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Biography |
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1913 |
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Born Potsdam, former East Germany |
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Dies |
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East and West, Orient and Occident are not at odds in his painting and philosophy - thus the international critics Will Grohmann in Berlin, Franz Roh in Munich, H.L.C. Jaffe in Amsterdam, Herbert Read in London. Sprotte himself says: "I have lived and worked on two parallel tracks for 20 years. Initially I adhered strictly to an Old Master style in the Cinquecento tradition, tempera and oils on wood. Then in Denmark at the age of 21 I began to work on Chinese and Japanese papers without sketching or correction. Never correct anything! - That's the motto of Chinese painting, whereas the Western tradition is based to a large extent on correction while you work. The tradition of the Far East recommends the artist or writer to keep starting again, until he is able to write or paint without correction." Born in Potsdam near Berlin in 1913, Sprotte left high school in 1931 and went to the Berlin Academy of Arts, where he studied under Emil Orlik, who introduced the technique of the Japanese woodcut to Europe. Sprotte was the master student of Karl Hagemeister from 1930-33. Hagemeister was a pupil of Friedrich Preller 1871-1872 at the Weimar Academy, and Preller in turn enjoyed the protection of Goethe. Siegward Sprotte has been working over 70 years all over Europe, on the West Indies and in the United States . In Kampen on the island of Sylt/West Germany Sprotte has held "studio talks" that have achieved considerable fame. Sprotte spends part of each year in southern Europe (Italy, France, Portugal etc.) and in the United States. |
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Exhibitions |
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2005 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert |
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2003 |
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Castle Cappenberg, 59379 Selm-Cappenberg |
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2003 |
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Catalog with 150 pages containing 180 paintings available |
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2003 |
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Jubilee Exhibition in honor of Sprottes 90th Birthday |
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2003 |
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County Museum Ladin Ciastel de Tor, 39030 San Martin de Tor, Italy |
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2003 |
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Honorary Citizen of the town of Potsdam, 2003 |
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2003 |
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Jubilee Exhibition of the town of Westerland / Sylt, Stadtgalerie |
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2003 |
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Jubilee Exhibition in honor of Sprottes 90th Birthday |
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2001 |
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Altes Rathaus, Potsdam, Germany |
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2001 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2000 |
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Galerie Sieglinde Dietz, Germany |
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2000 |
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Altes Rathaus, Potsdam, Germany |
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1998 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco |
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1997 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco |
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1996 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco |
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1996 |
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Colored Calligraphy, Shanghai Museum of Modern Art Shanghai, China |
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1995 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco |
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1994 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco |
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1993 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco |
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1993 |
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Traveling Retrospective, Schloss Glienicke Berlin, Germany |
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1993 |
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Berlin & Wenzel-Hablick Museum Itzehoe, Germany |
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1992 |
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Falkenstern Fine Art Madeira, Portugal |
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1992 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco |
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1990 |
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Eleonore Austerer Gallery San Francisco, CA |
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1990 |
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Auctionhouse Kleinhenz, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
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1989 |
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Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Moscow, Russia |
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1988 |
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Museum Potsdam Potsdam, Germany |
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Museum Brandenburg Germany |
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Staatliche Museum Dresden |
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Centre International d'Art Contemporain Paris, France |
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Mellon Collection Washington, D.C. |
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Cleveland Museum Cleveland, OH |
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Museum Altona Hamburg, Germany |
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Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany |
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Albertina Museum Vienna, Austria |
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Albertina Wien |
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Art Center Kopenhagen |
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Berlinische Galerie |
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Berlin-Museum, Berlin |
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Museum Flensburg |
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Gallery of Modern Art, Oslo |
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Museum Husum |
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Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven |
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Museum Lemgo |
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Luebbert Museum Kapstadt |
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Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg |
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Museum Potsdam |
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Museu da Quinta das Cruzes, Funchal |
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Museum Riga |
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Musee St. Denis, Reunion |
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Museum Tondern Denmark |
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Zeuws Museum Middelburg, Netherlands |
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Staatliche Gemaeldesammlung Dresden |
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Museum Marienburg, Danzig |
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Staatsgalerie fuer Moderne Kunst, Stuttgart |
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Shanghai Museum of Modern Art |
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Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco |
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Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh |
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Centro Arte Moderna, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon |
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Museum Aabenraa Denmark |
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