EBERHARD SCHLOTTER FOUNDATION. ALTEA

HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION

It was set up on 6th September 1995 with the legacy of the painter Eberhard Schlotter as a sign of his appreciation towards Altea, the town where he has resided at various times since 1954 and where he has produced a large part of his artistic work, and thanks to the help given, principally, by the Town Hall of Altea, the Diputation of Alicante, the Valencian Generalitat and other public and private bodies, all of whom form part of the patronage of the Foundation.

The aforementioned legacy consists of more than 1.000 works, amongst them, oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, etchings by the artist.

New Eberhard Schlotter Foundation Museum, Altea, 2007

Inauguration, 1997. Eberhard Schlotter Foundation, Altea

Since setting up the Foundation has organised multiple exhibitions with works by artists such as:

Schlotter, Academia de Roma, Agrassot, Alcalde, Alcaraz, Alcorlo, Argüelles, Bacon, Benlliure, Boix, Bonnard, Braque, Brosa, Calduch, Canogar, Carmona, Castejón, Cebrián, Chagall, Conejo, Contreras, Corot, Cross, Dalí, De Felipe, De Grain, Derain, Dupré, Duvier, Equipo Crónica, Feito, Flanagan, Foujita, Fortuny, Genovés, Giacometti, Gordillo, Guinovart, Hiroshige, Iturrino, Jardiel, Klinger, Knoop, Kokoscka, Koryusai, Kuniyoshi, Lahuerta, Lam, Landaluce, Madrazo, Maillol, March, Mariscal, Matisse, Miró, Muñoz, Mozos, Naranjo, Opisso, Pacea, Palencia, Peinado, Peña, Perejaume, Peteiro, Piñole, Picasso, Pissarro, Pla, Planas, Ponjuán, Portocarrero, Ràfols Casamada, Raúl Martínez, Renoir, Rembrandt, Renau, Roberts, Romero, San Rok, Saura, Sartorius, Scott, Sempere, Serrano, Signac, Skodlerrak, Solana, Sorolla, Tapies, Tolousse-Lautrec, Toral, Torres, Utamaro, Valdés, Valle, Velasco, Villá, Vuillard, Warhol, Wind, Zuloaga, Zachrisson, Zaragoza, etc.

The Foundation has organised concerts, conference and theatre cycles, etching fairs, exhibitions and activities by Fine Arts students, cultural programmes on the television and radio.

It has been a Member of the Spanish Assocation of Foundations since 1998, an institution presided over by S.A.R. D. Carlos de Borbón, Duke of Calabria, having been visited by more than 175.000 people.

The Foundation was housed until 2007 in a building dating from the XVIII century situated in the Plaza de Tonico Ferrer, 14, in the old quarter of Altea. The present headquarters, also in the old quarter of Altea, in Costera dels Matxos, 2, is situated in a house dating from the XVIII century, recently restored thanks to, principally, to the patronage of the Altea Town Hall. It consists of four floors devoted to exhibition rooms, offices, storeroom, workshops, music and conference room, and also houses a shop where posters, postcards, catalogues and books, gifts, reproductions and original etchings may be acquired, the proceeds of which are used to defray the costs of the Foundation.

Right, an image of the main entrance of new Schlotter Foundation in Altea.

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THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION

The Foundation, a non-profit making organisation has as its objective the exhibition, development and understanding of the plastic arts and devotes itself exclusively to the following activities:

a) The permanent exhibition of the artistic and intellectual work of Professor Schlotter as well as periodic, temporary, travelling, artistic and intellectual exhibitions of other artistsÕ work, covering any period or style.
b) Holding talks and organising conferences and seminars on the artistic activities of any kind of intellectual or artistic manifestation, using the necessary or convenient means of expression and comunication.
c) Imparting and organising educational courses on painting, etching and engraving techniques.
d) Bestowing grants and special prizes to students or professionals from the Fine Arts in accordance with conditions regulated by the Foundation.
e) The circulation or publication of literary, historical or technical works whose monographic themes deal with painting, etching and engraving.
f) The reproduction of posters, postcards and slides of Professor SchlotterÕs work with the purpose of proceeds from sales reverting towards the upkeep of the Foundation

Inscription.

DATE OF CONSTITUTION: 6th September 1995
Inscription: The Foundations Registry of the Valencian Community, No. 57-A, on 21st November, 1995.

The running and management of the Foundation.

The patronage of the Eberhard Schlotter Foundation is presided over by the Mayor of Altea and its Honorary President is the painter Eberhard Schlotter. In addition there is a prestigious group of patrons of local, provincial, autonomous, national and international renown, as well a a Secretary, a Director, and other Administrative, Conservation and Public Assistance Personnel

Director of the Foundation: Joaquín Diaz-Caneja Planell
Direction Secretary: Sabine Reincke-Schuppan
Mounting of Exhibitions: Klaus Peter Zunker

Establishment of the Eberhard Schlotter Foundation. Altea, 1995