This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| A sculptor and furniture designer, Bernhard E. Rohne was born in Peine, Germany (20 miles east of Hannover) and emigrated to his current home, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1967.
His primary mediums are copper, brass, aluminum and zinc metal sheets, which he etches and oxidizes. From them he creates decorative panels, furniture and accessories. He’s also worked in enamels*, stained glass and mixed mediums. His subject is primarily abstraction – colors, shapes and textures. His styles are Abstract Expressionism* and Geometric Abstraction*. The AskART illustration is a good example of his work; it’s coincidentally very similar in style to the one in the collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
His art education includes four years at Werkkunstschule, Hannover (1962 – 1965); as well as an earlier apprenticeship in painting and design (1959).
Rohne’s work has been exhibited extensively in Canada, the USA, Great Britain and Germany; and an example of it, as noted above, is in the permanent collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec.
He’s also completed numerous corporate commissions.
Sources:
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada (2003), by Evelyn de Rostaing McMann (see AskART book references)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (1974), by Colin S. MacDonald (see AskART book references)
Vancouver Province [newspaper], January 16, 1970 "Metal: An old art renewed" by Ken Spotswood
Bernhard Rohne .Com
The Canadian Heritage Information Network*
Canadian Museum of Civilization
* For more in-depth information about these terms and others, see AskART.com. Glossary http://www.askart.com/AskART/lists/Art_Definition.aspx.
Prepared and contributed by M.D. Silverbrooke.
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