Kurt Bishop

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Kurt Bischof (born February 26, 1929 in Steinschönau (Bohemia), † December 2, 2009 in Rheinbach ) was a glass engraver and specialist teacher who worked in Steinschönau, Rheinbach and Bad Füssing . He is one of the best engravers of his time.

Family Bischof (from left to right August Bischof , the sons Kurt Bischof, Walter Bischof and wife of August: Juliana Pauline Jank)

Life

Kurt Bischof was born in the North Bohemian glass processing center Steinschönau as the second son of the respected glass engraver August Bischof and his wife Juliana Pauline Jank. Just like his older brother Walter Bischof , after attending primary school, he continued the tradition of this glass processing family that had existed for generations and had attended the glass technical school in Haida , Bohemia , since 1943 . There he learned the trade of glass engraver. Further practical professional training took place with his father in his home workshop. There, artistically valuable figural glass engravings were carried out for the global company J. & L. Lobmeyr . After this company moved from Steinschönau to Vienna , Kurt Bischof carried out his work independently in various art studios. After 1948 he worked for the Borske Sklo company in Haida. He specialized in the engraving of portraits and produced particularly expressive engravings with several well-known artists, which were shown to the interested public as exhibits in many parts of the world.

In August 1949 she married Ilse Strobach, who also came from a family of glass refiners. Their son was born in the same year. In 1965 Kurt Bischof moved his residence to Rheinbach near Cologne, where he worked as a specialist teacher at the Rheinbach Glass School from 1966 until he left for health reasons . His goals were to maintain the level of the glass processing industry and to train the next generation.

In his free time he created numerous historical engravings based on the old tradition in his own workshop. Evidence of his work can be found in the glass museum in Rheinbach and in private ownership.

literature

  • Verena Wasmuth : Czech glass: Artistic design in socialism . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne u. a. 2016. (There under the wrong surname Bischoff.)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Spiegl: "DB 1826" - A double masterpiece. The barrel cup with a portrait of a man and Madonna della Sedia by Dominik Biemann from the former Gustav Schmidt collection, Reichenberg, and its identical counterpart . (PDF, version 2005). P. 7.
  2. ↑ Peter Rath, J. and L. Lobmeyr: Lobmeyr 1823: bright glass and clear light . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna a. a. 1994. p. 326.
personal data
SURNAME Bishop, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German glass artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Kamenický Šenov , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 2009
Place of death Rheinbach