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Roger David Servais

January 01, 1970

Roger David Servais (born in 1942 in Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian painter, graphic artist, sculptor and designer.

Roger David Servais
Roger David Servais in 2015
Born1942
Liège, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Painter, graphic artist, sculptor and designer
Roger David Servais in New York, 1984 © Roger David Servais

Life edit

Roger David Servais spent his childhood in Liège, Brussels and Berlin. In 1961 he began his studies of painting and design at the School of Art in West Berlin. When the Soviet sector became segregated by the Berlin Wall, he married his girlfriend Waltraud Kolbow who lived in the eastern part of the city and they moved to Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg (East Berlin). In 1965 their daughter Marguerite was born. As citizen of Belgium he was free to travel and he commuted between Brussels and Berlin, but he endured reprisals from the East German government.[1] His art was prohibited to go on exhibition. He made use of his talents by designing book covers for publishers. By intervention of Baudouin of Belgium, his wife and daughter were allowed to leave the German Democratic Republic in 1973 and settle in Belgium. In 1974 Roger Davis Servais continued his studies of art at West Berlin's School of Arts, which, in 1963, he had been forced to intermit. His most influential teacher was Otto Hofmann, a former pupil of the Bauhaus. In 1979 he became a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. In the 1980s Roger David Servais worked in Belgium, France, Israel, New York City, Sweden and Italy. From 1990 onwards he joined the painter and civil rights activist Bärbel Bohley in her quest to shed light upon oppression and instrumentalization of the arts in the GDR. They both initiated Klaus Schröder's und Hannelore Offner's book Eingegrenzt – Ausgegrenzt: Bildende Kunst und Parteiherrschaft in der DDR 1961-1989 (Limited - Excluded: Art and the Party's Control inside the GDR between 1961 and 1989) published by Berliner Akademie Verlag in 2000.[2][3] After the death of his wife he married Tosca Schmalenberg in 1998. He lives and works in Berlin and Southern France.

Work edit

Roger David Servais can be described as a „European non-conformist“.[4] He is a figurative artist, painter, graphic artist, sculptor and designer who unites opposing techniques in his works - geometric abstraction as well as elements of symbolism and surrealism. His paintings and drawings visualize complex religious, historic and autobiographic statements which are expressed in an indirect and subtle way and are partly encrypted. Single letters play a significant role, hinting at the context rather than identifying it; the colours contribute to the painting's essential meaning, too. The relation of shape and space is a very important element.

Paintings (selection) edit

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    Stillleben mit Fischen, 65 cm × 50 cm, Öl, Collage, Hartfaser, 1965
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    Churban, 120 cm x 76 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 1966
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    Selbstbildnis in Brüssel, 60 cm × 70 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 1986
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    Flüchtling, 135 cm × 180 cm, Acryl, Karton, 1991
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    Beth, 70 cm × 70 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2014
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    Kleiner Engel, 50 cm × 60 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2015
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    Toska, 50 cm × 60 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2005
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    3 Töchter, 86 cm × 120 cm, Acryl, Papier, 2015
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    Bereshit, 86 cm × 120 cm, Acryl, Papier, 2015
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    Arte, 135 cm × 180 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 1990
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    PIA, 50 cm × 60 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2010
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    Pia, 23 cm × 30 cm, Öl, Karton, 2010
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    Chassidim, 100 cm x 130 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2010
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    La Nice, 50 cm x 60 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2013
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    Im Licht G-ttes, 100 cm x 130 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2010
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    Im Bad, 50 cm x 60 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2012
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    Der Traum, 50 cm x 60 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2014
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    Thora-Lesung, 80 cm x 100 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 1985
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    In Jerusalem, 120 cm x 130 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 1084
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    Ikarus, 120 cm x 180 cm, Öl, Leinwand, 2014
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    Torahträger, 135 cm x 180 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, 1990
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    Schwedin, 40 cm x 50 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, 1988
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    Im Wind, 135 cm x 180 cm, Öl auf Leinen, 1991
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    Sibylle, 21 x 29,7 cm, Graphit auf Papier, 2016
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    In der Synagoge, 80 x 100 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, 1985
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    Hasid, 50 x 60 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, 2016
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    Großer Engel, 130 x 150 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, 2015
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    Der Vertrag, 87 x 67 cm, Öl auf Hartfaser, 1985 (2016)

