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At the West Acre Gallery, West Acre, Norfolk 2020, with drawing Sunset
Information about the Artist
· Studied History of Art, History and Mediaeval German Literature at the Universities of Hamburg and Göttingen, Germany, graduating with a doctorate in History of Art
· At Göttingen University, took part in etching, life drawing and portrait drawing courses
· In Germany worked in research and curated exhibitions in two public art galleries: Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, and Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
· Moved to London in 1990
· Taught History of Art and Design (Contextual / Critical Studies) in Further, Higher and Adult Education in London
· Studied Paper Conservation at Camberwell College of Art, London, graduating with an MA
· Worked as an independent paper conservator specialising in conservation, restoration and framing of artworks on paper as well as conserving and framing documents
· Moved to West Norfolk in 2013
· Is married to the painter David Lendrum (www.davidlendrum.co.uk).
Creates figurative or abstract drawings, paintings and monoprints either from observation or the imagination.
"During Covid-19 restrictions, I find consolation in nature, Many of my works depict landscapes but they are imagined scenes. I start without a preconceived idea. The image develops in the painting process which is like a dialogue between the emerging picture and me. Despite the dark elements like clouds or rocks which seem to threaten the viewer, there is light that gives us hope and this light of hope is very important to me."
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
2019 Ringstead Village Hall
Group Exhibitions
2012 Group exhibition in The Brix at St Matthew’s, Brixton, London
Since 2014 regular group exhibitions at Ringstead Village Hall, Ringstead, Norfolk
2017 Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios, West Norfolk Taster Exhibition, Eau Brink Studio, King’s Lynn, Norfolk
2017, 2019 Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios Central Taster Exhibition at The Forum, Norwich
Since 2017 Regular group exhibitions with the West Norfolk Artists Association (member since 2017) in King’s Lynn and Thornham, Norfolk
2017 Art in the Hut (Supporting The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House), Mencap Beach Hut No.82, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk
2019 Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios, West Norfolk Taster Exhibition at the West Acre Gallery, West Acre, Norfolk
2019 Art in the Hut (Supporting The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House), Mencap Beach Hut No.82, Old Hunstanton, Norfolk
2020 West Acre Gallery’s Open Exhibition, West Acre Gallery, West Acre, Norfolk
2020 West Norfolk Artists Association, Autumn Exhibition, A Virtual Show by members of the Association
2020 Women + Health: Women’s Lockdown Art, Online Fundraising Exhibition for Women + Health, London. The exhibition was planned to be held at the Zabludowicz Collection, London, but was cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown
2020 The WNAA Challenge No. 7 Christmas 2020, Online exhibition
Own Publications
Exhibition catalogue: La Caricature, Bildsatire
in Frankreich 1830-1835 aus der
Sammlung von Kritter, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur
Münster, Kunstsammlung der Universität Göttingen, Gutenbergmuseum Mainz,
Göttingen 1980, catalogue numbers: 23, 28, 31, 32, 45, 48, 49, 55, 77, 112
Exhibition catalogue: Alfred Kubin, Mappenwerke, Bücher, Einzelblätter aus der
Sammlung Hedwig und Helmut Goedeckemeyer, Kunstsammlung der Universität
Göttingen, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Städtisches Gustav-Lübke-Museum Hamm,
Göttingen 1980, cat.-no. 39, 61, 75, 78
Die Kloster- und Wallfahrtskirche Nikolausberg, Göttingen 1980
Über die Freundschaft zwischen Pfarrer Augustinus Winkelmann und dem
Bildhauer Edwin Scharff, in: Festschrift Augustinus Winkelmann zum
100. Geburtstag, edited by the Gemeinde Hamminkeln 1981, p. 22-26
Exhibition catalogue: Spiegel - Bilder, Kunstverein Hannover, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Duisburg 1982 (assistance)
Charles Hewlings, in Exhibition catalogue: Die WiIhelm-Lehmbruck-Stipendiaten
1982/83: Charles Hewlings, Michael Kortländer, Jan Mladovsky, Klaus
Osterwald, WiIhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg 1983
Edwin Scharff, in Exhibition catalogue: Verboten - verfolgt. Kunstdiktatur im
3. Reich. Eine Ausstellung des WiIhelm-Lehmbruck-Museums im Rahmen der
7. Duisburger Akzente, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Kunstverein
Hannover, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Duisburg 1983, p. 154
Edwin Scharff, in: Meisterwerke internationaler Plastik des 20. Jahrhunderts,
Informationsblätter III, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg 1985, no. 40
Exhibition catalogue: Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus privaten Sammlungen im
Lande Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen 1985 (assistance)
Exhibition catalogue: Edwin Scharff. Skulpturen - Gemälde - Aquarelle -
Zeichnungen -
Graphik. Retrospektive zum 100 Geburtstag des Künstlers, edited by
Helga Jörgens and Siegfried Salzmann, with biograpy, introduction, list
of works, list of exhibitions and bibliography by Helga Jörgens, Edwin Scharff
Museum, Neu-Ulm; Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl; Städtische Museen
Heilbronn; Kunsthalle Bremen; Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schleswig;
Bremen 1987
Exhibition catalogue: Mythos Europa. Europa und der Stier im Zeitalter der
industriellen
Zivilisation, Kunsthalle Bremen, Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn,
Bremen 1988, texts on works of art by: Francois Boucher, p. 194; Antoine Pesne, p. 196;
Johann Heinrich Tischbein d. Ä., p. 198; Johann Heinrich Füssli, p. 200;
Karl Blechen, p. 202; Buonaventura Genelli, p, 204;
J.-A.-D. Ingres, p. 206f.
Der Bildhauer Edwin Scharff (1887 - 1955). Untersuchungen zu Leben und Werk.
Mit einem Katalog der figürlichen Plastik, Dissertation, Georg August -
Universität zu Göttingen, Göttingen 1994
Edwin Scharff, in: The Dictionary of Art, editorial advisory board, Terukazu
Akiyama ... [et al.], consulting editor: Hugh Brigstocke, editor: Jane Turner,
New York : Grove, London: distributed by Macmillan, 1996
Edwin Scharff, in: Oxford Art Online.
Grove Art Online / Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Collection: Grove Art Online,
published online: 2003
https://www.oxfordartonline.com/search?q=Scharff%2C+Edwin&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true ,
Accessed on 11 December 2020