Jochem Poensgen

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Apse window in the high choir of the Jerichow monastery church , January 2008

Jochem Poensgen (* 1931 in Düsseldorf ) is a German glass artist. He designs and designs glass windows in particular for church and public buildings.

Life

Jochem Poensgen came from the well-known Düsseldorf industrialist family Poensgen , which has its origins as the Reidemeister family in the Schleiden / Eifel area. He is the son of the industrialist Siegfried Poensgen (1893–1955) and Maria Krischer (1906–2004) and the nephew of the industrialist Helmuth Poensgen . From 1941 to 1951 he attended the Humboldt Gymnasium in Düsseldorf . In 1951 Poensgen studied for one semester at the Werkkunstschule Wuppertal . Long study stays in France and Italy aroused his interest in architecture-related art, especially stained glass .

After participating in several competitions, Poensgen received his first order for the design of stained glass in 1956. Since then he has created numerous glass designs for churches, public buildings and private houses in Europe and the USA . He also created etchings , book graphics and illustrations in the 1970s and 1980s .

Lecturing activities and guest lectureships have taken him to Great Britain, Australia , New Zealand , Mexico , Canada and the USA. In 1984 he founded the 1st International Seminar for Architecture-Related Glass Painting in Kevelaer . From 1992 to 1999 he was Visiting Honorary Professor at the Swansea Institute (Faculty of Art & Design) in Swansea, Wales .

Poensgen has lived in Soest since 1991 , where he also moved his studio in 1998 .

Works

Working in museums (selection)

Working in churches (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 2016: Jochem Poensgen. Affinite / Elective related - Peinture sous verre et vitraux. Reverse glass painting and glass pictures , Vitromusée Romont (Switzerland)
  • 2017: Jochem Poensgen. Affinite / Wahlverwandt - reverse glass painting and glass pictures , German Glass Painting Museum , Linnich

literature

  • Holger Brülls; Ulrike Wendland (ed.): Romanesque in a new light. The window of the monastery church at Jerichow. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) and Jerichow 2009, ISBN 978-3-939414-38-4
  • Heiko Seidel (ed.): Poensgen - Ziethen. Glass art in North Elbian churches. Verlag Ludwig, Kiel 2012, ISBN 978-3-86935-149-0
  • Holger Brülls (ed.): Jochem Poensgen. Architecture of light. Works, drafts, texts 1956-2012. Verlag Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2530-2
  • Andreas Tacke: Timeless Modernism, The Seven Glass Windows by Jochem Poensgen in Paradise, 2011–2013. In: Andreas Tacke, Stefan Heinz (ed.): Liebfrauen in Trier, architecture and furnishings from Gothic to the present. Michael Imhof Verlag Petersberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86568-890-3
  • Stefan Trümpler; Myriam Wierschowsky (ed.): Jochem Poensgen. Affinité - elective. Peinture sous verre et vitraux. Reverse glass painting and glass pictures . Vitromusée Romont and German Glass Painting Museum Linnich 2016, ISBN 978-2-9700727-2-0
  • Jochem Poensgen (ed.): Glass art in architecture. Thoughts and suggestions. Glass Art in Architecture. Thoughts and Ideas. Studio Jochem Poensgen, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 978-3-00-065935-5
  • Jochem Poensgen: About the happy self-surrender to the framework of design tasks. In: Matthias Ludwig (Hg): Art Space Church, Lautertal 2005, ISBN 3-921098-34-3
  • Myriam Wierschowski (ed.): Jochem Poensgen. Behind glass pictures 2013-2017. German Glass Painting Museum Linnich 2017. ISBN 978-3-946278-02-3

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personal data
SURNAME Poensgen, Jochem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer of glass designs in church construction
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf