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Born: Rügen, Germany 1945 Lives: Offenburg, Germany Dietrich Schuchardt was born on the island of Rügen in 1945. Along with her other three children, his pregnant mother had fled her home in Hinterpommern. The victorious Russian army was marching on Berlin. She arrived with hundreds of other women, children, and aged refugees to the island's overcrowded hospital of Bergen. Schuchardt was born on February 14th, the same day the British Air Force destroyed Dresden. The winter of 1945 was extremely brutal, with temperatures well below zero and 2 meters of snow. Thousands of Germans, fleeing from the ravaged Eastern German areas towards the West, had nearly nothing to eat. The Bergen hospital obstetrician cautioned Schuchardt's mother to leave her new born baby behind, predicting the infant could not survive the harsh conditions. She refused to give him up. And the baby survived! The family lived in Erfurt, and then eventually settled in Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg in the South West of Germany, where Schuchardt attended school. He left the Gymnasium and entered a three year apprenticeship as a graphic designer, after which he entered the Navy and served for 18 months. In 1966 he began a two year training period as an art teacher and was an art instructor from 1969 until 2009. Despite teaching full-time he remained a highly productive artist, thanks to his prodigious discipline. He is a self taught artist who received little artistic or technical inspiration or help in his formal training. He considers Dürer, Dali, Patinier, and Max Ernst among the artists who most influenced him. The artist continues to live and work in the lush Black Forest region of Offenburg with his wife, Annelies. They have two children, Julia and Marc. The universe of Dietrich Schuchardt's oeuvre exists centered in nature, informed by the white chalk cliffs of his birthplace of Rügen, the Black Forest of southern Germany where he lives and works, and his extensive travels. Beauty, wonder, and mystery are found in the continuous cycles of decay and regeneration. Man, and his consciousness, tools, and technologies are bound into these immutable cycles. The artist works primarily in three mediums. Images are most often initially conceived and rendered as meticulous drawings, exquisite and precise in their draftsmanship. These works are usually drawn in pencil on vellum and can be extraordinarily detailed. Those compositions that exert the greatest fascination on the artist may be further developed as gouache paintings, painstakingly executed and taking from a few weeks to as long as half a year to complete. The time period between the completion of a drawing and the beginning of a corresponding gouache can be as little as a few days or as long as several years. Schuchardt has also gained considerable renown as a master engraver and has created over 250 etching editions to date. Using an antique phonograph needle, the artist engraves a copper plate. The engraving process for one etching can take well over 100 hours. After the engraving is complete, the plate is etched in an acid bath after which it may be inked and printed, yielding black and white prints pulled one at a time. In an almost extinct tradition, Schuchardt then hand paints each impression in watercolors and the result is a limited edition print that is a true original in the strictest sense of the word. Solo Exhibitions 2006 Perry L. Meyer Fine Art, San Diego, CA 2006 Behr-Thyssen Gallery, New York 2004 Dietrich Schuchardt - Retrospective, National Arts Club, New York 1999 Galerie 10, Karlsruhe 1999 Gallery of Surrealism, New York 1999 Galerie Nova, Hagen 1997 Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbrücken 1996 Short Hills Art Gallery, New Jersey 1996 Kunstverein Mittleres Kinzigtal, Haslach 1995 Dietrich Schuchardt - Grand Retrospective, Stadt Offenburg Galerie im Spitalspeicher 1994 Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbrücken 1994 Galerie im Brüderkrankenhaus, Trier 1992 Galerie Eva Tent, Koblenz 1992 Bild des Monats, Frankenthal 1992 Georg-Scholz-Haus, Waldkirch 1991 Städtisches Kulturamt, Gernsbach 1990 Dietrich Schuchardt - 100th Exhibition Retrospective, Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbrücken 1989 Stubengalerie, Goslar 1989 Galerie Profil, Cham 1988 Galerie Rauch, Lörrach 1988 Galerie Wagner, Dietzenbach 1988 Galerie Jaeschke, Braunschweig 1987 Galerie Nova, Hagen 1987 Galerie Rost, Koblenz 1987 Galerie Daberkow, Friedrichsdort 1987 Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbrücken 1987 Galerie Waldherr, Kirchheimbolanden 1987 Galerie Vita, Bern 1986 Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbrücken 1986 Die Galerie, Saasbachwalden 1986 Galerie GO, Rehau 1985 Les Heures Claires, Paris 1985 Galerie im Spitaispeicher, Offenburg 1985 Alde Gott, Kunsttage Kurhaus, Saasbachwalden 1985 