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Hertha Kluge-Pott is a German-born Australian printmaker based in Melbourne.
Early life and education
Kluge-Pott was born in Berlin and studied at Hochschule für Bildende Künste and Braunschweig (Berlin Academy of Art) from 1953 to 1958.[1]
Australia
Kluge-Pott migrated to Australia in 1958 after graduating. There, she She studied at RMIT from 1960-63 where her work in intaglio and other techniques was recognised, with two etchings included in the important early national touring exhibition 'Australian print survey', organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1963.[2] Her favoured technique is intaglio, with added textural qualities in drypoint.[3]
Career
After traveling during 1964-65 to Spain, Italy and Germany, Kluge-Pott continued a career in printmaking, as well as teaching the medium. She established a printmaking workshop at the Melbourne State College in printmaking and drawing 1968-78, with breaks to practice and study overseas in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom 1974-75, and then lectured at RMIT 1979-92.[4] She held seven solo exhibitions 1972-90 in Melbourne including at Stuart Gerstman and Powell St galleries, in Brisbane, Canberra and Geelong.
Alongside Graham King, Tate Adams and Udo Sellbach, Kluge-Pott was an early and significant member of the Print Council of Australia and she participated in their touring exhibitions and other group exhibitions including award exhibitions at Fremantle 1985-91; MPAC Spring Festival 1984, 86, 88, 90; Henri Worland, Warrnambool 1981, 87, 90, 91, 92.[5]
Awards
- 1966: Geelong Print prize[3]
- 1987, 1889, 199: Henri Worland acquisitive prize, Warrnambool Art Gallery[5]
- 1982, 1984, 1988. MPAC acquisitive[5]
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia[6]
- Art Gallery of New South Wales[7]
- Art Gallery of South Australia[8]
- National Gallery of Victoria[9]
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Ballarat Art Gallery
- Geelong Gallery
- Newcastle
- BHP corporate collection
- Ostrow City Museum, Poland.
References
- ^ Women 150 (Group) (1985). 150 Victorian women artists. Melbourne?: Women 150. ISBN 978-0-9589286-0-1. OCLC 13214779.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Australian print survey. Adelaide?. 1963. OCLC 51950511.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Maddocks, Hilary (2015). Hertha Kluge-Pott: printmaker. ISBN 978-1-921394-79-9. OCLC 905525127.
- ^ Kempf, Franz (1976). Contemporary Australian Printmakers. Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions. OCLC 470182588.
- ^ a b c McCulloch, Alan; MacCulloch, Susan (1994). Encyclopedia of Australian art. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawai Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1688-9. OCLC 231633292.
- ^ Collection. "Hertha Kluge-Pott". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Works by Hertha Kluge-Pott | Art Gallery of NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ Online Collection. "Tale for Bennelong". AGSA. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Online Collection. "Hertha Kluge-Pott". National Gallery of Victoria.
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