Martin Schmid (painter)

Martin Schmid (born August 4, 1927 in Tübingen ; † December 7, 2019 in Tübingen) was a contemporary German painter . In the early post-war years he was an important representative of the New Figuration with his artistic work . 1970–1992 he headed the drawing institute of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen as a university drawing teacher .

biography

Martin Schmid was born in 1927 as the son of Carlo Schmid in Tübingen and grew up there. After returning from captivity, he pursued university studies in Tübingen and Basel from 1945 to 1948 . In 1948 he made symbolist drawings. A stay in Paris followed from 1949 to 1952 . After a semester at Fernand Léger's school (1949), Schmid concentrated on self-taught drawing and painting. Informal drawings emerged. From 1950 a new figuration and individual mythology emerged.

In 1953 and 1954 Schmid studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Gerhard Gollwitzer and Hermann Sohn , and in 1959 with Georg Meistermann in Düsseldorf . From 1953 to 1958 he worked as a teacher at the Leibniz College in Tübingen. In 1960 the murals on the facade and in the café of the Marl Theater were created.

In 1960 Schmid received a scholarship in the Villa Massimo , Rome. After returning he moved to Frankfurt am Main . He married in 1961. In 1964 and 1968 the two sons were born.

In 1970 Martin Schmid was appointed to the drawing institute at the University of Tübingen. The family moved to Tübingen. This was followed by teaching until 1992. A generation of young artists was influenced by Martin Schmid. In 1987 he became an associate professor. In 1989 a large mural was created in the new clinic of the University of Tübingen.

Martin Schmid was a member of the German Association of Artists . He worked and lived in Tübingen until his death.

Solo exhibitions

1954:	Leibniz College Tübingen
1960:	Art Association Tübingen; Stuttgart library in Frankfurt
1961:	The island, Marl
1962:	Frankfurter Kunstkabinett H. Bekker vom Rath ; Tillybs Gallery, Hamburg; General studies at the University of Mainz
1963:	Artist group Bonn; Ringenberg Castle Gallery; Rudolf Springer and Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
1964:	Frankfurter Kunstkabinett H. Bekker vom Rath ; Darmstadt Art Association
1966:	Galerie van de Loo, Munich
1967:	Raeber Gallery, Lucerne
1968:	Frankfurter Kunstkabinett H. Bekker vom Rath ; Heilbronn Art Association
1969:	Lambert Gallery, Paris
1970:	Frankfurter Kunstkabinett H. Bekker vom Rath ; Schönwasserpark Gallery, Krefeld; Museum Böttcherstraße, Bremen
1972:	Galerie van de Loo, Munich; Märklin Gallery, Stuttgart; Defet Gallery , Nuremberg; Forum Art, Rottweil; Gallery 498, Sulzbach
1975:	Gallery 66 HG, Hofheim
1976:	Black Gallery, Hanover; Galerie Springer , Berlin; Kunsthalle Tübingen
1977:	Raeber Gallery, Lucerne; Gallery Kröner, Freiburg
1978:	KSK cheeks; Rödel Gallery, Mannheim; Ulm Art Association
1980:	Spendhaus Reutlingen
1982:	Kunsthalle Tübingen
1983:	Art Association Göttingen; Kornhaus Kirchheim
1984:	Gallery Kröner, Rimsingen Castle
1985:	Waiblingen Town Hall; Erlangen Art Association
1986:	Institut Culturel Franco-Allemand Tübingen
1987:	Mochental Castle Gallery
1988:	Hessisches Landesmuseum , Darmstadt; Goethe Institute, Paris
1989:	Gallery Kröner, Wiesbaden
1990:	Art Association Ellwangen
1992:	Friedrich Ebert Foundation , Bonn; Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus , Reutlingen; University Library Tübingen; Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
1995:	Municipal gallery, Albstadt
1996:	Town hall Balingen
1999:	Museum of the City of Salzgitter in Salder Castle
2000:	Gallery Planie, Reutlingen
2002:	Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin; Rottenburg Diocesan Museum
2003:	City Museum Tübingen ; Jochen Höltje Gallery, Tübingen
2007:	Gallery in the gate, Emmendingen
2008:	Art in the Glass Hall, District Office Tübingen
2012:	Galerie Künstlerbund Tübingen
2014:	Peripherie Gallery, Tübingen
2016:	Art in the Glass Hall, District Office Tübingen

Awards

• 1988: 1st prize in the art prize of the Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen ("Praise for painting")
• 1992: International Lake Constance Culture Prize

Works (selection)