Exhibitions (selection) edit

  • 1979–1984: Künstlerbund exhibition, Große Kunstausstellung, Munich
  • 1981: Neue Darmstädter Secession, Darmstadt
  • 1983: ADAC exhibition München
  • 1984: Galerie Slominsky, Mülheim an der Ruhr
  • 1985: Kunsthaus Hamburg
  • 1985: Kunstverein Stuttgart
  • 1986: Galerie Jacob, Oldenburg
  • 1986: Neue Gruppe München
  • 1987: Art prize by the City of Kirchheim
  • 1987: Galerie Lietzow, Berlin
  • 1990: Künstlerbund exhibition Berlin
  • 1991: Goethe-Institut, Brüssel
  • 1991: Galerie Niepel, Düsseldorf
  • 1992: Usedomer Kunstverein, Galerie Pankow
  • 1994: Künstlerbund exhibition, Galerie Niepel, Düsseldorf
  • 1995: Galerie auf Zeit, Berlin
  • 1999: Jüdische Visionen in Berlin
  • 2004: Berliner Bank, Berlin
  • 2005: Galerie Thomas Günther, Berlin
  • 2009: Kunstpavillon Heringsdorf
  • 2012: Schaffens(t)räume: Atelierbilder und Künstlermythen in der DDR, Gera
  • 2016: Roger David Servais: A painter in no man's land between East- and West Berlin 1961-1974, Kommunale Galerie Pankow, Berlin
  • 2016: Ende vom Lied: Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Catalogues edit

  • 1981 Die neue Darmstädter Secession, Darmstadt: Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
  • 1983 80 Jahre Deutscher Künstlerbund 1903-1983: 31. Jahresausstellung Berlin: Kunstreport 3 `83, Berlin
  • 1983 Spuren: Auo-Vision-Galerie: Die ADAC-Sammlung: Auto und Umwelt, Munich
  • 1984 Deutscher Künstlerbund: 32. Jahresausstellung Frankfurt: Kunstreport 2 `84 Berlin
  • 1984 Christine Gaspar: Een knipoog naar de Anekdote. Regenberg, Anton, Claudia Hahn-Raabe, Christine Gaspar, Roswitha Meulemann (ed.): Berlin-Brüssel 1984 Tag für Tag: Ein Rückblick, Goethe-Institut
  • 1985 Konfrontationen 1,2,3. Exhibition at the Kunsthaus Hamburg from 3 May to 2 June 1985: Michael Eckle, Victor Kraus, Rolf Liese, Renate Sendler-Peters, Arno Backhaus, Michael von Cube, Franz Kochseder, Walter Raum, Jochen Sendler, Horst Hamann, Helga Jahnke, Ernst Heckelmann, Jochen Schimmelpfennig, Roger Servais, Hamburg: Kunsthaus Hamburg
  • 1987 Roger David Servais: Bilder, Gouachen, Zeichnungen 1967-1987, Berlin: Galerie Lietzow
  • 1990 Der Deutsche Künstlerbund in Berlin 1990, 38. Jahresausstellung Berlin
  • 1992 Roger David Servais: Bilder und Gouachen, Berlin: Cultural Office Pankow
  • 1992 Jüdische Künstler in Berlin, Berlin: Jewish Museum/Berlin-Museum; Martin-Gropius-Bau
  • 1999 Berlin, Meshulash (editor): DAVKA: Jüdische Visionen in Berlin: Berlin
  • 2000 Ästhetische Alternativen: Internationale Grafik für das Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg: Donation Jürgen Weichardt, Oldenburg: Isensee
  • 2012/2013 Schaffens(t)räume: Atelierbilder und Künstlermythen in der ostdeutschen Kunst, Gera: Art Collection Gera, New Orangery
  • 2016 Roger David Servais: Ein Maler im Niemandsland zwischen Ost und Westberlin, Berlin: Cultural Office Pankow
  • 2019 Point of No Return. Wende und Umbruch in der ostdeutschen Kunst / Transformation and Revolution in East German Art, Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste[5]

