Valdeig-Fineart - Biography

The Artist

Jürgen Valdeig, the artist and researcher was born in Erfurt in 1951. This is now the twentie-second art calendar in his popular series of publications on the history of the City of Erfurt. The pictures are created on the basis of his own research and chronicles.
He has been researching the history of Erfurt Cathedral and the Petersberg intensively since 1968. His first works were published in 1978 on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of St. Severus`s Church.
His previous publications also include fine art books on Erfurt and Thuringia with forewords written by Manfred Ruge, the Chief Major of Erfurt, and Dr. Bernhard Vogel, the Minister President of Thuringia. Every year since 1992, Jürgen Valdeig, as the first German artist, has successfully shown his work and publications on the geology of the immense Colorado Plateau at exhibitions in Arizona, USA and particularly at the Grand Canyon.
His artistic work bears the influence of his many years of friendship with the wellknown US publicist and photographer, Carlos Elmer, who died in 1993.
In 1995, he was invited by the Goethe Institute in Houston, Texas to present an exhibition and lecture on his Thuringian homeland. The entire collection was made over to the inventory of the Goethe Institute and it is now displayed in cultural and educational institutions on Texas and New Mexico.
Hannelore and Jürgen Valdeig have now introduced new publications on the Grand Canyonin Arizona to celebrate the millenium. Further exhibitiontours of the USA are in preparation. His many field trips have led him into the remote canyon and desert regions of the south-west of the United States of America, Mexico and Andalucia. Since 2004 Member of the Grand Canyon Association. Pictures by this artist are to be found in both public and private collections in Europa and the USA (Grand Canyon NP Collection). The Erfurt Stadtmuseum (City Museum) devoted a special exhibition to him during the summer of 2001 to mark his 50th birthday and all his previous publications. The exhibition "Fascination Sandstone: Erfurt- Grand Canyon" was displayed in Erfurt Town Hall in the autumn of 2004.
In June 2008 presentation of the artworks "Proud Mary" and "Sun Studio Memphis 1954" to Bob and John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) during a meeting.
In the spring of 2011, the Erfurt City Museum and the New Mill staged the exhibition "40 Years of Painting for the Love of it" to celebrate the 60th birthday of Jürgen Valdeig.
The main emphasis of his work is the depiction and documentation of the continual interplay between history, the forces of nature and the existence of mankind. Jürgen Valdeig has been married since 1971 and is the father of three children and grandfather.

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Hannelore und Jürgen Valdeig am Canyon Lake,
nahe Apache Junction / Arizona

Studien am Südrand des Grand Canyon

Im Boquillas Canyon des Rio Grande/ Texas- Mexiko

1. Grand Canyon-Ausstellung 1992

Sohn Marco und Freund Carlos Elmer,
der Pionier der Grand Canyon Fotografie, 1992

Übergabe eines Grand Canyon Gemäldes für die Grand Canyon NP Collection
an den Direktor des GC National Park Service Mr. Kenneth Block
am 3. Januar 2000 im Visitor Center.

"Confession the Blues"
Konzert der "Formation" in der Reglerkirche Erfurt 1969
J.Valdeig (voc/git) und K.D.Probst (git),verstorben 2008

Born to move 1970
Born to move
1970

TV- Show "Wieder mal zu Hause" mit Peter Illmann in der Messehalle Erfurt, Mai 2004

Mit Peter Illmann auf dem Erfurter Petersberg

The Bluesbrothers - P. Grätz, J. Reiter und J. Valdeig
während seiner Feier zum 50. Geburtstag

Vernissage der Jubiläumsausstellung "10 Jahre Erfurt-Kalender von Jürgen Valdeig"
im Museum Neue Mühle

Die Laudatio von Museumsdirektor Hardy Eidam

Vertreter von Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur zeigen reges Interesse

Museumsdirektor H. Eidam und die "Overfifties" mit J. Valdeig

Großer Andrang

Vernissage der Exposition: "Faszination Sandstein: Erfurt- Grand Canyon"im Erfurter Rathaus, Oktober 2004.
Laudatio von Dr. Jutta Lindemann, Kulturdirektion, und Bürgermeister Dietrich Hagemann.

Die "Mountain Boys"
im Einsatz auf dem Brühler Herrenberg vom Rennsteiglied bis Proud Mary,
am Saxophon Andreas Hellhoff
August 2009

Wiedereröffnung Kunsthandlung Valdeig
Wiedereröffnung der Kunsthandlung Valdeig
am 17. September 2009
mit Tochter Kathrin Valdeig-Meinung

TextMex-Musik
Viva Tex- Mex Music !
Am Akkordeon Mr. Sauerteig
Hopfgarten im April 2010

Eröffnung der Jubiläumsausstellung "Jürgen Valdeig- 40 Jahre Malen aus Leidenschaft" anläßlich des 60. Geburtstages
am 27.03.2011

Oberbürgermeister Andreas Bausewein gratuliert	Der langjährige Freund und Beigeordnete Dietrich Hagemann gratuliert
Die Mountain Boys und Enkel eröffnen die Vernissage	Stadtmuseumsdirektor Hardy Eidam während seiner Ansprache.
Im Dialog mit dem Oberbürgermeister	Ausstellungsrundgang mit dem Oberbürgermeister Andreas Bausewein und dem Beigeordneten Dietrich Hagemann.
Präsentation der Publikation "Jürgen Valdeig, Erfurt- Schlaglichter zur Stadtgeschichte" mit Dr. Steffen Rassloff.	Eröffnung der Jubiläumsausstellung mit dem New York City Blues
Ausstellungsrundgang	Country Roads mit Enkeln Leonardo, Letizia und Miguel