biography
1900
born on April 18 in Cologne
1910 - 1917
Visit to the Schiller High School in Cologne
1917 - 1920
War service in Flanders, imprisonment in France
1920 - 1923
Studied economics and law at the University of Cologne. At the same time autodidactic training in painting and drawing.
1923
Joins his father's textile company. Marriage with Anni Ehl
1932
Together with his brother take over the management of the company
1943
In the air war destruction of the apartment and the studio, loss of paintings
1944
After the end of the war, co-founder of the Rhenish Artists' Association Cologne
1952 - 1955
Chairman of the New Rhenish Secession
1958
Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Prize of the City of Hagen. Prize of the German Artists' Association
1958/59
One-year study stay at the Villa Romana, Florence.
1959
Participation in Documenta 2 in Kassel
1961
Stay at the German Academy Villa Massimo, Rome
1962 - 1970
Appointment to the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe
1963
Establishment of a Second Studio in Cipressa, Liguria
1965
Grand Art Prize of the City of Cologne. Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Appointed Professor for Life
1980
Ehrenmitglied und Goldmedaille der Accademia D'Italia, Arte e Lavoro, San Gimignano, Parma
1992
Deceased on November 13 in Mainz
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exhibitions | fairs | awards
solo exhibitions
2000
Schrade Gallery, Mochental Castle, Germany
2000
100 Years Peter Herkenrath, Gallery 40 Rother, Wiesbaden, Germany
1998
Gallery On, Cologne, Germany
1994
Retrospective, Gallery 40 Rother, Wiesbaden, Germany
1993
Gallery Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Peter Herkenrath
Peter Herkenrath worked and lived in Cologne and Cipressa, Italy. He was born 1900 in Cologne and died 1992 in Mainz. Herkenrath was self-taught. He became famous for his portraits of Theodor Heuss, Konrad Adenauer and Gustav Heinemann. In 1965 he was awarded the great art prize of the city of Cologne, the Federal Cross of Merit and was appointed professor for life. His work continues to have an effect through intensive care of his estate today.
