Herbert Wetterauer (born 21 April 1957 in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

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) is a German painter, sculptor and author. He is known for his paintings in ink and life-sized figures made of

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, for which he developed his own technique. Wetterauer studied German Language at the

University of Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

and

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at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe. For many years he was busy as a journalist, writing primary

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s. In 2009 his first novel named ''Stromness'' appeared, followed by the novels ''Du sollst nicht vertrauen'' and ''tod.com''.

Exhibitions (selection)

* 2011: Presentation by the United Artists of Karlsruhe * 2008: One-Man-Show at the official art-shop-window (Kunstschaufenster ) of the City of Karlsruhe * 2001: Künstlerhaus-Gallery Karlsruhe * 1995: Art-Collection Westermann, City-Gallery of

Rastatt Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50,000 (2011). Rastatt was an ...

* 1993: First

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for Material- and Textile-Art,

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and

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* 1990: First prize in the poster-competition, 4th Karlsruher Art-Mass * 1983: One-Man-Show at the State Art Museum

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

* 1983: One-Man-Show at Gallery Forum Rotart Karlsruhe

Own publications

* ''Consumption-Christmas'', pferscha Nr. 3, Graz 1974 * ''The Mechanic of

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-Drawings'', Journal of Art Nr. 5, 1975 * '' Katchina'', Ketchup-Magazine Nr. 2, 1981 * ''KiK-Magazine'' Nr. 9 – 70, 1980–1983 * ''The March of the Art-History'', Artist Nr. 38, 1999 * ''Stromness'', Schardt Verlag, Oldenburg, 2009, * ''The White Dog'' (Short story) in ''Neues Karlsruher Lesebuch'', Info Verlag, Karlsruhe, 2010, * ''Du sollst nicht vertrauen'', E-Book, 2013; KDP-Paperback, 2019, * ''DANEBEN – Geschichten aus der Nachbarschaft.'' E-Book 2013; KDP-Paperback 2019, * ''tod.com'', Info Verlag, Karlsruhe 2013, * ''Haltung der griechischen Landschildkröte.'' E-Book und KDP-Paperback, 2019, * ''Das Werk – Eine Monographie in Selbstzeugnissen.'' E-Book und KDP-Paperback, 2020, * ''Wurst – ein Leitfaden.'' Erzählungen. E-Book und KDP-Paperback, 2020, * ''Kein Tag ohne Linie – Ein Memes-Bilderbuch.'' KDP-Paperback, 2021,

Reporting

* Badisches Tagblatt, 22 September 1983 *

Kunstforum international ''Kunstforum International'' is a bi-monthly magazine for contemporary art. Every issue has about 350 pages with a first part on a specific theme and in-depth articles on contemporary art, a part with interviews with artists and art professionals, ...

, Bd. 69, 1984 * Badische Neueste Nachrichten, 30 March 1989; 26 June 2010 * Der Kurier, 5 April 1991, 29 April 2010; 25 June 2010 *

Nürnberger Nachrichten The Nürnberger Nachrichten (NN) was originally a local daily in the Nuremberg-Erlangen-Fürth area. With its regional editions, it covers the whole of Middle Franconia and parts of Upper Franconia and the Upper Palatinate and is one of Germany's ...

, 21 May 1993 *

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(NL), 9 October 1994 *

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(NL), 16 October 1994 * Pfalz-Echo, 21 December 2009, 25 November 2013 * RaumK, Nr. 89, March 2010 *

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, 6. Januar 2010, 19. Januar 2021Die Rheinpfalz Nr. 15/2021
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References

External links

* Herbert Wetterauer on German Wikipedia
Website of Herbert Wetterauer

Official Culture-Server of the Federal Republic of Germany

Website of the United Artists Karlsruhe

International Index of Artists

Interview with Herbert Wetterauer (German language)
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