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1922 |
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A.C.Reck , born 1922 in Krappitz,
Upper Silesia (previously German now Polish). He left school
for sea in 1938 on a merchant shipping line. It was taken over
by the navy in 1940 into torpedo boats. He became a navigation
instructor at Eckernförde in 1942. Was taken prisoner of
war 1945. In 1946 he returned to school to complete matric in
Hannover. Northern Germany 1947, he became a scholar of the artist
and poet Hans Holtdorf in Bockholmwik. |
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1948 |
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Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg,
Germany under Prof. Alfred Mahlau |
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1949 |
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Art School Nottingham, England |
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1950-1951 |
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Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris |
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1952 |
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Freelance artist in Hamburg. Studio
in Hamburg, Reeperbahn |
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1954 |
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Married Maria-Louise Schlüter,
she too a pupil of A.Mahlau at that time. |
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1956 |
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Lichtwark Bursary of the Free and
Hanse Town Hamburg |
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1958 |
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Building a house and studio in Henstedt-Rhen
at the source of the river Alster.
Bursary of the "Lichtwark Preis" of the Free and Hanse
Town Hamburg - Stipendium of the "Kunstkreis im Bundesverband
der deutsche Industrie" |
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1962 |
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Trip with a cargo boat round
Africa as a bursary
Exhibition in the "Kunstkreis Hameln", Germany |
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1963 |
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Emmigration to Johannesburg, S.A.,
with the whole family ; wife and six children |
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1965-1968 |
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Lecturer at the School of Arts in
Johannesburg and the German School Johannesburg.
Exhibition at the Association of Arts, Pretoria, S.A. |
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1969 |
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Study pedagogic at the academy in
Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1970-1973 |
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Lecturer at the Fachhochschule für
Padagogic in Hamburg |
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1972 |
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Bought a wooden pilot boat from
Rostock, Germany, and revived it into a gaff cutter |
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1976 |
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Sailing from Kiel , Germany,with
the family on the reconditioned gaff cutter "Inopoleku"
to Natal, S.A. |
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1977 |
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Founding a weaving workshop "Phumalanga
Swazihand - Swaziland Tapestries" in the Ezulwini Valley
in Swaziland. |
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1979 |
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Exhibition in the Landesbank Kiel
with paintings and tapestries Exhibition at the Arts Association
in Durban, S.A. |
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1982 |
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Exhibition of drawings, paintings
and tapestries in the Museum of Schleswig Holstein, Germany |
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1984 |
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opening "Endlotane Studios"
on the Ngwenya mountains, teaching young Africans. |
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1985 |
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Exhibition of drawings and paintings
at "Galerie Semler" in Kiel, Germany
Exhibition at "nuleo de arte" in Maputo, Mozambique
of drawings, paintings and tapestries |
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1986-1988 |
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The largest tapestry project in the world, woven
by the Swaziland Tapestry workshop (670sq.m.) for Tampa International
Airport, Florida, USA |
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1987 |
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Exhibition of drawings, paintings
and tapestries at the museum in Rendsburg,Germany |
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1988 |
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Exhibition at "Staettisches
Museum, Schleswig", Germany, drawings, paintings, tapestries |
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1989 |
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Opening a gallery in the studios
of Endlotane for paintings and tapestries
Exhibition of drawings and Paintings in the Brazilian Cultural
Center in Maputo, Mozambique |
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1990 |
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Exhibition of drawings, paintings
and tapestries at Galerie Semler, Kiel, Germany |
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1992 |
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Exhibition of drawings, paintings
and tapestries in Brussels Swazi Gallery (Galerie Vicqueray),
Belgium |
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1997 |
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Exhibition of drawings, paintings
and tapestries in the "Hamburger Landesbank" in Hamburg,
Germany |
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1998 |
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Exhibition at the "Barthels
Hof" Leipzig with drawings, paintings and tapestries
Exhibition with drawings and paintings at the "Raum fuer
Kunst" in Paderborn, Germany |
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1999 |
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Exhibition in the "Atelier
Uebersee" in Hamburg, Germany |
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2000 |
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Exhibition in the "National
Museum of Swaziland" |