Anna-Grethe Rischel

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Anna-Grethe Rischel, IPH Congress 2018

Anna-Grethe Rischel (* 7. May 1935 in Copenhagen , born Andersen) is a Danish paper restorer and - historian and president of the International Association of Paper Historians (IPH) . Her focus is on microscopic and macroscopic studies of paper technology and paper fibers in Asian and European papers.

Life

From 1954 to 1958 Anna-Grethe Rischel studied at the textile department of the arts and crafts school in Copenhagen (today's Royal Danish Academy of Arts, Universities of Architecture, Design and Conservation, KADK for short ) and then worked for many years as a fabric printer under the artist name Claus. In 1961 she married : Jørgen Rischel , a professor of linguistics at the University of Copenhagen . In 1961/62 she spent a year studying in the USA. With him and three daughters, she moved to Birkerød in 1969 , where she still lives today. In the winter of 1974-1975 the whole family lived for 7 months in Greenland at Cape Farvel , where her husband studied the local dialect. In 1977 she applied to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, where she trained as a restorer with a focus on paper and graphics . From 1980 she worked at the Danish National Museum in the conservation department in Brede.

It was here that her interest in the more than 2,000-year-old history of paper was awakened when she was involved in the preparations for the great Japanese summer exhibition in Brede in 1983. Extensive study trips to paper manufacturers in Nepal , Thailand , Japan and later in China as well as research projects and numerous publications followed.

From 1993 to 2000 she headed the paper, leather and textiles department at the Danish National Museum in Copenhagen. She also continued to work on the restoration and preservation of the National Museum's large worldwide paper collection and researched the technological development of paper, mainly using microscopic analyzes of oriental and European hand-made papers. For Anna-Grethe Rischel, this, along with conveying her research findings, became the most important part of her work. The results have been announced in numerous publications and lectures at international conferences. After her retirement in 2005 she continued the microscopic analysis of handmade paper . From 2009 her focus was on analyzes of early Central Asian papers, which store a lot of knowledge about the history of paper. From 2009 to 2013 she took part in the paper analysis project of the world-famous Berlin Turfan collection of the Museum of Asian Art .

Memberships

In 1986 Anna-Grethe Rischel joined the Nordic Paper History Association and the International Association of Paper Historians (IPH). She also became a member of the British Association of Paper Historians. In 2008 she was elected as the first Scandinavian woman to be the 7th President of the International Working Group of Paper Historians IPH. In this role she was editor of the journal IPH Paper History until 2018. Since 2008 she has also been a member of Birkerød Municipal Council.

Publications (selection)

  • Julius von Wiesner and his importance for scientific research and analysis of paper. In: Paper history (Vol. 18, 2014, No. 1: 31-38).
  • Rag paper: studies of its oriental origin and development. In: 30: International Congress of Paper Historians (30: 2010: Angoulême et al.): Papers of the XXXth International Congress of Paper Historians (Vol. 18, 2010: 99-106).
  • The interaction between Eastern and Western papermaking. In: 29: International Congress of Paper Historians (29: 2008: Stockholm): Papers of the 29th International Congress of Paper Historians (Vol. 17, 2008: 55-64).
  • Arab paper - the Oriental link between Asiatic and European paper: a comparative macroscopic and microscopic analysis. In: 28: International Congress of Paper Historians (28: 2006: Capellades): Papers of the 28th International Congress of Paper Historians (Vol. 16, 2006: 137-142).
  • Adaptation and innovation in technology and quality: a study of 250 years of Danish and European rag paper. In: 27: International Congress of Paper Historians (27: 2004: Duszniki-Zdrój; Kraków): Papers of the 27th International Congress of Paper Historians (Vol. 15, 2004: 105-115).
  • Analysis of the papermaker's choice of fibrous materials and technology along the paper road. Paper as a medium of cultural heritage (2004: [202] -208).
  • Through the microscope lens: classification of Oriental paper technology and fibers. Looking at Paper: Evidence and Interpretation (2001: 179-188).
  • Looking at Central Asian paper of Turkish, Tibetan and Chinese origin from the Silk Roads. International Congress of Paper Historians (24: 1998: Porto).
  • The collection of Japanese paper at the National Museum of Denmark. In: Kami no do (1996: 37-43).
  • Etnografisk Samling på Nationalmuseet: reg. over the japanske papirprovesamling. Copenhagen 1994.
  • Comparative studies of paper from Sven Hedin Collection in Stockholm and Japanese paper from the 18th century in the National Museum in Copenhagen. In: 22: International Congress of Paper Historians (22: 1994: Annonay): Papers of the 22nd International Congress of Paper Historians (Vol. 10, 1994: 22-24).
  • Traditional paper making in Nepal and Thailand. In: International Association of Paper Historians: IPH yearbook (Vol. 6, 1986: 131-139).
  • Rejseindtryk frå Nepal. In: Föreningen Nordiska Pappershistoriker: NPH-nytt (Vol. 13, 1985, No. 3/4: 43-55).
  • The classic papirmagerhåndværk lever in Nepal and Thailand - endnu. In: Nationalmuseets arbeijdsmark. - [København] (1985: 128-141).
  • Lidt om papirsegl. In: Föreningen Nordiska Pappershistoriker: NPH-nytt (Vol. 12, 1984, No. 1: 1-11).
  • Simone-Christiane Raschmann; Anna-Grethe Rischel: Buddhica from the Berlin Turfan Collection. Part 1, The Apocryphal Sutra Säkiz yükmäk yaruk. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ KADK - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation
  2. ↑ obituary Jørgen Rischel
  3. ^ Museum of Asian Art
  4. ^ NPH - Nordic Paper History Association
  5. ^ IPH - International Association of Paper Historians
  6. ↑ BAPH - The British Association of Paper Historians
  7. ^ IPH Publications
personal data
SURNAME Rischel, Anna-Grethe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish paper historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark