The Artist Albert Chr. Reck ; his biography

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22 July 1922 A.C.Reck , born 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 Hanover. Northern Germany 1947, he became a scholar of the artist and poet Hans Holtdorf in Bockholmwik.

1948 Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany under Prof. Alfred Mahlau

1949 Art School Nottingham, England

1950-1951 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, at that time also study trips through Italy, France and England

From 1952 Freelance artist in Hamburg. Studio in Hamburg, Reeperbahn

1954 Married Maria-Louise Schlüter, she too a pupil of A.Mahlau at that time.

1956 Lichtwark Bursary of the Free and Hanse Town Hamburg

1958 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"

1959 Student of Oskar Kokoschka

1961 Release of the Book "die kleine Naturkunde"
Exhibition in the "Kunstkreis Hameln", Germany

1962 Trip with a cargo boat round Africa as a bursary
Exhibition in the "Kunstkreis Hameln", Germany

1963 Emigration to Johannesburg, S.A., with the whole family ; wife and six children

1965-1968 Lecturer at the School of Arts in Johannesburg and the German School Johannesburg.
Exhibition at the Association of Arts, Pretoria, S.A.

1967 Summer Art School in Ubulumku.
Three of the students won prizes from the "Sanlam art competition".

1969 Study pedagogic at the academy in Düsseldorf, Germany

1970-1973 Returned to Germany to take up post as Lecturer at the Fachhochschule für Padagogic in Hamburg

1975 Bought a wooden pilot boat from Rostock, Germany, and revived it into a gaff cutter

1976 Sailing from Kiel , Germany,with the family on the reconditioned gaff cutter "Inopoleku" to Natal, S.A.

1977 Founding a weaving workshop "Phumalanga Swazihand - Swaziland Tapestries" in the Ezulwini Valley in Swaziland.

1979 Exhibition in the Landesbank Kiel with paintings and tapestries Exhibition at the Arts Association in Durban, S.A.

1982 Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries in the Museum of Schleswig Holstein, Germany

1984 opening "Endlotane Studios" on the Ngwenya mountains, teaching young Africans.

1985 Exhibition of drawings and paintings at "Galerie Semler" in Kiel, Germany
Exhibition at "nuleo de arte" in Maputo, Mozambique of drawings, paintings and tapestries

1986-1988 The largest tapestry project in the world, woven by the Swaziland Tapestry workshop (670sq.m.) for Tampa International Airport, Florida, USA

1987 Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries at the museum in Rendsburg,Germany

1988 Exhibition at "Staettisches Museum, Schleswig", Germany, drawings, paintings, tapestries

1989 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

1990 Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries at Galerie Semler, Kiel, Germany

1992 Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries in Brussels Swazi Gallery (Galerie Vicqueray), Belgium

1997 Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries in the "Hamburger Landesbank" in Hamburg, Germany

1998 Exhibition at the "Barthels Hof" Leipzig with drawings, paintings and tapestries
Exhibition with drawings and paintings at the "Raum fuer Kunst" in Paderborn, Germany

1999 Exhibition in the "Atelier Uebersee" in Hamburg, Germany

2000 Exhibition in the "National Museum of Swaziland"in aid of UNCIF

2001 Exhibition in the Frensch cultural center in Maputu Mozambique in conjunction with the Mozambiquen Red Cross in aid of AIDS Orphans

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22 July 1922		A.C.Reck , born 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 Hanover. Northern Germany 1947, he became a scholar of the artist and poet Hans Holtdorf in Bockholmwik.

1948		Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany under Prof. Alfred Mahlau
1949		Art School Nottingham, England
1950-1951		Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, at that time also study trips through Italy, France and England
From 1952		Freelance artist in Hamburg. Studio in Hamburg, Reeperbahn
1954		Married Maria-Louise Schlüter, she too a pupil of A.Mahlau at that time.
1956		Lichtwark Bursary of the Free and Hanse Town Hamburg
1958		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"
1959		Student of Oskar Kokoschka
1961		Release of the Book "die kleine Naturkunde" Exhibition in the "Kunstkreis Hameln", Germany
1962		Trip with a cargo boat round Africa as a bursary Exhibition in the "Kunstkreis Hameln", Germany
1963		Emigration to Johannesburg, S.A., with the whole family ; wife and six children
1965-1968		Lecturer at the School of Arts in Johannesburg and the German School Johannesburg. Exhibition at the Association of Arts, Pretoria, S.A.
1967		Summer Art School in Ubulumku. Three of the students won prizes from the "Sanlam art competition".
1969		Study pedagogic at the academy in Düsseldorf, Germany
1970-1973		Returned to Germany to take up post as Lecturer at the Fachhochschule für Padagogic in Hamburg
1975		Bought a wooden pilot boat from Rostock, Germany, and revived it into a gaff cutter
1976		Sailing from Kiel , Germany,with the family on the reconditioned gaff cutter "Inopoleku" to Natal, S.A.
1977		Founding a weaving workshop "Phumalanga Swazihand - Swaziland Tapestries" in the Ezulwini Valley in Swaziland.
1979		Exhibition in the Landesbank Kiel with paintings and tapestries Exhibition at the Arts Association in Durban, S.A.
1982		Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries in the Museum of Schleswig Holstein, Germany
1984		opening "Endlotane Studios" on the Ngwenya mountains, teaching young Africans.
1985		Exhibition of drawings and paintings at "Galerie Semler" in Kiel, Germany Exhibition at "nuleo de arte" in Maputo, Mozambique of drawings, paintings and tapestries
1986-1988		The largest tapestry project in the world, woven by the Swaziland Tapestry workshop (670sq.m.) for Tampa International Airport, Florida, USA
1987		Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries at the museum in Rendsburg,Germany
1988		Exhibition at "Staettisches Museum, Schleswig", Germany, drawings, paintings, tapestries
1989		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
1990		Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries at Galerie Semler, Kiel, Germany
1992		Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries in Brussels Swazi Gallery (Galerie Vicqueray), Belgium
1997		Exhibition of drawings, paintings and tapestries in the "Hamburger Landesbank" in Hamburg, Germany
1998		Exhibition at the "Barthels Hof" Leipzig with drawings, paintings and tapestries Exhibition with drawings and paintings at the "Raum fuer Kunst" in Paderborn, Germany
1999		Exhibition in the "Atelier Uebersee" in Hamburg, Germany
2000		Exhibition in the "National Museum of Swaziland"in aid of UNCIF
2001		Exhibition in the Frensch cultural center in Maputu Mozambique in conjunction with the Mozambiquen Red Cross in aid of AIDS Orphans