Herta Günther (German, 1934–2018)

Timeline

1934: born in Dresden, Germany
1951–1956: studies at The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Prof. Hans Theo Richter und Max Schwimmer
1957: begins to work as a freelance artist in Dresden, Germany
1960: marries a graphic artist Jürgen Günther
1961: draws her first paintings
1962: prints her first lithographs and linear etchings
1969: prints color etchings with her own printing press
2018: Died in Dresden, Germany

2014: Galerie LEO.COPPI, Lebensspuren - zum 80. Geburtstag, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2009: The City Collections Freital, Freital, Germany, exhibition with catalogue
1999: The City Art Gallery and The New Saxon Gallery, Chemnitz, Germany, exhibitions with catalogue
1995–1997: Christa Wolf. Gerhard Wolf. Our Friends, Artists, Rheinsberg and Bad Arolsen, Germany
1992: Kunsthaus Hartl, Freising, Germany, exhibition with catalogue
1991: Artists form Saxony, The Dresden City Museum, Dresden, Germany
1989: Junge Kunst Museum, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, extensive exhibition with catalogue
1984–1988: exhibitions in Basel
1986: a touring exhibition „Dresden today. Paintings und Graphic Works after 1945“
1985: The State Museum Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany, exhibition (pastel drawings appear more often)
1983–1984: publishes the catalogue of printed graphic works from 1960 to 1983
1981: the 2-nd Biennale of European graphic works in Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
1976: The State Gallery Moritzburg Halle, exhibition of grafic works, Halle (Saale), Germany
1966: first solo exhibition of oil paintings, drawings and color etchings

: Works in public and private collections
: Albstadt, Ahlden, Altenburg, Basel, Berlin, Bonn, Boston, Bremen, Chemnitz, Cottbus, Dresden,
: Esslingen, Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt/Oder, Freital, Gießen, Gotha, Halle, Heidelberg, Leipzig,
: Milwaukee, Minneapolis/Minnesota, Nürnberg, Oberhausen, Schwerin, Tübingen, Tutzing
: Venice/California (USA), Weimar

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