Kurt Wendlandt
German illustrator, painter, writer and printmaker
About Kurt Wendlandt
Lived 1917 – 1998 (aged 80). Kurt Wendlandt was a German illustrator, painter, writer and printmaker.
Kurt Wendlandt (August 13, 1917 in Poznań – February 13, 1998 in Berlin) was a German painter, printmaker, photographer, author and illustrator. His work incorporates paintings, drawings, statuary, photogram, Décollage, light graphics and photos. Books illustrated by Wendlandt have been published in (Germany), the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and the East Germany.
Exhibitions (selection) 1942–44: Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung Haus der Kunst, Munich 1961: Retrospektive Rathaus Spandau, Berlin 1965: A 65 Amsterdam-Berlin-Frankfurt Haus des Deutschen Kunsthandwerks, Frankfurt, Germany 1968: Vom fototechnischen Experiment zur Neuen Figuration Galerie Clarissa, Hanover 1968: Foto-Grafik, Sammlung Clarissa Museum August Kestner, Hanover 1968: Sühnezeichen Aarhus, Copenhagen, Denmark 1969: Lichtgrafik Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin 1969: Foto 69 Rhodes National Gallery, Salisbury (today: National Gallery of Zimbabwe), Harare, Zimbabwe 1970: Artes gráficas aplicadas à fotografia de Kurt Wendlandt Goethe-Institut, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1972: Zyklus OSSIAN Lottehaus, Wetzlar, Germany 1973: Akzente und Kontraste Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany 1976: Lichtgrafik Goethe-Institut, Paris, France 1976: La VII Bienal de Ibiza Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Ibiza, Spain 1977: Retrospektive Forum bildender Künstler, Essen 1977: Die Medien der bildenden Kunst Neue Nationalgalerie (National Gallery), Berlin 1980: Kunst in Berlin 1930–1960 Berlinische Galerie (State Museum of Berlin for Modern Art and Photography), Berlin 1985: Galerie des Lichts Berlin, Berlin 1988: Retrospektive Spandau Citadel, 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, 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, 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, United States 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 Illustrator (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, 1954 Der Fliegende Pfeil, Fritz Steuben, Kosmos (publisher), 1955 Kommodore Hornblower auf allen Meeren, C. S. Forester, 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, Munich, 1964 Die Nachtigall, Hans Christian Andersen, Broschek Verlag, Hamburg, 1969 Der Kaiser und der Kleine Mann, Rudolf Otto Wiemer, Steinkopf, 1972
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Who was Kurt Wendlandt?
German illustrator, painter, writer and printmaker (1917-1998)
When was Kurt Wendlandt born?
Kurt Wendlandt was born on 13 August 1917 in Września.
When did Kurt Wendlandt die?
Kurt Wendlandt died on 13 February 1998 in Berlin.
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Kurt Wendlandt was an illustrator, painter, writer and printmaker.
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Kurt Wendlandt was German.
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