Painting
Works on paper
Biography
1938
born on February 13 in Halle/Saale
1952-55
Apprenticeship as a positive retoucher at the “Graphische Kunstanstalt und Klischeefabrik A. Müller” in Halle
1956-61
Studied at the University of Applied Arts, Magdeburg (specializing in commercial art) – then worked as a graphic designer at DEWAG-Werbung, Dessau
1961-66
Studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (specializing in painting) under Professors Burkhardt, Behrens-Hangeler, Dähn, Robbel, Womacka
1969-72
Master student at the German Academy of Arts in Berlin with Karl-Erich Müller
from 1972
Freelance painter and graphic artist in Berlin
2021
Rolf Händler dies after a long illness
Public collections
Berlin, Berlinische Galerie
Berlin, National Museums in Berlin, National Gallery
Berlin, Stadtmuseum, Berlin State Museum of Culture and History
Berlin, Berliner Volksbank Art Forum Foundation
Beeskow, Museum Utopia and Everyday Life
Chemnitz, New Saxon Gallery
Chemnitz, Wismut Collection
Cottbus / Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art
Delden (NL), No Hero Foundation
Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Albertinum and Galerie Neue Meister
Erfurt, Angermuseum
Göttingen, Municipal Museum
Halle/ Saale, Moritzburg Art Museum
Kiel, City and Maritime Museum
Koserow, Museum Atelier Otto Niemeyer-Holstein
Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts
Magdeburg, Museum of Cultural History
Meiningen, State Museums Elisabethenburg Castle
Neubrandenburg, Art Collection
Oberhausen, Ludwiggalerie Oberhausen Palace
Potsdam, Museum of Art and History
Potsdam, Hasso Plattner Collection
Rostock, Kunsthalle
Sofia/ Bulgaria, Museums of the City of Sofia
Szczecin, Museum of Art
Stralsund, Museum of Cultural History
News
Alumni meeting – with Rolf Händler
8. September 2023
We mourn the loss of the artist Rolf Händler
17. December 2021
Albertinum Dresden shows East German painting and sculpture 1949-1990
15. June 2018