Peter Dreher

Peter Dreher (* August 26, 1932 in Mannheim ) is a German painter and graphic artist.

Life

Dreher studied from 1950 to 1956 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe at The artist was, Wilhelm Schnarrenberger and Erich Heckel.

In 1965 he became head of a painting class at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe (branch of Freiburg). He was appointed professor in 1968.

Peter Dreher is a member of the Artists Association of Baden- Württemberg and the German Association of Artists and has had numerous solo exhibitions at home and abroad. He lives in Wittnau at Freiburg and in St. Margen in the Black Forest.

Awards and honors

Works (selection)

" Day after day, good day "

1972 saw a first single image of a glass of water. First, he wanted to paint only five or six pictures of this water glass, "to show that it is not necessary to change the subject to be encouraged to paint ." He then has not been able to stop since 1974 and created so every year at least 50, at most 99 images showing an empty water glass on a white table surface in front of white background. The painted picture is 1:1 to the object. The external conditions, such as lighting, distance, image size remain unchanged. All images are in the format 25 x 20 cm and are painted with oil paint on canvas.

Since 1974 until now (2011) about 5000 images of the series "Day to day good day " I and II have been created, of which approximately 2500 Series I " The glass at night," 2500 Series II " The glass in day ".

Another series also began in 1972: " Beautiful day in the Black Forest ". The twelve-part images consist of three mutually on the same day painted local landscapes, which continue in the horizontal plane on three other boards, each field in the format 24 x 33 cm.

The facade of the University Library Freiburg, he designed 1978 by a series of self-portraits. They should be put back inside after completion of the new UB.

In addition to the well-known series "Day to day good day " Peter Dreher's oeuvre extremely complex and provides a unique approach to the medium of painting dar. at the interface between an almost ald- realistic style of painting and conceptual art positioned, it brings a large range of motives on the canvas, which includes both flower pieces, keys or puppet - images as well as large-scale, multi-part interior.

His works can be compared to the contemplative still life Giorgio Morandi. His images are often represented in exhibitions that dealt with the subject of "time", where they will be shown in connection with works by artists such as On Kawara or Roman Opałka.

Peter Dreher is not only one of Germany's most important post-war artists, he also practiced as a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and Freiburg a strong influence on younger artists such as Anselm Kiefer.

Exhibitions (selection)

2014 Peter Dreher. 40 years day for day good day. Galerie WAGNER PARTNER, Berlin

2013 Peter Dreher. MK Galleries, Milton Keynes, England

2012/13 Peter Dreher. Tribute to the painting. Exhibit hall at the Augustiner Museum in Freiburg im Breisgau (on the occasion of his 80th birthday )

2012 Clover Flower - Peter Dreher eightieth birthday. Galerie WAGNER PARTNER, Berlin

2010 Realism - The Adventure of Reality. Courbet - Hopper - Gursky. Kunsthalle Emden; Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart; " Home Away From Home Arts in Baden -Württemberg. ", Kunsthalle Mannheim; "Open Landscape", Galerie WAGNER PARTNER, Berlin

2009 Kunstverein Münster, Coesfeld; The inside view - The interior in contemporary art. Kunsthalle Tübingen

2008 Participation in the exhibition at the opening of Galerie Wagner Partner, Berlin

2007 1st Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece; Beachcomber Shores Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin; The Approach, London, United Kingdom

2004 Phenomenon of Time, Gallery sphn, with Thorsten Hallscheidt, Berlin, Germany

2002 The long short glances sphn Gallery, Berlin, Germany; Dreher_früher, Municipal Gallery, Freiburg, Germany

2001 Gallery S65, Aalst, Belgium

2000 Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA; Day to day is a good day, sphn Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1998 Mark Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, USA; Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, USA; State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, Germany

1997 Gallery of Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany; Rooms for Contemporary Art Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal, Germany; Kunstverein Esslingen, Germany

1995 Gallery Krohn, Badenweiler, Germany

1993 Baden Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany; Quint- Krichmann -Projects, The La Jolla Gallery, California, USA

1992 Gallery Wehr, Stuttgart, Germany

1991 Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany

1990 Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim; Museum of Contemporary Art, Freiburg, Germany; Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany

1987 Gallery Kilchberg, Basel-Land, Switzerland

1983 Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany

1982 Von der Heydt - Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

1979 Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

1977 Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden -Baden, Germany

1975 Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany

1974 Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Germany

1954 Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany