''Photographie als Photographie'' Berlinische Galerie, Berlin *1990: ''Abwesenheit. Fotogramme und die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts'' Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland *1991: ''Interferenzen: Kunst aus Westberlin: 1960 – 1990'' Latvian National Museum of Art,

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

, Latvia *1998: ''Lichtseiten'' Berlinische Galerie (State Museum of Berlin for Modern Art and Photography), Berlin, Germany *2010: ''Fotografische Verfahren'
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg (State Museum of Sachsen-Anhalt)

Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hall ...

, Germany *2016: ''NATURE MORTE,'' Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Crete, Greece *2017: ''Transparenz und Reflexion – 100 Jahre Kurt Wendlandt'', Galerie Eirmos, Thessaloniki, Greece *2019: ''Isola d' Ischia'' GALLERY 1/1, San Jose, USA *2020: ''Material Inquiries'' Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST, Berlin as part of the European Month of Photography

Publications

As Author (selection) *''Elisa'' (together with Elfi Wendlandt), Herold, 1960 *''Fumo, der Rauchgeist'' (together with Elfi Wendlandt), Parabel Verlag, 1962 *''Die drei Königreiche'', Sellier, 1971. *''Beiträge zu Integralen Weltsicht. Vol. VI.'', Internationale Jean Gebser Gesellschaft, Schaffhausen (Hrsg.) Willi Schlichter Atelier, 1986. *''Die 'Ent – Rüstung' der Athene. Die Entfaltung des menschheitlichen Bewußtseins'', Druckerei Fuhl & Hornung, 1999 As Illustratrator (Selection) *''Grimms Märchen'', Brothers Grimm/Otto Hohenstatt, Schweizer Volks – Buchgemeinde, 1950 *''Sidelights on Modern America'', Helene Voigt und Helene Kirchhoff, Cornelsen Verlag, 1952 *''Die Lederstrumpf-Erzählungen'', Karl May, Droemer Verlag, 1954 *''Die versunkene Insel'', Noble Edward und Heinrich Hecke,

Ueberreuter Ueberreuter (full: german: der Verlag Carl Ueberreuter) is an Austrian publishing house. Founded as ''Verlag Carl Ueberreuter'' in 1946 by Thomas F. Salzer (de), today the company is Austria's biggest publisher of non-fiction literature. Ueberr ...

, 1954 *''Der Fliegende Pfeil'',

Fritz Steuben Erhard Wittek (3 December 1898 – 4 June 1981), better known for his pen name Fritz Steuben, was a German author who wrote war novels and stories depicting American Indians (particularly the life of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh). Steuben wrote ...

, Kosmos (publisher), 1955 *''Kommodore Hornblower auf allen Meeren'',

C. S. Forester Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Roya ...

, Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, 1956 *''Märchen'', Otto Hohenstatt, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1959 *''Ano lebt in der Tundra'', Anna Dobrinskaja, Parabel Verlag, 1962 *''Ben Ali und seine Herde'', Karl Friedrich Kohlenberg, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1963 *''Märchen aus Tausendundeine Nacht'', Walter Bauer, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1963 *''David in der heiligen Nacht'', Urs Markus, Obpacher Verlag, München, 1964 *''Die Nachtigall'',

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...

, Broschek Verlag, Hamburg, 1969 *''Der Kaiser und der Kleine Mann'', Rudolf Otto Wiemer, Steinkopf, 1972

References

External links

Profile on Art.netBiography on kurtwendlandt.com
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