Scenarist of the exhibition: Friedrich Dieckmann
Just like its predecessors, this year's GDR contribution to the fourth Prague 'Quadrennial endeavors to provide some insight into the methods and techniques of a stage design aimed at close cooperation with the stage director. The stage designer as a co-director, who does not simply surround the director's, the actors, the singer's craftsmanship with effective stage properties, but who develops the sets on the basis of the characters and their relationships - this idea of a stage designer’s task is no longer the exclusive property of one school or country} it has gained ground and influences much of the world's theatrical life in diverse methodological and stylistic variations. Our contribution to the PQ exhibition attempts to investigate the extent to which this concept has been implemented in our country} it differs from its predecessors insofar as it relinquishes attempts to represent in a more or less cross-sectional manner the often ramified theatrical activities of the GDR} rather it concentrates on only a few productions, mostly originating in the GDR's capital, whose stage designs as much as possible demonstrate genetic aspects, i. e. provide an insight into working procedures. Besides those artists who have taken part in every Prague Quadrennial since 1967 - like Kark von Appen, Franz Havemann, Pieter Hein, Otto Kahler, Falk von Wangelin, Wilfried Werz, Reinhart Zimmermann - there are those who are represented for the first time, as well as those exhibiting for the second or third time. Continuity and renewal: both are reflected in the list of GDR participants, in an exhibition that has become an institution not only of European, but of world theatrical life.
- Gunter EISERMANN
- Eberhard KEIENBURG
Specialization: set designer
Additional information: Born in 1936 in Leipzig. Since 1974 first stage designer at the German
Theatre in Berlin. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1975 and in 1979.
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- Karl von Appen
Additional information: Born in 1900 in Düsseldorf. In the years 1920 - 1924 he studied painting and graphics under F.K. Delaville at the Academy of Arts in Frankfurt am M. Since 1926 he worked in Berlin and since 1929 in Dresden. In 1933 he was barred from professional activities by the Nazis and in 1941 - 1945 he was a prisoner in a concentrations camp for his illegal political activities. In 1945 - 1954 he was the chief stage designer at the State Theatre at Dresden and in 1947-49 he was the theatre' s superintendent. He is the founder and chief of the department of stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. Since 1954 he is the chief stage designer of the Berliner Ensemble, where he has collaborated with stage directors Bertolt Brecht, Benno Besson, Erich Engel, Fritz Kortner, Peter Palitsch, Joachim Tenschert, Manfred Werkwerth and others. In 1960 he became a full professor and in 1961 a member of the German Academy of Art. In 1956 and 1969 he received a State Prize of the German Democratic Republic and in 1975 he received the Order of Karl Marx. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967, in 1971 and in 1975; he received the PQ Gold Medal in 1967.
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- Hans Brosch
Additional information: Born in 1943 in Berlin. He first worked in a printing shop, later he became a student of and later assistant to Karl von Appen at the Berliner Ensemble. At present he is the stage designer of the German Theatre in Berlin. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967 and in 1975.
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- Manfred Grund
Additional information: Born in 1929 in Dresden. In the years 1948 - 1954 he studied
under Karl von Appen at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden.
After graduation he worked in Zittau, in the Berliner Ensemble
and as chief stage designer of the Berlin Volksbühne. In the
years 1971 - 1974 he was a free lance designer and during 1974 -
1977 he was at the State Theatre in Dresden. Since 1977 he is
the deputy chief designer at the Berliner Ensemble. He parti -
cipated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967, in 1971 and in 1975.
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- Franz Havemann
Additional information: Born in 1933 in Neukloster (Mecklenburg). Since 1963 he is the chief stage designer at the German National Theatre in Weimar. He partici- pated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979.
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- Pieter Hein
Additional information: Born in 1939 in Berlin. In the years 1956 - 1960 he studied at
the Academy of Graphic Art at Berlin- Charlottenburg with prof.
Willi Schmidt. After graduation he worked at Quedlinburg and at
the Berlin Volksbuhne. He became a student of Karl von Appen at
the Academy of Art in Berlin and in the years 1964 - 1969 he was at the Berliner Ensemble. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial
in 1967, in 1971 and in 1975.
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- Otto Kähler
Additional information: Born in 1910 in Lübeck. He was originally a cabinet maker in a theatrical workshop. Later he became a stage designer in Brieg and Güstrow. In the years 1945 - 1948 he was superintendent at the Municipal Theatre at Güstrow, in 1948 - 1950 the chief of all workshops at the Mecklenburg State Theatre in Schwerin. In 1950-1953 he worked in adult education in the local administration in Berlin, in the years 1953 - 1959 he was the chief stage designer at the Hans-Otto Theatre in Potsdam and in 1959-1977 the chief stage designer at the Friendship Theatre in Berlin . In 1966 he received a State Prize of the G. D. R. /as a member of a collective/ and in 1975 he received the Critics Award of the journal Berliner Zeitung. Since 1967 he is a member of the stage design commission of OISTT and since 1975 president of the OISTT section in the German Democratic Republic and chairman of an ad hoc committee on stage design. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1967, in 1971 and in 1975.
