Franz Gertsch : retrospective /
Gertsch, Franz.
Spieler, Reinhard,1964-
Vitali, Samuel.
Museum Franz Gertsch.
Kunstmuseum Bern.
Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz,
2006.
"This catalog is published in conjunction with the exhibition  Franz Gertsch: Retrospective ; museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf (works until 1976), Kunstmuseum Bern (works 1977 to 2005), November 13, 2005-March 12, 2006.  Additional venues (slightly different presentation): Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, April 8-June 25, 2006 ; Kunsthalle Tübingen, July 15-October 1, 2006 ; Albertina, Vienna, and MUMOK, Vienna, October 20, 2006 -January 7, 2007"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-284).
From the instant to the endless extension of time : developmental directions in the work of Franz Gertsch / Reinhard Spieler -- Bohemian rhapsody / Joachim Jäger -- Painting after photography / Peter J. Schneemann -- Gertsch before Gertsch or : the long way to Monte Lema : the early work to 1969 : an overview / Samuel Vitali -- Catalogue. Early works 1951-69 ; New departures, new beginnings 1969/70 / Reinhard Spieler ;  The large paintings 1971/72 / Ulrich Loock ; Group portraits from the early seventies / Ulrich Loock ; From ambience to individual : the Patti Smith cycle and the Self-portrait from 1980 / Matthias Frehner ; Portraits of women / Norberto Gramaccini ; A new image of nature / Harald Kunde -- Biography / compiled by Norberto Gramaccini -- Catalogue raisonné of the paintings 1969-2005 / Reinhard Spieler -- People portrayed in the paintings and woodcuts of Franz Gertsch / Elke Kania.
Gertsch, Franz