Jörg Schmeisser

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Jörg Schmeisser (own Schmeißer) (born April 20, 1942 in Stolp ; † June 1, 2012 in Canberra ) was a German artist who was best known as a graphic artist .

Jörg Schmeisser in his studio in Turner (2010)

Life

Jörg Schmeisser grew up in Hamburg and studied there and in Kyoto from 1962 to 1968. In 1966 he passed the art teacher exam and became an assistant to Paul Wunderlich . From 1972 to 1978 he was a lecturer in screen printing in Hamburg; in the 1960s and 1970s he was also involved in excavations in Israel and Greece and toured numerous countries. Between 1978 and 1997 he worked at the Canberra School of Art, which is part of the Australian National University. Jörg Schmeisser headed the print department there. In 1998 he toured the Antarctic and stayed at the Australian research stations Mawson and Davis. The etchings, drawings and paintings he made on this trip were shown in numerous exhibitions in Australia, Japan, the USA and Germany. After teaching and working in Jerusalem, Hangzhou, Angkor, Ladakh and Princeton, Jörg Schmeisser took up a professorship at the Kyoto City University of Arts . He was married to the artist Keiko Amenomori Schmeisser.

Works in public collections

Jörg Schmeisser, Gentle Snail (aquatint etching, 2000)
Jörg Schmeisser, o. T (lithography)

The following collections and museums contain works by Schmeisser:

Exhibitions (selection)

Jörg Schmeisser, Pagoda (aquatint etching)
  • 1969 Daimaru, Osaka (Japan)
  • 1970 Artist House Jerusalem (Israel); Aoki Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 1973 Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim ; Museum of Art and Archeology, Columbia, Missouri
  • 1974 Gallery Huntly, Canberra (Australia)
  • 1976 Deutsher Galleries, Melbourne (Australia); Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (Australia)
  • 1977 Galerie Wiegand, Cologne
  • 1978 Stada Graphics, Sydney (Australia)
  • 1979 Gallery Heian, Kyōto (Japan); Editions Gallery, Melbourne (Australia)
  • 1980 Takashimaya, Osaka (Japan); Gallery Düsseldorf; Perth (Australia); Chicago Public Library Cultural Center (USA)
  • 1982 Carpenter Center for tge Visual Arts, Harvard University (USA); Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco (USA), Tynte Gallery, Adelaide (Australia)
  • 1983 From Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle (Great Britain); Museum for East Asian Art, Cologne; Albrecht Dürer Society, Nuremberg
  • 1985 The National Gallery, Bangkok (Thailand), Print Club, Philadelphia (USA)
  • 1986 Leonard Milberg Gallery for Graphic Arts, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (USA); Grahame Galleries, Brisbane (Australia)
  • 2003 Tasmania Museum and Gallery, Hobart (Australia); Australian Embassy, ​​Washington DC (USA); Shin-puh-kan, Kyōto (Japan)
  • 2004 Bremen; German Research Foundation, Bonn; Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra (Australia); Aoki Gallery and Aoki Luft, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 2007 Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra (Australia)
  • 2008 Aoki Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
  • 2009 Gallery Kätelhön, Möhnesee
  • 2010 grahame galleries + editions, Brisbane (Australia)
  • 2011 Australian Galleries, Collingwood (Australia); Australian Galleries Paddington (Australia); Australian Galleries Sydney (Australia); Australian Galleries Melbourne (Australia)

literature

Jörg Schmeisser, Sienna (aquatint etching)
  • Jörg Schmeisser: Asian Landscapes and Legends. Museum for East Asian Art, Cologne 1983 (exhibition catalog).
  • Jörg Schmeisser: I wish you a long journey. Tokyo / Cologne 1987.
  • Jörg Schmeisser: Drawings and prints on Engelbert Kaempfer's history and description of Japan (History of Japan). In: Detlef Haberland (ed.): Engelbert Kaempfer - work and effect. Stuttgart 1993.
  • Eric Denker, Ask that your way be long. The work of German-born artist / printmaker Jörg Schmeisser, is a graphic tribute to the wonder and mystery of all facets of existence. In: Craft Arts International, No. 31 (1994), p. 34ff.
  • Jörg Schmeisser: Breaking the Ice (works from the Antarctic 1998-2003). Tasmania Museum and Gallery, Hobart 2003 (exhibition catalog).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's who in the arts , p. 170 by Otto J. Groeg
personal data
SURNAME Schmeisser, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Stumble
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2012
Place of death Canberra (Australia)