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- Falk von Wangelin
Additional information: Born in 1939 in Guhlau. In the years 1959 - 1964 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden under prof. Reicherd. He has worked for theatres in Rostock, Halberstadt and Dresden. At present he works as a stage designer in the Volkstheatre in Rostock. He participated in Prague Quadrennial in 1967, in 1971 and in 1975.
- Wilfried Werz
Additional information: Born in 1930 in Dresden. Since 1965 he is the chief stage designer at the State Opera in Berlin. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979.
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- Reínhart Zimmermann
Additional information: Born in 1936 in Erfurt. Since 1962 he is the chief stage designer at the Komische Oper in Berlin. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971, 1975 and in 1979.
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- Annemarie Rost
Additional information: Born in 1924 in Dresden. In the years 1947 - 1951 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden with Karl von Appen . She made her debut in the Berliner Ensemble and then worked in the Maxim Gorki Theatre and in the German Theatre in Berlin . Since 1976 she is the chief of the costume department of the Berliner Volksbühne. She participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971 and in 1975.
- Alwin Eckert
Additional information: Born in 1937 in Pazuchy in Poland. He first completed his apprenticeship as a house-painter and in the years 1956 - 1959 studied at the Vocational School of Applied Arts in Leipzig.Later he worked as a set painter and as an assistant designer . In the years 1965 - 1970 he studied at the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weissensee under prof. Kilger. After graduation he worked at Karl-Marx-Stadt and at Potsdam and since 1976 he is a free lance stage designer. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971 and in 1975.
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- Jochen Finke
Additional information: Born 1941 in Glogau. Since 1980 he has been working as chief stage designer at the Volksbűhne Theatre in Berlin. He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1971, 1975, 1979 and 1987.
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- Horst Sagert
Additional information: Born in 1934 in Dramburg (Pomerania). He works as a graphic artist
and stage designer in Berlin. He participated in the PQ in 1967, 1971 (in
the exposition awarded by the Golden Triga — the main prize) and in
1979 (where he received a Gold Medal for Stage Design).
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- Wolfgang BELLACH
Additional information: Born in 1939 in Berlin. In the years 1959 - 1964 he studied at the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin- Weissensee under prof. Kilger. After graduation he worked at Plauen and Gera, since 1970 he is at the Municipal Theatre at Karl-Marx-Stadt . He participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.
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- Ezio TOFFOLUTTI
Additional information: Born in 1944 in Venice. In the years 1964 - 1968 he studied at
the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Since 1971 he is a stage
designer at the Volksbühne in Berlin. He participated in the
Prague Quadrennial in 1975.
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- Gero TROIKE
Additional information: Born in 1945 in Schönheide (Saxony). Since 1981 he has been working as stage designer at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. He participated in the PQ in 1975 and in 1979.
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- Helga LEVE
Additional information: Born in 1940 in Nossen, in Saxony. In the years 1959 - 1965 she studied with prof. Kilger at the Academy of Fine and Applied Art at Berlin-Weissensee.She made her debut in Berlin as assistent stage designer at the German Theatre, then worked in Frankfurt am O., in Halle and again in the Berlin German Theatre. At present she is a free lance stage designer.
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- Volker PRÜLLER
Additional information: Born in 1939 in Leipzig. In the years 1958 - 1960 he studied at the Academy of Industrial Arts in Berlin-Oberschöneweide, in the years 1960 - 1965 at the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weissensee. He now works as a graphic artist and stage designer in Berlin.
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- Ursula SCHEIB
Additional information: Born in 1944 in Merane. In the years 1971 to 1976 she studied at
the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden under prof. Wagner. At pre-
sent she is a free laNce stage designer who often works, among
others, for the Berlin Volksbühne.
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- Gabriele KOERBL
Additional information: Born in 1948 in Zehdenick. In the years 1966 - 1971 she studied under prof. Kilger at the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weissensee. After graduation she worked first from 1971 to 1976 in Potsdam. Since 1977 she teaches painting in post - graduate courses at the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weissensee. She participated in the Prague Quadrennial in 1975.
- Klaus NOACK
Additional information: Born in 1953 in Berlin. Since 1979 he has been working as stage designér at the Berliner Ensemble.
- Eleonore Kleiber
Additional information: Born in 1925 in Geise (Rhön). Since 1969 she is chief of the costume department at the Komische Oper in Berlin. She participated in the PQ in 1971, 1975 and in 1979.
- Andreas BLIEMAL
- Martine GROSSER
- Barbara Kirsch
- Jugo KRAFT
