Christian Siegel

C. Siegel's charcoal drawing by his teacher Tatjana Lietz

Christian Siegel (* 1966 in Zwickau ) is a German painter, graphic artist, university professor and author of numerous publications in the field of art and culture. He was the last student of the German-Baltic painter Tatjana Lietz (1916–2001).

He became known as a portrait and landscape painter, as well as for large-format picture plans in Zwickau and Wittenberg . He initiated numerous artistic projects in Dresden , Zwickau, Halle and Merseburg . He lives and works in Zwickau, Wildenthal (Eibenstock) , Halle and Merseburg.

Life

After graduating from high school, he began an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Zwickau. He was a private student of Tatjana Lietz before he began studying at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . This was followed by a supplementary course in monument preservation at the Technical University of Dresden . Since 1998 he has been a full-time lecturer at the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences in the field of Artistic Basics and since 2006 he has been an art teacher at the Peter Breuer Gymnasium in Zwickau.

Artistic activity

Siegel's artistic focus is landscape and portrait painting (portraits of musicians), graphics on biblical topics and interdisciplinary projects.

He had exhibitions in Zwickau, Dresden, Schönfels Castle , Rüdesheim am Rhein , Werdau , Glauchau , Burgstädt , Crimmitschau , Magdeburg, Leuna , Halle (Saale) and Merseburg.

Publications / Writings

• with Tatjana Lietz: biography of an artist and illustrated book. Städtisches Museum Zwickau (Ed.), Zwickau 1996. ISBN 3-9805000-1-2
• with Tatjana Lietz: Documentation of life and work. Video film, Zwickau City Museum, Zwickau 1996
• Lothar-Günther Buchheim - Video film for the award of the Max Pechstein Honorary Prize of the City of Zwickau 1999, Merseburg 2000
• The power of pictures - pictures convey messages in: podium, edition 7/2001, Stuttgart 2001
• Imagery, The Imagery of Tatjana Lietz. Life and work, especially the old work of the painter Tatjana Lietz, Chemnitz 2002. ISBN 3-928678-79-5
• with I. Siegel: Handbook for makeup artists. Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2004
• Painting by Christian Siegel. Zwickau and Schönfels 2006. ISBN 3-86634-173-3
• Vienna Freud Art. As editor in: Vienna Freud Art - An Artistic Approach. Kunstreise Wien, Merseburg 2006. ISBN 3-9807981-8-6
• Painting by Christian Siegel. Leuna and Merseburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-866343-85-6
• with AG Frei, T. Groß: Simply precious. Food stories and recipes from Saale and Unstrut. Culinary journeys in Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 1, Halle and Dössel 2008. ISBN 978-3-89923-210-3
• with T. Tiltmann, F. Venske: Church in the village - Romanesque village churches in the Saalekreis. Photo book with audio CD, Volume 1 of the Saale Art Culture series (Ed. C. Siegel), Merseburg 2010. ISBN 978-3-9811266-6-2
• as editor: Goethe in Rom - Kunstreise, catalog for the art journey 2010. Volume 2 of the series “Saale Kunst Kultur”, edited by C. Siegel, Merseburg 2010. ISBN 978-3-9811266-9-3
• with Olbrich, M., Siegel, C .: Graphics for the Bible, with texts by Ulrich Rauh and Michael Olbrich. Zwickau 2010. ISBN 978-3-000320-75-0
• with Tiltmann, T., F. Venske: Church in the village - Romanesque village churches in the Saalekreis. in: Hochschule Merseburg: Research report 2010. pp. 157–161, Merseburg 2010. ISBN 978-3-942703-00-0
• with T. Tiltmann, F. Venske: Church in the village - historic village churches in the Saalekreis. Photo book with audio CD, volume 3 of the series “Saale Kunst Kultur”, published by C. Siegel, Merseburg 2011. ISBN 978-3-942703-01-7
• as editor: Art trips 1996–2010 and culinary souvenirs. Merseburg 2012. ISBN 978-3-942703-05-5

Web links

• Christian Siegel on the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences website
• Christian Siegel's personal website at the University of Merseburg