Galerie Götz, Stuttgart 1984 Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbrücken 1984 Die Bilderstube Rühl, Bad Homburg 1984 Galerie Palette, Schweinfurt 1984 Atelier Theis, Bochum 1984 Galerie Bollhagen, Worpswede 1983 Galerie in der Alstadt, Altensteig 1983 Galerie Wertmüller, Brugg 1983 Chateau de Marly-le-Petit, Fribourg 1983 Galerie im Riesgässli, Lörrach 1983 Alstadtgalerie, Mosbach 1983 Werkstatt-Galerie, Würzburg 1983 Alstadtgalerie, Wiesbaden 1982 Neue Münchner Galerie, München 1982 Galerie Happy Joss, Hamburg 1982 Art Gallerie Pictor, Göteborg, Schweden 1982 Galerie Jaeschke, Braunschweig 1982 Galerie Andreas Weng, Mannheim 1982 Galerie Alfermann, Solingen 1982 ART 13/82, Basel 1981 Galerie Nova, Hagen 1981 Alstadt Galerie, Göttingen 1981 Mühlen Galerie, Gütersloh 1981 Endwerkgalerie, Heilbronn 1981 Galerie Nelsen, Böblingen 1981 Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg 1981 Galerie Karstadt, Köln 1981 ART 12/81, Basel 1980 Paulus Galerie, Albstadt-Tailfingen 1980 Galerie am Eck, Offenburg 1980 Galerie das Bild, Berlin 1980 Galerie Lutzke, Pech/Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1980 International Print Society, New Hope 1980 Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbücken 1980 Stubengalerie, Goslar 1980 ART 11/80, Basel 1980 Galerie Homburg, Homburg 1979 Galerie Hagen, Offenburg 1979 Galerie Daberkow, Frankfurt 1979 Galerie Nelsen, Böblingen 1979 Galerie Sevrugian & Bahls, Heidelberg 1979 International Print Society Galerie, Jerusalem 1979 Galerie Stücker, Brunsbüttel 1979 Galerie an der Düssel, Düsseldorf 1979 ART 10/79, Basel 1978 Galerie "Haus zum Dachs", Freiburg 1978 Galerie Alfermann, Solingen 1978 Galerie das Bild, Berlin 1978 Galerie Schmiedel, Bergheim 1978 Galerie an der Marspoort, Xanten 1978 die Keller Galerie, Homburg 1978 Galerie Krüll, Krefeld 1978 Galerie Tabula, Tübingen 1978 Galerie Dalberstrasse, Aschaffenburg 1978 Galerie Kunstgiebel, Friedrichsfeld 1978 Gloucester County College, New Jersey 1978 Galerie Art et Verre, Gelnhausen 1978 Galerie Aquarius, Cremona 1977 Galerie Riesgässli, Lörrach 1977 Galerie Gutenberg, Strasbourg 1977 Galerie Nova, Hagen 1977 Galerie in der "unteren Schramme", Biberach 1977 Galerie Daberkow, Frankfurt 1977 Galerie in der Weststadt, Hochheim 1977 Galerie Garuda, Darmstadt 1977 Galerie Tabula, Tübingen 1977 Stubengalerie, Goslar 1975 Galerie Hardy Schneider-Sato, Karlsruhe 1973 Galerie im städt Verkehrsverein, Offenburg Group Exhibitions 2012 Surrealism and its Affinities 2012, Gallery of Surrealism, New York 2011 Surrealism and its Affinities 2011, Gallery of Surrealism, New York 2010 Art Elysees, Paris, France 2008 Affordable Art Fair, New York 2007 Art D.C., Washington, D.C. 2007 Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL 2006 The Pavilion at Art Expo New York, New York 2006 Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL 2005 Chicago Contemporary & Classic, Chicago 2005 Art Miami, Miami Beach 2004 Galerie Irmgard Heyd, Hildritzhausen 2004 Art Expo New York, New York 2003 CFM Gallery, New York 2003 Galerie im Oberlichtsaal, Sindelfingen 2003 Art Expo New York, New York 2002 Städt. Museum, Engen 2001 Galerie Nova, Hagen 2001 Galerie Corona, Hildrishausen 2000 Neue Meister, Galerie Profil, Cham 1999 Galerie im Landratsamt, Böblingen 1999 Galerie Fruchthalle, Rasstadt 1999 Neue Meister, Galerie Profil, Cham 1998 Neue Müncher Galerie, München 1998 Gegenständliche Kunst heute Kunstverein, Offenburg 1997 Galerie Nova, Hagen 1997 Das Kleine Format, Kunstverein OffenburglMittelbaden, Offenburg 1996 25 Jahre Galerie Nova, Galerie Nova, Hagen 1994 Galerie Profil, Cham 1994 Galerie Kaufmann, Nördlingen 1993 Galerie Lübking, Minden 1992 Galerie Kaufmann, Bopfingen 1991 Neue Müncher Galerie, München 1991 Galerie Profil, Cham 1991 Realismus am Oberreihn, Schloß Karlsburg, Karlsruhe 1991 Galerie Raiffeisenbank Wetzlar, Wetzlar 1989 Galerie Nova, Hagen 1989 Kunst am Rohrbach, Heidelberg 1989 Galerie Götz, Stuttgart 1987 Galerie Moderna, Bad Kissingen 1986 Stubengalerie, Goslar 1984 Galerie der Schuldruckerei, Reutlingen 1984 The Creative Act, The Noyes Museum of Art, New Jersey 1983 ART 14/83, Basel 1983 Stubengalerie, Goslar 1982 Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg 1980 Galerie Wohnen 80, Kehl 1980 Gloucester County College, New Jersey 1978 Wash Art 78, Washington, D.C. 1978 Arte Fiera, Bologna 1977 Galerie im Kreisschulzentrum, Offenburg 1977 FIAC, Paris 1976 Gondrom Galerie, Bayreuth Kunstverein-Hanauerland, Kehl 1974 Gengenbach 1972 Gengenbach Selected Bibliography 2004 Dietrich Schuchardt, Gallery of Surrealism, NY, (Retrospective Catalog, 24pp.) 1998 Tendenzen der anschauung, Kunstverein Offenburg Mittelbaden, pp.38-43 1995 Dietrich Schuchardt, Druckhaus Kaufmann, (Retrospective Monograph, 187pp.) 1990 Bis ich mir selbst begene, Druckhaus Kaufmann, (Monograph, 99pp). |
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