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Essay by Marlene Dietrich
Conception by Gottfried Helnwein
Photographs by Gottfried Helnwein
Design und layout by Neville Brody, Giles Dunn and Gottfried Helnwein

Edition Cantz, Stuttgart, 1990
ISBN 3-89322-226-X

Gottfried Helnwein and Marlene Dietrich issued a special edition of 100 copies
numbered and signed by Marlene Dietrich and Gottfried Helnwein.

ARTISTS
- by Marlene Dietrich -
Marlene Dietrich
| 1990
They are completely apart from other human beings.
Their emotions, all their feelings,their reactions are opposed to so-called "normal" people's sentiments.
They are vulnerable and deeple sensitive people, due to their talents, their super-imagination, their knowledge of hidden influences of which we ordinary human beings are not.
They are not easy to live with - if you choose to live with them at all, if you have the luck to meet them at all.
Writers, composers, painters - also artists like directors, and actors fall into the same category.
They are to be handeled with kid-gloves, mentally and physically.
And their reactions go to extremes, compared to non-artistic human beings.
And I was lucky enough to meet and love and work for many, many artists,
I learned not without heartbreak and pain, to become a better, more intelligent, respectful and devoted person.
No tears were wasted in the process. My tears - not theirs!

Weitere Artikel zu Gottfried Helnwein und Marlene Dietrich:

Roland Mischke
Gottfried Helnwein über Marlene Dietrich - "Sogar Marlenes Stimme klang einsam".
Am Ende ihres Lebens schloss sich Marlene Dietrich von der Welt aus. Zu den sieben Freunden, die sie in ihrer Pariser Wohnung besuchen durften, gehörten der Maler Gottfried Helnwein und seine Frau Renate. Sie erzählen von ihrer Freundschaft zu der Diva, die am 27. Dezember 100 Jahre alt geworden wäre.

Marco Schenz
Drei Menschen, die mit dem Phantom Dietrich sprachen. Mit einem österreichischen Paar verband die Dietrich eine ganz besondere Freundschaft - mit dem in Deutschland lebenden Wiener Maler Gottfried Helnwein und dessen Ehefrau Renate.

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Gottfried Helnwein
Der österreichische Maler und Fotograf Helnwein über seine eigenartige Freundschaft zu Marlene Dietrich
In den letzten Jahren pflegten die Diva und der Maler regelmässigen Kontakt, Marlene Dietrich und Gottfried Helnwein. Gesehen haben sich die beiden jedoch nie. Gleichwohl wurden Helnwein und seine Frau Renate von ihr in alle Stimmungslagen und Reflexionen einbezogen - telefonisch und brieflich. Gottfried Helnwein, als Maler schockierender Hyperrealismen weltbekannt geworden, hatte Marlene vor acht Jahren nach alten Fotos für ein Filmplakat porträtiert.

Marlene Dietrich's last years were very lonely, according to Gottfried Helnwein, a German painter and photographer. She trusted very few people. But she still had her sharp, sarcastic sense of humor...

Anne Trebbe
Gottfried Helnwein, an artist who worked on a book with Dietrich and was in close contact for the past six years, says he never saw her. She was in the bedroom and we were in the other rooms. She would write little notes and put them under the door. She wanted the world to remember her with this beautiful, artificial face created by Sternberg."

Kirk Honeycutt
The last years of Marlene Dietrich's life "were very lonely and secluded in Paris," said German painter and photographer Gottfried Helnwein, who collaborated with the legendary actress on a book published last year.

- "I acquired a Marlene Dietrich portrait from Helnwein that is signed by her" he says. "It is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen" -
www.undercover.com.au | 05.Jul.2002

"Thanks to Renate and Gottfried Helnwein, for inspiration . . . and Renate in
particular for talking me through some of my worst experiences."

In this remarkable biography, David Bret recounts Marlene Dietrich's life story as she wanted it to be told. Illustrated with many rare photographs given by Marlene herself, Marlene My Friend is a vivid and fascinating portrait of this truly international superstar, and a wonderful testament to a great friendship."


		1990 Edition Cantz Stuttgart HELNWEIN COLLABORATES WITH MARLENE DIETRICH ON THE BOOK "SOME FACTS ABOUT MYSELF" For the occasion of the fall of the Berlin-wall Gottfried Helnwein and Marlene Dietrich created the book "Some Facts about Myself". Her essay was the last text that Marlene Dietrich wrote in her life.


