Bruno Griesel

Bruno Griesel

Bruno Griesel (born February 17, 1960 in Jena ) is a German painter , draftsman and printmaker .

Life

Bruno Griesel was born as the second of three sons of the agricultural scientist Alois Griesel and his wife Hildegard (née Germar). The family was initially based in Jena, but later moved to Kleingera in Voigtland , where the father ran an agricultural production cooperative. In 1971 the family moved on to Leipzig, where the father ran the hop office. Bruno Griesel attended the Polytechnische Oberschule and switched to EOS Humboldt Leipzig in 1975 , where he was expelled in 1976 due to political unacceptability. He then began an apprenticeship as a model maker in Leipzig.

He then studied painting at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art : (1981–1986) with Professor Volker Stelzmann , Wolfgang Peuker and, from the third year of studies, in the specialist class with Professor Bernhard Heisig . From 1986 to 1989 he was in the master class with Bernhard Heisig. He has been working as a freelance artist in Leipzig since 1989 and is a representative of the New Leipzig School . Griesel lives in his studio in Straguth near Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt .

Public works

• Painting collection in the Grosz café-restaurant, Berlin
• Specks Hof Leipzig: Frieze "Psychology of Time" (1996)
• Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
• Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig : “Camille Claudel III” (1993) “Antje & Marie Sophie” (1997), “Three Women” (2002), “Yellow Cab / NYC” (2003);

Exhibitions and fairs

• 2013: Art Karlsruhe / Art Mill Salzburg
• 2012: Art Karlsruhe / Art Mill Salzburg
• 2011: munich contempo / Kunstmühle Salzburg
• 2010: "Bruno Griesel - 50", Galerie am Sachsenplatz , Leipzig
• 2009: “Selection Art Fair 2009”, Basel, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
• 2009: ART.FAIR , Cologne, Jörg Heitsch Gallery
• 2009: “Contemporary Baroque”, Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich
• 2008: Art Karlsruhe / Gallery ARTHUS
• 2008: "After Tiepolo", Gerdi Gutperle art space
• 2008: “Aufbruch der Moderne”, Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Munich
• 2007: ART.FAIR Cologne / Soloshow Alp Galleries
• 2007: Art Karlsruhe / Galerie ARTHUS
• 2007: List Cologne / Galerie ARTHUS
• 2007: "GRIESEL - Awakening of Modernity", Alp Galleries, Frankfurt
• 2007: “Festival-Satyra is 30”, Galerie Satyra, Kronberg
• 2006: art miami / Alp Galleries
• 2006: Art Karlsruhe / Galerie ARTHUS
• 2006: Gallery "VNG" Leipzig
• 2004: "Working on paper" Stadtbau AG, Leipzig
• 2003: Shanghai SPRING ART SALON / Alp Galleries
• 2003: "Annunciation", Alp Galleries, New York
• 2000: "The Color Yellow", Deutsche Post, Bonn
• 2000: "The 90th", Alp Galleries, New York
• 1999: “Rencontres”, Jas de la Rimade, France
• 1999: “Paintings and Works on Paper from the Nineties I”, Hotel Königshof , Bonn
• 1999: “Paintings and Works on Paper from the Nineties II”, Oberkassel station, Bonn
• 1996: “Hommage à Marguerite Duras”, Jas de la Rimade, France
• 1996: “Solemnis”, Satyra Gallery, Kronberg
• 1993: "Les chants de Maldoror", Peter Lang Gallery, Leipzig
• 1993: “West-Eastern Divan 1993”, Satyra Gallery, Kronberg
• 1990: Group Show "The Essence of Beauty", Shiseido Art Space Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 1989: Group Show “225 Years of the Art Academy”, Leipzig
• 1986: Participation in the Duisburger Akzente exhibition
• 1987: Participation in the GDR art exhibition in Dresden

literature

• Günter Bauer (ed.): Bruno Griesel. New Leipzig School. Retrospective , Petersberg: Imhof 2019, ISBN 978-3-7319-0775-6 .
• Claus Baumann: The Leipzig School - a look at the collection / 6. Saxon artwork, 2005, ISBN 3-9809160-4-9 .
• The new century , catalog for the exhibition of the same name, Great Saxon Art Exhibition. Ars Avanti, 2005, ISBN 3-00-016811-7 .
• 77 Kuenstlerwege, Kunst Werk Material. ars momentum Kunstverlag GmbH, 2004, ISBN 3-938193-01-8 .
• Shanhai Spring Art Salon. Shanhai Bookstore Publishing House, 2003, ISBN 7-80678-139-0 .
• Neuer Leipziger Kunstverein : Visual artists in Leipzig, Leipzig: Passage Verlag 1994 . ISBN 3-9803465-3-6 .
• Peter Lang: Specks Hof - Art and History, Leipzig: Passage Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-928833-42-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Claus Baumann: The Leipzig School - a look into the collection / 6. Saxon artwork, 2005.
2. ↑ Café-Restaurant Grosz: Parlez-vous Kudamm ?. Article in the Berliner Zeitung of January 27, 2013

Web links

• Bruno Griesel - Homepage of the artist
• Literature by and about Bruno Griesel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bruno Griesel 50: An exhibition in Leipzig that invites you to dream ( memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) by Matthias Weidemann, article from July 8, 2010 in the Leipziger Internet Zeitung
• Collection of the VNG