Herta Günther

(German, 1934–2018)

sängerin (rote nachtigall) by herta günther

Herta Günther

Sängerin (Rote Nachtigall), 1969

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im pelz by herta günther

Herta Günther

Im Pelz, 1975

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Biography

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

Exhibitions

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
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)
1984 - 1988
exhibitions in Basel

Public Collections

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