• Self-Portrait (1944)
• Recovery Landscape Mural (1989)
• The Tamed Dragon Nature (2003)
• The first day (2003-2007)
• Behind the Flowers (2005)
• Forest, Garden, House (2005)
• Touching oneself in the thing (2008–2012)
• Mountains (2013)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Triebold: The open academic studio . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online . July 7, 2012 ( tagblatt.de [accessed October 25, 2016]).
2. ↑ Martin Schmid. Biography. 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Martin Schmid. List of solo exhibitions. 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 . 
4. ↑ From the relaxation phase to the finished picture . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on October 22, 2016]).
5. ^ Gallery in the gate: Martin Schmid. In: www.galerie-im-tor.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
6. ↑ periphery. The gallery in the brewhouse / Tübingen: "Water will accumulate ..." In: www.galerie-peripherie.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
7. ^ Tübingen district - Art Salon Schmid. (No longer available online.) In: www.kreis-tuebingen.de. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016 ; accessed on October 22, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Tobias-Bild University Library Tübingen: Schmid Martin - detail page - LEO-BW. In: www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Martin Schmid: recovery landscape. In: www.martin-schmid-maler.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Martin Schmid: The tamed dragon nature. In: www.martin-schmid-maler.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Martin Schmid: The first day. In: www.martin-schmid-maler.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
12. ^ Deutscher Künstlerbund e. V .: Martin Schmid: Behind the flowers. In: www.kuenstlerbund.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
13. ^ Deutscher Künstlerbund e. V .: Martin Schmid: Forest, garden, house. In: www.kuenstlerbund.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Martin Schmid: Touching oneself in the thing. In: www.martin-schmid-maler.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 
15. ↑ periphery. The gallery in the brewhouse / Tübingen: "Water will ball itself ..." In: www.galerie-peripherie.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 . 

literature

• Martin Schmid: pictures and drawings; [Exhibition] Jan. 5–17. Feb 1968 . Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main 1968, DNB  572217951 .
• Martin Schmid. [Exhibition catalog]; July 10 - August 22, 1976 . Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen 1976. ( Title database of the Institute for Modern Art Nuremberg , accessed on October 28, 2016)
• Pictures <1970–1976>, drawings, graphics: Galerie Raeber, Lucerne, January 28–5, 1977 [exhibition catalog] . tape 1 . Lucerne 1977, OCLC 927706597 .
• Texts on the exhibition: [23.3. – 27.4.80, Spendhaus, Reutlingen] / Martin Schmid. [Ed .: Stadt Reutlingen, Schul-, Kultur- u. Sports Department] . City of Reutlingen, school, culture and Sports Office, Reutlingen 1980, DNB  810221500 .
• Martin Schmid <1948–1981>. [Exhibition catalog] . Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen 1982, OCLC 174537462 .
• Grieshaber's Greece and the publication of the origin. Speech at the opening of the Grieshaber exhibition on June 12, 1988 in the Kreissparkasse Reutlingen . Ed. Pongratz, Hauzenberg 1989, ISBN 978-3-923313-51-8 .
• Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen (Ed.): Pictures and drawings 1981–1991. [Exhibition] from October 10 to November 8, 1992. Pictures in Reutlingen Town Hall. Drawings in the Tübingen University Library . Municipal Art Museum Spendhaus, Reutlingen 1992, ISBN 978-3-927228-43-6 .
• Wolfgang Beeh [exhibition catalog] (Ed.): Drawings 1948–198? : Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, February 18 - April 30, 1988 . Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt 1988, ISBN 3-926527-10-2 .
• Cyclic drawing. Municipal Gallery Albstadt, March 26th - May 7th, 1995 . Städtische Galerie, Albstadt 1995, ISBN 978-3-923644-62-9 .
• Facets and stations. A cornucopia for my friends with Goethe's assistance . Tuebingen, OCLC 837995335 .
• Martin Schmid. [Exhibition for the official inauguration of the Federal Ministry of Justice Germany] . Bonn et al. 2002, OCLC 838021223 .
• Wolfgang Urban (Ed.): Martin Schmid - Life landscapes. [Catalog for the exhibition Martin Schmid: Landscapes, from September 17 to October 26, 2002 in the Rottenburg Diocesan Museum] . Diözesanmuseum, Reutlingen 2002, ISBN 978-3-88294-328-3 .
• Wolfgang Sanwald; on behalf of the Tübingen district and the KulturGUT association in the Tübingen district (ed.): Neue Bilder 2003–2007. For Martin Schmid's 80th birthday. District Office Tübingen, Tübingen 2007, DNB  98692766X .
• Anette Michels: Martin Schmid . In: Evamarie Blattner, Wiebke Ratzeburg, Ernst Seidl (ed.): Artists for students. Pictures of the university drawing teachers 1780–2012 , Stadtmuseum Tübingen 2012 (= Tübingen catalogs no. 94), ISBN 978-3-941818-13-2 , pp. 112–123.

Web links

• Martin Schmid's website