Alberech Ralf Winckler ‘A. R.’ PENCK
1939, Germany
Signature proven counterfeit
In 1996 received an auction house in Copenhagen, a large painting of "AR Penck" 150x150 cm. The painting came to the auction house with an international carrier. According to a covering letter indicated that "Gaerie Nicolas Burdett in Belgium" wanted the auction house would sell the painting for him. At the auction house began to explore the painting and Galerie Edition Copenhagen, Danny Viet, photographed the painting and sent a photo to Penck, who immediately replied that he had not done this painting. Since it is established that the painting was a forgery, reported Danny Viet this on to the police.
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
Signature considered genuine
A. R. Penck (Alberech Ralf Winckler Penck) biography:
Born in Dresden in 1939, the painter and sculptor Ralf Winkler adopted several pseudonyms. ‘A. R. Penck’ was the name that followed through and that he is today famous for. He started taking drawing lessons with Strawalde. In the early 1950s, he was trained as an advertising artist. In 1966, he adopted the pseudonym ‘A. R. Penck’. As off 1973, he also signed his works with ‘Mike Hammer’, ‘T. M.’ or ‘Y.’. Whilst his work was under various restrictions in the German Democratic Republic, he received the Wilhelm-Grohmann Award from the Academy of Arts in West Berlin in 1975. In 1976, he made the acquaintance of the artist Jörg Immendorff, with whom he collaborated for a few years. In 1980, Penck moved to West Germany. Three years later, he settled in London, and in 1988 he moved to Düsseldorf for a job as a professor for painting at the Academy of Arts. After his retirement in 2003, he settled in Dublin, where he lives and works today. Works by A. R. Penck are on display in major museums collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt/Main, the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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Stasi (1990)
Composition
Seated Woman (Executed ca. 1965)
(5) Das Rote Flugzeug; Jule Und Anna; Konzert In München; Welt Des Aldler (1986-88)
Standard Retro (Executed in 1999)
Sans Titre (1981)
Trois Femmes (1961)
Komposition Ohne Titel
Welt Des Adlers V (Executed in 1981)
Komposition Ohne Titel
Untitled
