Artists // Peter Dreher // Vita:
Peter Dreher
*1932, Mannheim, Germany
Peter Dreher is a well-established German artist from the heart of the Black Forest region in southwestern Germany. As professor emeritus of painting, he has influenced a generation of internationally-acclaimed artists, including Anselm Kiefer. Dreher has created a lot of important works, but his magnum opus is Tag um Tag guter Tag, (Day by Day is a Good Day), a series he started working on in 1974. This work received worldwide recognition and praise, even to this day. What makes Dreher’s works unique is the way he paints realistic objects with a twist of abstraction. His works of art successfully incorporate deconstructive elements of an object without losing its naturalistic beauty.
www.peter-dreher.de
1950 - 1956
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, taught by Karl Hubbuch, Wilhelm Schnarrenberger, Erich Heckel, Freiburg, Germany
1965
Chair of Painting at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Germany
1968
Professor for painting
2011
Peter Dreher, Mamco, Genf, Switzerland
2010
Drawings and Paintings, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Papierarbeiten, Städtische Galerie Fruchthalle Rastatt, Rastatt, Germany
2009
Tag um Tag guter Tag, Kunstverein Münsterland, Germany
2008
Tag um Tag guter Tag, Kunstverein Ulm, Germany
Tag um Tag guter Tag, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany
2007
Peter Dreher, Malerei, Kunstverein Kirchzarten, Germany
Beachcomber Shores, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany
Peter Dreher, The Approach, London, Great Britain
2005
Alles Mögliche, Galerie Katharina Krohn, Basel, Switzerland
2010
The Adventure of Reality – International Realism, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Open Landscape – Peter Dreher, Friederike Jokisch, Josef Schulz, Thomas Wrede, WAGNER + PARTNER, Berlin, Germany
Let’s dance, Musée d´art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Athens in Catania, Fondazione Puglisi Cosentio, Palazzo Valle, Catania
30 Jahre Galerie, Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart, Germany
Fremde Heimat - Kunst in Baden-Württemberg, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
Schattenfuge, Schwarzwälder Skimuseum, Hinterzarten, Germany
25 + 25 - 25 Künstler aus 25 Jahren, Kunstverein Ettlingen, Germany
Realismus - Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit. Courbet - Hopper - Gursky, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
Realismus - Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit. Courbet - Hopper - Gursky, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
2009
Sammlung XXL, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany
Der innere Blick - Das Interieur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany
Vier, Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart, Germany
2008
Schaulager – Lagerschau, Galerie Feurstein, Feldkirch, Germany
Köpfe 2008, Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart, Germany
Zerbrechliche Schönheit, Glas im Blick der Kunst, Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
30 Jahre Galerie von Braunbehrens, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
I just wanted you to love me, Peter Dreher, Natascha Stellmach & SPAM, WAGNER + PARTNER, Berlin, Germany
Wenn Fluxus den New Pop berührt - Galeriade 2008, Neue Kunst Galerie – Michael Oess, Karlsruhe, Germany
2000
Federal Cross of Merit
1995
Erich-Heckel-Preis of Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg
1976
Reinhold-Schneider-Kulturpreis, City of Freiburg
1965
Villa-Massimo-Preis, Rome
1958
Kunstpreis der Jugend
Städtische Galerie Rastatt
Landesmuseum Oldenburg
Kolumba, Diözesanmuseum Cologne
Kunsthalle Mannheim
Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Kunstsammlung der Deutschen Bank
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
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Blumen.Bearbeitet - Flowers.worked on
Texts: John Yau, Peter Hank
Publisher: modo
Year published: 2010
Languages: English, German
Hardcover, 108 pages, 96 images
ISBN 978-3-86833-056-4
Tag um Tag guter Tag
Texts: Volker Bauermeister, Cai Wagner, Monika Machnicki, Lynn Tillmann, Kai Uwe Schierz, Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Publisher: modo
Year published: 2008
Languages: English, German
Hardcover, 124 pages, 443 images
ISBN 978-3-937014-83-8
