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Posted Nov 1, 2009 by B'Elana [©] ACE- Minister of Abbr. - Celebrating The Post 10th Birthday @ A58768988
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Anyway, I went to one last night. I had never heard of the artist before, but what I had read on the invitation sounded interesting.
The speaker who had been invited is somebody I've encountered at various events - the owner of our local book store is very active and organises interesting events throughout the year. So far, he (the speaker) has always been a guarantee for good entertainment, and I wasn't disappointed last night.
The entrance was free, and we were even offered snacks, apple wine, apple juice and  .
During the speech (introduction of Albert (Ali) Schindehütte) by Prof H. Boehncke, I took a few photos; most of them turned out to be too blurry to be of any use, but you can find a few here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/TheBelana/Vernissage#
Now to the artist: There were lots of his paintings (they'll be in the book store for a further two weeks), and some books he illustrated were for sale, too.
I loved the paintings. They are in a style I've grown up with, I had two fairy tales books with illustrations in a very similar style.
I bought a few postcards, a catalogue which contains quite a few of the paintings, and a book with fairy tales the grand-grand-grand.... father of the artist had written down for the Brothers Grimm in exchange for some of their well-worn 'Beinkleider' - that's trousers - so each time constable Krause (the artist's ancestor) needed trousers, he wrote a letter to the Brothers Grimm and they made a deal.
The artist signed the books, and he didn't merely write his signature, but rewarded us with some real artwork. It took ages, but it was definitely worth the wait. While I waited for my books to dry (he used a quill and ink) I made the acquaintance of a man who is from Schleswig_Holstein, like me, who used to live in Kiel (like me) and even in Husum (where I went to school). Funny old world, it just showed how small it is.
The glass of had nearly knocked me out, and not even the walk home in the fresh and cold air sobered me up again, so I went straight to bed.
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