Albert Chr. RECK
1922 –
Paintings, drawings, graphics, tapestries
Albert Chr. Reck in 1963
Brief C.V.
Albert Christoph Reck was born on 25th July, 1922, in Krappitz. He lived in South Africa from 1963 to 1969, thereafter in Hamburg until 1976 when he moved back to South Africa and Swaziland. Returned to Hamburg in 2003.
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Selected Solo shows in South Africa
1966 Serendipity Gallery, Johannesburg (21st August) (graphics, drawings, woodcuts)
1969 South African Association of Arts, Pretoria (17th March) (Retrospective)
1970 Gallery 101, Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg (26th September) (paintings and drawings)
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1978 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (9th May) (1st exhibition of tapestries and cartoons)
Exhibition view at Gallery 21 Johannesburg 1978 with Dr S.S. Nxumalo (Minister of Mines, Industries & Tourism, Swaziland), Maria and Albert Chr. Reck, Mme. FML Haenggi, F.F. Haenggi (at back) (img MS Bingo, Mbabane)
1983 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (“Then and Now”) (11th October) (paintings and drawings) - invitation card and catalogue
1985 Gallery 21, Johannesburg (“Phumalanga”) (3rd September) (graphics) - invitation card and catalogue
Hand-coloured exhibition poster - watercolour and gouache - unsigned - 1985 - 44x33 cm
(donated in 2009 to Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein)
1985 Chelsea Gallery, Cape Town (11th November) (graphics and tapestries)
1989 South African Association of Arts, Pretoria (18th September) (paintings, drawings, tapestries)
1992 Ateljee Thijs Nel, Randburg/Johannesburg (11th October) (paintings, graphics, drawings, tapestries)
Selected Group shows in South Africa
Transvaal Academy, Johannesburg, 1964 - cat. 35 "Source of River Alster" crayon
Republic Festival Exhibition, Pretoria - May 1966 - SA Association of Arts, Pretoria - cat. 235 "Lonely House" oil
Transvaal Academy, Selborne Hall, Johannesburg, 1969 - cat. 54 "Upraising" ink
Selected Works in Public Collections in South Africa
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria (PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION)
"Bonanza", 1964 - oil/board - 120x90 cm
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"Flower", 1968 - crayon and tempera on board - 79x31 cm
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Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein
Hand-coloured exhibition poster - watercolour and gouache - unsigned - 1985 - 44x33 cm
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
"Bird Sanctuary", 1977 - tapestry - 206.8x151.5 cm
Selected collections in and ex South Africa
Works shown at Gallery 21 Johannesburg "Then and Now" in 1983
Cat. 11 "Clouds in the eyes", 1971 - tempera on board - 105x78.5 cm
Cat. 12 "Adam + Eve", 1965 - oil/canvas - 70x60 cm
Cat. 14 "Open air theatre", 1964 - oil/board - 91x124 cm
Cat. 16 "Blue Angel", 1967 - tempera/paper on board - 91x60 cm
Cat. 17 "Greenside Golf Course", 1964 - oil/plywood - 184x117 cm
Cat. 18 "Bridge Head", 1969 - oil/canvas/board - 91x59.5 cm
Other works exhibited by Gallery 21 now in private collections
"Diverse variae viae reportant", 1963 - pen + ink / crayon on paper - 80.5x 60 cm
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"Crystal Water Kloof", 1964 - gouache - 48.5x73 cm
Selected South African Press Reviews
The Star, Johannesburg – 11th October, 1983 – ill.
Unknown, Johannesburg – 29th October, 1983 – ill.
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 15th May, 1978 - ill.
Die Transvaler, Johannesburg – 25th February, 1965
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg – 30th January, 1964 ("Children, worry and talent in their luggage"), ill.
The Star, Johannesburg – 12th December, 1963 – ill.
Other South African Publications
"A donation from the PELMAMA Permanent Art Collection" - Pretoria Art Museum - (Publ. City of Tshwane) (2009) (Donations catalogue) (ed. of 120) - 2 works illustrated
"Art & Artists of South Africa" (Berman) (Balkema) 1983 - p. 516, 524 - ISBN 0 86961 144 5
ARTLOOK 47 Johannesburg - October 1970 - pp. 44/45, ill.
Selected Overseas Publications
"Landschaft - topographisch" (Historische und zeitgenössische Landschaftsdarstellungen) - Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg - Juli/Oktober 1978 - ill. S.114/117, Kat. 91-94
"Vor der Abreise", 1955 - Kat. 17 - click on image for better view!
"Albert Christoph Reck" - Städtisches Museum Schleswig 1981 - Ausstellungskatalog
"Alfred Mahlau und seine Schüler" (Verlag Hans Christians) (Hamburger Künstler Monographien, Band 21) (1983) pp. 43, 136/137 - ISBN 3-7672-0797-4
"Albert Christoph Reck - Bilder Gouachen Zeichnungen - 1953-1985" (Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Kiel), 1985 - Ausstellungskatalog
"Albert Christoph Reck" (Ars Borealis 29) (Edition zur zeitgenössischen Kunst im Norden) - Kloster Cismar Landesmuseen (2017)
South African and other Web References
http://acreck-endlotanestudio.com/
http://inopoleku.blogspot.com/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Christoph_Reck
http://www.za-ch-art-kunst.ch/ARTLinks/PrivateCollection/RECK_AlbertChr_1.htm
http://www.za-ch-art-kunst.ch/ARTLinks/PrivateCollection/RECK_AlbertChr_2.htm
Selected Works sold on auctions
Auktionshaus Stahl, Hamburg a.o.
Straussonline, Johannesburg - April, 2017 - Lot 81
Work from the private collection of Albert Chr. Reck donated to South African museums
The Albert Chr. Reck Foundation
http://www.albert-christoph-reck-stiftung.de/albert-christoph-reck/
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Albert Chr. Reck on Youtube
Updated 28th April, 2017