Berlin Calligraphy Collection

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The Berlin Calligraphy Collection is a collection of works from the field of calligraphy that is located in the archive of the Academy of Arts .

The collection

The initiative came from Hans-Joachim Burgert , who in 1999, as one of the most important German calligraphers, donated seventy of his own works, which were expanded to include permanent loans and donations , in particular through the estate of Friedrich Poppl and the archive of Werner Schneider . In her self-description she emphasizes three areas: "the Latin script , the free use of the form of the script as well as the constructed (drawn) handling of the characters." The collection, which includes the development of the art of writing over the last 50 years, includes works by established masters and young, unknown typesetters. In addition to calligraphic sheets, there are printed graphics, reproductions , typographical fair copies, posters, book covers, artist books and commercial prints , as well as the original handwritten form of the Wiesbaden Swing font . There is also material on the life and work of the calligraphers on display. On January 30, 2009, the mentor and founder of the collection, Hans-Joachim Bungert, died.

In 2008, parts of the collection were exhibited in the Academy of the Arts under the title "In the magic garden of writing".

literature

  • Akademie der Künste (Ed.): In the magic garden of writing: The Berlin calligraphy collection . Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-88331-121-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ernst L. Hauswedell, Maximilian Society: Philobiblon: a quarterly for book and graphic collectors . tape 44 . E. Hauswedell., 2000, pp. 317 .
  2. ↑ August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who ?: the German who's who . tape 42 . Schmidt - Römhild, 2003, p. 201 .
  3. ↑ a b Berlin Calligraphy Collection . Retrieved December 16, 2011
  4. ↑ The Berlin Academy of the Arts has an attractive collection of modern calligraphy: The Art of Character Writing. In: Berliner Zeitung . December 29, 2000.
  5. ^ Obituaries of the correspondents on the death of Hans-Joachim Burgert on January 30, 2009. Retrieved on December 16, 2011.
  6. ↑ In the magic garden of writing. The Berlin Calligraphy Collection. Retrieved December 16, 2011
  7. ↑ Press release of the Akademie der Künste , May 9, 2008. Accessed December 16, 2011.