Illustrations, graphics and texts edit

  • 1969 Lászlo Bóka: Graf Dénes: Roman. Linocuts by Roger Servais, Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt
  • 1970 Horst Lothar Teweleit (ed.): Taufiq al Hakim: Von Wundern und heller Verwunderung und von denen, die es mit Himmel und Hölle halten. Illustrations by Roger Servais, Berlin: Rütten & Loening
  • 1995 Gerd Henniger: Spiegel im Spiegel. Szenen einer Kindheit. Sechs Radierungen von Roger David Servais, Berlin: Mariannenpresse, ISBN 3-922510-80-9.
  • 1987 Sigmar Schollak, Roger Servais (illustrations): Tätowierungen: Aphorismen und Epigramme. Introduction by Günter Kunert, Berlin: Weidler, ISBN 3896931024.
  • 1995 Günter Kunert: Dschamp Nr. 8: Elegien. With screen-printed graphics by Roger David Servais, Berlin: Edition Galerie auf Zeit
  • 1999 Ulrich Tarlatt (ed.): Die Farbe Schwarz – Hommage a Philipp Otto Runge Halle: edition Augenweide
  • 2002 Thomas Günther (ed.): Günter Kunert (texts), Roger David Servais (illustrations): Vertrieben aus Eden, Berlin, Edition Galerie auf Zeit
  • 2003 Henryk Bereska: Burgschreiber zu Beeskow: Märkische Streifbilder, Berlin: Aphaia Verlag 2003, ISBN 3926677406.
  • 2009 Roger David Servais: Erinnerungen an Robert Rehfeldt, in: Lutz Wohlrab (ed.): Robert Rehfeldt: Kunst im Kontakt, Berlin: Wohlrab, p. 27, ISBN 9783981429602.

Works edit

Works by Roger David Servais can be found in private and public collections, e. g.:

External links edit

  • List of membership: Deutscher Künstlerbund
  • Roger David Servais | A painter in no man's land between East- and West Berlin 1961-1974

References edit

  1. ^ Review of the lecture event "Bildende Kunst und Staatssicherheit - Veranstaltung mit Roger D. Servais in der Gedenkbibliothek zu Ehren der Opfer des Stalinismus, June 17th 1993 at gedenkbibliothek.de, retrieved 2015-09-22
  2. ^ Acknowledgements of the editor, frontispiece of the book.
  3. ^ Die Partei, die Partei, die sieht immer schlecht faz.net, 2001-02-02
  4. ^ Daniel de Vin (exhibition flyer 1976, Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt.
  5. ^ List of participating artists at MdbK

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German government 1 His art was prohibited to go on exhibition He made use of his talents by designing book covers for publishers By intervention of Baudouin of Belgium his wife and daughter were allowed to leave the German Democratic Republic in 1973 and settle in Belgium In 1974 Roger Davis Servais continued his studies of art at West Berlin s School of Arts which in 1963 he had been forced to intermit His most influential teacher was Otto Hofmann a former pupil of the Bauhaus In 1979 he became a member of the Deutscher Kunstlerbund In the 1980s Roger David Servais worked in Belgium France Israel New York City Sweden and Italy From 1990 onwards he joined the painter and civil rights activist Barbel Bohley in her quest to shed light upon oppression and instrumentalization of the arts in the GDR They both initiated Klaus Schroder s und Hannelore Offner s book Eingegrenzt Ausgegrenzt Bildende Kunst und Parteiherrschaft in der DDR 1961 1989 Limited Excluded Art and the Party s Control inside the GDR between 1961 and 1989 published by Berliner Akademie Verlag in 2000 2 3 After the death of his wife he married Tosca Schmalenberg in 1998 He lives and works in Berlin and Southern France Work editRoger David Servais can be described as a European non conformist 4 He is a figurative artist painter graphic artist sculptor and designer who unites opposing techniques in his works geometric abstraction as well as elements of symbolism and surrealism His paintings and drawings visualize complex religious historic and autobiographic statements which are expressed in an indirect and subtle way and are partly encrypted Single letters play a significant role hinting at the context rather than identifying it the colours contribute to the painting s essential meaning too The relation of shape and space is a very important element Paintings selection edit nbsp Stillleben mit Fischen 65 cm 50 cm Ol Collage Hartfaser 1965 nbsp Churban 120 cm x 76 cm Ol Leinwand 1966 nbsp Selbstbildnis in Brussel 60 cm 70 cm Ol Leinwand 1986 nbsp Fluchtling 135 cm 180 cm Acryl Karton 1991 nbsp Beth 70 cm 70 cm Ol Leinwand 2014 nbsp Kleiner Engel 50 cm 60 cm Ol Leinwand 2015 nbsp Toska 50 cm 60 cm Ol Leinwand 2005 nbsp 3 Tochter 86 cm 120 cm Acryl Papier 2015 nbsp Bereshit 86 cm 120 cm Acryl Papier 2015 nbsp Arte 135 cm 180 cm Ol Leinwand 1990 nbsp PIA 50 cm 60 cm Ol Leinwand 2010 nbsp Pia 23 cm 30 cm Ol Karton 2010 nbsp Chassidim 100 cm x 130 cm Ol Leinwand 2010 nbsp La Nice 50 cm x 60 cm Ol Leinwand 2013 nbsp Im Licht G ttes 100 cm x 130 cm Ol Leinwand 2010 nbsp Im Bad 50 cm x 60 cm Ol Leinwand 2012 nbsp Der Traum 50 cm x 60 cm Ol Leinwand 2014 nbsp Thora Lesung 80 cm x 100 cm Ol Leinwand 1985 nbsp In Jerusalem 120 cm x 130 cm Ol Leinwand 1084 nbsp Ikarus 120 cm x 180 cm Ol Leinwand 2014 nbsp Torahtrager 135 cm x 180 cm Ol auf Leinwand 1990 nbsp Schwedin 40 cm x 50 cm Ol auf Leinwand 1988 nbsp Im Wind 135 cm x 180 cm Ol auf Leinen 1991 nbsp Sibylle 21 x 29 7 cm Graphit auf Papier 2016 nbsp In der Synagoge 80 x 100 cm Ol auf Leinwand 1985 nbsp Hasid 50 x 60 cm Ol auf Leinwand 2016 nbsp Grosser Engel 130 x 150 cm Ol auf Leinwand 2015 nbsp Der Vertrag 87 x 67 cm Ol auf Hartfaser 1985 2016 Exhibitions selection edit1979 1984 Kunstlerbund exhibition Grosse Kunstausstellung Munich 1981 Neue Darmstadter Secession Darmstadt 1983 ADAC exhibition Munchen 1984 Galerie Slominsky Mulheim an der Ruhr 1985 Kunsthaus Hamburg 1985 Kunstverein Stuttgart 1986 Galerie Jacob Oldenburg 1986 Neue Gruppe Munchen 1987 Art prize by the City of Kirchheim 1987 Galerie Lietzow Berlin 1990 Kunstlerbund exhibition Berlin 1991 Goethe Institut Brussel 1991 Galerie Niepel Dusseldorf 1992 Usedomer Kunstverein Galerie Pankow 1994 Kunstlerbund exhibition Galerie Niepel Dusseldorf 1995 Galerie auf Zeit Berlin 1999 Judische Visionen in Berlin 2004 Berliner Bank Berlin 2005 Galerie Thomas Gunther Berlin 2009 Kunstpavillon Heringsdorf 2012 Schaffens t raume Atelierbilder und Kunstlermythen in der DDR Gera 2016 Roger David Servais A painter in no man s land between East and West Berlin 1961 1974 Kommunale Galerie Pankow Berlin 2016 Ende vom Lied Kunstlerhaus