Über mich /About me
Dr. Günter Reichart,
geb. 1948 in Nürnberg, Hobbymaler aus Aschheim bei München.
Wie komme ich als Ingenieur zum Malen?
Weil es mir Spass macht, weil ich es ein schönes Hobby in meiner Pensionszeit finde, weil ich meine kreative Seite leben kann und weil ich
ein Vorbild hatte...meinen Vater.
Ich liebe das moderne Aquarell in kräftigen Farben, inspiriert von Andreas Mattern und Bernhard Vogel. Ich male Abstraktes und Gegenständliches
in Acryl und Öl. Ich habe Spass am Experimentieren und so kommen Mixed Media, Collagen und Rost gelegentlich ins Bild. Ich male vielfach nach Fotos oder nach Skizzen, die ich
vor Ort angefertigt habe. Besonders gerne male ich Stadtansichten und Landschaften, aber auch mal abstrakte Bilder.
Den ersten Malkurs habe ich 2009 bei Martha Holtz (Fraueninsel Chiemsee) besucht. Es folgten Malkurse in Kloster Plankstetten bei Martha Holtz,
dann bei Andreas Mattern und Mario Stiller in Stephanskirchen bei Rosenheim, Forstinning und in München, später noch bei Hans Heibl und Bernhard Vogel.
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Martha Holtz ist leider inzwischen verstorben. Von Ihr habe ich viele Basics des Malens gelernt, sie hat jeden Ihrer Schüler zum Malen ermutigt,
hat geduldig Techniken, Licht und Schatten, Komposition, Motivwahl und Perspektive erklärt. Von Andreas Mattern habe ich den Mut zum eigenen Malstil und die künstlerische
Freiheit gelernt. Viel habe ich mir von der Aquarellmalerei meines Vaters abgeschaut, danach habe ich autodidaktisch weitergearbeitet und mich durch die
genannten Malkurse in der Maltechnik verbessert und versucht meinen eigenen Malstil zu entwickeln.
Ob es Kunst ist, was ich male? Das muss jeder für sich entscheiden. "Kunst entsteht im Auge des Betrachters" dieser Satz von Pablo Picasso
beantwortet aus meiner Sicht die Frage. Ich schaue mir immer wieder Bilder von anderen Malern an, um zu sehen wie sie bestimmte Motive interpretieren. Man ist ja als Maler nie
ganz mit seinem Können zufrieden, darum werden weitere Malkurse folgen. Vor allem gilt auch beim Malen, üben, üben, üben...
About me
My name is Günter Reichart born at Nürnberg in 1948. How did I, as an engineer, get into painting?
Because I enjoy it, because I find it a wonderful hobby to pursue in my retirement, because it allows me to express my creative side, and because I had a role model...my father.
I love modern watercolor in bold colors, inspired by Andreas Mattern and Bernhard Vogel. I paint abstract and representational works in acrylic and oil. I enjoy experimenting, so mixed media, collages, and rust occasionally find their way into my paintings. I often paint from photos or sketches I’ve made on location. I particularly enjoy painting cityscapes and landscapes, but I also paint abstract works.
I took my first painting class in 2009 with Martha Holtz (Fraueninsel, Chiemsee). This was followed by painting classes at Plankstetten Monastery with Martha Holtz, then with Andreas Mattern and Mario Stiller in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim, Forstinning, and in Munich, and later with Hans Heibl and Bernhard Vogel.
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Unfortunately, Martha Holtz has since passed away. I learned many of the basics of painting from her; she encouraged each of her students to paint and patiently explained techniques, light and shadow, composition, subject selection, and perspective. From Andreas Mattern, I learned the courage to develop my own painting style and artistic freedom. I learned a great deal from my father’s watercolor paintings; after that, I continued to work on my own and improved my painting technique through the aforementioned painting courses, striving to develop my own style.
Because I enjoy it, because I find it a wonderful hobby to pursue in my retirement, because it allows me to express my creative side, and because I had a role model...my father.
I love modern watercolor in bold colors, inspired by Andreas Mattern and Bernhard Vogel. I paint abstract and representational works in acrylic and oil. I enjoy experimenting, so mixed media, collages, and rust occasionally find their way into my paintings. I often paint from photos or sketches I’ve made on location. I particularly enjoy painting cityscapes and landscapes, but I also paint abstract works.
I took my first painting class in 2009 with Martha Holtz (Fraueninsel, Chiemsee). This was followed by painting classes at Plankstetten Monastery with Martha Holtz, then with Andreas Mattern and Mario Stiller in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim, Forstinning, and in Munich, and later with Hans Heibl and Bernhard Vogel.
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Unfortunately, Martha Holtz has since passed away. I learned many of the basics of painting from her; she encouraged each of her students to paint and patiently explained techniques, light and shadow, composition, subject selection, and perspective. From Andreas Mattern, I learned the courage to develop my own painting style and artistic freedom. I learned a great deal from my father’s watercolor paintings; after that, I continued to work on my own and improved my painting technique through the aforementioned painting courses, striving to develop my own style.
Is what I paint art? That is for everyone to decide for themselves. “Art is in the eye of the beholder”—in my view, this quote by Pablo Picasso
answers the question. I constantly look at paintings by other artists to see how they interpret certain subjects. As a painter, one is never completely satisfied with one’s
skills, which is why I will continue taking painting courses. Above all, when it comes to painting, it’s all about practice, practice, practice...
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