Invite for EP.ai - Galerie Netuschil
Invite for EP.ai - Galerie Netuschil
Invite for EP.ai - Galerie Netuschil
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Invitation<br />
Portriat of Ewald & Elisabeth Platte (double-sided p<strong>ai</strong>nting, back) , mixed technique, early 1960s, 87 x 67 cm<br />
Art Trove
We are pleased to invite you to the official<br />
opening of the Ewald Platte art exhibition.<br />
Ewald Platte (1894-1985) was one of the<br />
greats of the German art scene of the 1920s.<br />
He exhibited alongside the likes of Picasso,<br />
Jawlensky, Klee, Feininger and Matisse. He<br />
<strong>for</strong>ged close ties with Jawlensky, with whom<br />
he exchanged several p<strong>ai</strong>ntings, a gesture of<br />
their mutual respect <strong>for</strong> each other’s work.<br />
During this time, Platte also befriended the<br />
prominent art connoisseur, Ms Galka<br />
(Emmy) Scheyer who organized the<br />
legendary ‘European Modernists’ exhibition<br />
in Los Angeles and Oakland in 1927-28.<br />
The vagaries of history robbed Platte of the<br />
enduring recognition he deserves. Platte’s<br />
burgeoning fame ended abruptly when the<br />
Nazis rose to power. His p<strong>ai</strong>ntings were<br />
labeled “degenerate art” (entartete Kunst),<br />
removed from museums in Germany and<br />
destroyed. In 1943, an Allied bomb directly<br />
hit his house, wiping out his lifetime’s work<br />
till then. Soon after, Platte also suffered the<br />
death of his only son in the war.<br />
Platte overcame adversity and continued to<br />
p<strong>ai</strong>nt and innovate tirelessly, developing<br />
astounding new techniques all his life.<br />
A wide range of Platte’s works, from his<br />
estate, will be on display in the museum.<br />
Mrs <strong>Netuschil</strong>, owner of Gallery Nicole<br />
<strong>Netuschil</strong>, was a student and a long-time<br />
friend of the artist. Platte's works have been<br />
in her custody and care <strong>for</strong> many years,<br />
making this exhibition possible. Mrs<br />
<strong>Netuschil</strong> has contributed extensively to the<br />
catalogue <strong>for</strong> this exhibition with her knowledge<br />
of the artist and his works.<br />
Portriat of Ewald & Elisabeth Platte (double-sided p<strong>ai</strong>nting, front) , mixed technique, early 1960s, 87 x 67 cm<br />
European Expressionist:<br />
P R O G R A M M E<br />
6:45pm Arrival of Guests<br />
7:20pm Arrival of Guest-of-Honour,<br />
Mr George Yeo, Minister <strong>for</strong><br />
Foreign Aff<strong>ai</strong>rs, and Mrs Yeo<br />
7:30pm Welcome address by His Excellency,<br />
Mr. Jörg Ranau, Ambassador of the<br />
Federal Republic of Germany to<br />
Singapore<br />
7:40pm Opening address by Special Guest,<br />
Mrs Christina Rau, <strong>for</strong>mer First<br />
Lady of Germany, 1999-2004<br />
7:45pm Introduction to Ewald Platte by<br />
Dr Rolf Jessewitsch, Director,<br />
Baden-Solingen Museum,<br />
Wuppertal, Germany<br />
8:00pm Tour of the Exhibition<br />
8:10pm Reception<br />
When: Thursday, 14 October, 2010<br />
Where: Art Trove - Private Museum<br />
51, Waterloo Street, #02-01,<br />
Singapore 187969<br />
RSVP: by 7 October, 2010<br />
RSVP@art-trove.com,<br />
+65 6336 0915<br />
German<br />
Embassy<br />
Singapore<br />
Valet parking will be av<strong>ai</strong>lable<br />
www.galerie-netuschil.de