Bethanien BerlinCatalogues edit1981 Die neue Darmstadter Secession Darmstadt Mathildenhohe Darmstadt 1983 80 Jahre Deutscher Kunstlerbund 1903 1983 31 Jahresausstellung Berlin Kunstreport 3 83 Berlin 1983 Spuren Auo Vision Galerie Die ADAC Sammlung Auto und Umwelt Munich 1984 Deutscher Kunstlerbund 32 Jahresausstellung Frankfurt Kunstreport 2 84 Berlin 1984 Christine Gaspar Een knipoog naar de Anekdote Regenberg Anton Claudia Hahn Raabe Christine Gaspar Roswitha Meulemann ed Berlin Brussel 1984 Tag fur Tag Ein Ruckblick Goethe Institut 1985 Konfrontationen 1 2 3 Exhibition at the Kunsthaus Hamburg from 3 May to 2 June 1985 Michael Eckle Victor Kraus Rolf Liese Renate Sendler Peters Arno Backhaus Michael von Cube Franz Kochseder Walter Raum Jochen Sendler Horst Hamann Helga Jahnke Ernst Heckelmann Jochen Schimmelpfennig Roger Servais Hamburg Kunsthaus Hamburg 1987 Roger David Servais Bilder Gouachen Zeichnungen 1967 1987 Berlin Galerie Lietzow 1990 Der Deutsche Kunstlerbund in Berlin 1990 38 Jahresausstellung Berlin 1992 Roger David Servais Bilder und Gouachen Berlin Cultural Office Pankow 1992 Judische Kunstler in Berlin Berlin Jewish Museum Berlin Museum Martin Gropius Bau 1999 Berlin Meshulash editor DAVKA Judische Visionen in Berlin Berlin 2000 Asthetische Alternativen Internationale Grafik fur das Horst Janssen Museum Oldenburg Donation Jurgen Weichardt Oldenburg Isensee 2012 2013 Schaffens t raume Atelierbilder und Kunstlermythen in der ostdeutschen Kunst Gera Art Collection Gera New Orangery 2016 Roger David Servais Ein Maler im Niemandsland zwischen Ost und Westberlin Berlin Cultural Office Pankow 2019 Point of No Return Wende und Umbruch in der ostdeutschen Kunst Transformation and Revolution in East German Art Leipzig Museum der bildenden Kunste 5 Illustrations graphics and texts edit1969 Laszlo Boka Graf Denes Roman Linocuts by Roger Servais Berlin Verlag Volk und Welt 1970 Horst Lothar Teweleit ed Taufiq al Hakim Von Wundern und heller Verwunderung und von denen die es mit Himmel und Holle halten Illustrations by Roger Servais Berlin Rutten amp Loening 1995 Gerd Henniger Spiegel im Spiegel Szenen einer Kindheit Sechs Radierungen von Roger David Servais Berlin Mariannenpresse ISBN 3 922510 80 9 1987 Sigmar Schollak Roger Servais illustrations Tatowierungen Aphorismen und Epigramme Introduction by Gunter Kunert Berlin Weidler ISBN 3896931024 1995 Gunter Kunert Dschamp Nr 8 Elegien With screen printed graphics by Roger David Servais Berlin Edition Galerie auf Zeit 1999 Ulrich Tarlatt ed Die Farbe Schwarz Hommage a Philipp Otto Runge Halle edition Augenweide 2002 Thomas Gunther ed Gunter Kunert texts Roger David Servais illustrations Vertrieben aus Eden Berlin Edition Galerie auf Zeit 2003 Henryk Bereska Burgschreiber zu Beeskow Markische Streifbilder Berlin Aphaia Verlag 2003 ISBN 3926677406 2009 Roger David Servais Erinnerungen an Robert Rehfeldt in Lutz Wohlrab ed Robert Rehfeldt Kunst im Kontakt Berlin Wohlrab p 27 ISBN 9783981429602 Works editWorks by Roger David Servais can be found in private and public collections e g National Gallery Berlin Kupferstichkabinett Berlin Jewish Museum Berlin Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Jewish Museum of Belgium Royal Library of Belgium Kupferstich Kabinett Dresden Kunstsammlung des Westdeutschen Rundfunks Cologne Kunstsammlung des ADAC Munich Princeton UniversityExternal links editList of membership Deutscher Kunstlerbund Roger David Servais A painter in no man s land between East and West Berlin 1961 1974References edit Review of the lecture event Bildende Kunst und Staatssicherheit Veranstaltung mit Roger D Servais in der Gedenkbibliothek zu Ehren der Opfer des Stalinismus June 17th 1993 at gedenkbibliothek de retrieved 2015 09 22 Acknowledgements of the editor frontispiece of the book Die Partei die Partei die sieht immer schlecht faz net 2001 02 02 Daniel de Vin exhibition flyer 1976 Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt List of participating artists at MdbK Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roger David Servais amp oldid 1183357047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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