		ARTISTS, by Marlene Dietrich ARTISTS - by Marlene Dietrich - Marlene Dietrich \| 1990 They are completely apart from other human beings. Their emotions, all their feelings,their reactions are opposed to so-called "normal" people's sentiments. They are vulnerable and deeple sensitive people, due to their talents, their super-imagination, their knowledge of hidden influences of which we ordinary human beings are not. They are not easy to live with - if you choose to live with them at all, if you have the luck to meet them at all. Writers, composers, painters - also artists like directors, and actors fall into the same category. They are to be handeled with kid-gloves, mentally and physically. And their reactions go to extremes, compared to non-artistic human beings. And I was lucky enough to meet and love and work for many, many artists, I learned not without heartbreak and pain, to become a better, more intelligent, respectful and devoted person. No tears were wasted in the process. My tears - not theirs! ARTISTS, by Marlene Dietrich


		Frankfurter Rundschau, 1.Dec.2001 - LETZTE TAGE EINER DIVA Roland Mischke Gottfried Helnwein über Marlene Dietrich - "Sogar Marlenes Stimme klang einsam". Am Ende ihres Lebens schloss sich Marlene Dietrich von der Welt aus. Zu den sieben Freunden, die sie in ihrer Pariser Wohnung besuchen durften, gehörten der Maler Gottfried Helnwein und seine Frau Renate. Sie erzählen von ihrer Freundschaft zu der Diva, die am 27. Dezember 100 Jahre alt geworden wäre. LETZTE TAGE EINER DIVA, Frankfurter Rundschau, 01.Dec.2001


		Kronenzeitung,Wien, 10.Oct.1992 - DER UNSICHTBARE ENGEL Marco Schenz Drei Menschen, die mit dem Phantom Dietrich sprachen. Mit einem österreichischen Paar verband die Dietrich eine ganz besondere Freundschaft - mit dem in Deutschland lebenden Wiener Maler Gottfried Helnwein und dessen Ehefrau Renate. Kronenzeitung,Wien, 10.Oct.1992


		Die Weltwoche, 14. Mai 1992 - SIE WAR NICHT EINE FRAU, SIE WAR DAS BILD DER FRAU Zurich Gottfried Helnwein Der österreichische Maler und Fotograf Helnwein über seine eigenartige Freundschaft zu Marlene Dietrich In den letzten Jahren pflegten die Diva und der Maler regelmässigen Kontakt, Marlene Dietrich und Gottfried Helnwein. Gesehen haben sich die beiden jedoch nie. Gleichwohl wurden Helnwein und seine Frau Renate von ihr in alle Stimmungslagen und Reflexionen einbezogen - telefonisch und brieflich. Gottfried Helnwein, als Maler schockierender Hyperrealismen weltbekannt geworden, hatte Marlene vor acht Jahren nach alten Fotos für ein Filmplakat porträtiert. SIE WAR NICHT EINE FRAU, SIE WAR DAS BILD DER FRAU, Die Weltwoche, 14. Mai 1992


		Chicago Tribune, 11.May.1992 - STAR TRACKS Marlene Dietrich's last years were very lonely, according to Gottfried Helnwein, a German painter and photographer. She trusted very few people. But she still had her sharp, sarcastic sense of humor... Chicago Tribune, 11.May.1992


		USA Today, 07.May.1992 - LOVE-LIFE AS RACY AS HER ROLES Anne Trebbe Gottfried Helnwein, an artist who worked on a book with Dietrich and was in close contact for the past six years, says he never saw her. She was in the bedroom and we were in the other rooms. She would write little notes and put them under the door. She wanted the world to remember her with this beautiful, artificial face created by Sternberg." USA Today , May 7, 1992


		The Hollywood Reporter , May 7, 1992 - "BLUE ANGEL" DIETRICH DIES Kirk Honeycutt The last years of Marlene Dietrich's life "were very lonely and secluded in Paris," said German painter and photographer Gottfried Helnwein, who collaborated with the legendary actress on a book published last year. The Hollywood Reporter, May 7, 1992


		MARILYN MANSON: "IT IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN" - "I acquired a Marlene Dietrich portrait from Helnwein that is signed by her" he says. "It is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen" - www.undercover.com.au \| 05.Jul.2002 MANSON: "IT IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS I’VE EVER SEEN"


		MARLENE MY FRIEND: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY by David Bret, Robson, UK, 1993 "Thanks to Renate and Gottfried Helnwein, for inspiration . . . and Renate in particular for talking me through some of my worst experiences."


1990	Edition Cantz