Lotte Ranft (born Lotte Berger 30 September 1938 in Berlin ) is an Austrian sculptor, painter and graphic artist. She lives and works in Salzburg .
Life
editLotte Ranft was born in Berlin. Her parents came from Tyrol , her grandfather (who died before she was born) was the author and painter Karl Berger. She grew up in Innsbruck. . After obtaining her high school diploma in Innsbruck, she studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Vienna .[1]
She married a doctor and lived with him in Bad Gastein ; they had a daughter. After the early death of her husband, Lotte Ranft turned to fine art in the late 1960s. She studied art history at the University of Innsbruck and nude painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, with Herbert Boeckl and Claus Pack . She also attended the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg , where her teachers included Oskar Kokoschka,[2] Claus Pack, Wander Bertoni and Francesco Somaini. She obtained a diploma in stage design from the Mozarteum University Salzburg, in 1976 . She then worked there as a lecturer until 1991. At the same time, she taught art and craft at the Federal Upper Secondary School in Salzburg from 1973 to 1981. In 1991, she was awarded the title of professor.[1]
Since 1991, Lotte Ranft has worked as a freelance artist with a workshop gallery in the Salzburg district of Nonntal .[3] She has shown her works at various exhibitions,[4] sometimes together with her second husband, the jeweler Volker Ranft. In 2013, a solo exhibition was held at the Salzburg Museum on the occasion of her 75th birthday .[5][6]
Works
edit- Die Trauernde, 1975, Büst, Salzburg Museum
- Daphne, 1987, University of Salzburg
- Das große Lebensspiel, 1989, University Hospital Salzburg[7]
- Radfahrer, 1992, Makartsteg, Salzburg [8]
- Goldene Eule, 1994 Institute for Ludology and Playing Arts
- Christian-Doppler-Denkmal, 1995, Salzburg Airport
- Tassilo-Denkmal, 2001, Mattsee Abbey
- Große Kaffeebohne, 2009, Sandtorpark, Hamburg [9][10]
- Galene 2012, 2014, University of Salzburg
References
edit- ^ a b "Ranft, Lotte". Art4Public (in German). 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Grill, Andrea (2011). Auf nach Salzburg: Verborgenes, Skurriles, Kulinarisches (in German). Folio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-85256-553-8.
- ^ Hammerl, Ulli (2014-06-17). "Salzburger Nonntal: Kunst auf Schritt und Tritt". SalzburgerLand Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Nachrichten, Salzburger (2019-09-27). "Ihren Platz in der Goldgasse gefunden". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Lotte Ranft – Farbe und Volumen - Salzburg Museum". www.salzburgmuseum.at. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Lotte Ranft - Farbe und Volumen". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Kunstwerk des Monats. Lotte Ranft: Das große Lebensspiel". salk.at. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Gnahn, Christine (2014-11-05). "Lotte Ranft: Prägte das Salzburger Stadtbild". SalzburgerLand Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Geffers, Anke; dpa; Quandt, Florian; dpa; dpa; Geffers, Anke; Quandt, Florian; cap-san-diego-scaled (2024-03-09). "Hamburger Superlative: Dieses Schiff hält einen Weltrekord – und eine Bohne auch (M+)". MOPO (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ Beckendorff, Jo (2024-07-15). "Storck Bicycle feiert eigene Flagship-Store-Eröffnung in Hamburg". radmarkt.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-13.