Wilhelm Schramm (graphic artist)
Wilhelm Schramm (born March 21, 1952 in Kaltenbrunn / Itzgrund ) is a German designer, graphic artist, painter and book maker living in Austria.
Life
Wilhelm Schramm studied textile design from 1973 to 1977 at the Coburg / Münchberg University of Applied Sciences . He founded the color box group with Werner Götz and Hubertus Hess and ran his first gallery in Coburg in the mid-1970s. He has been working with authors since 1975.
After completing his studies, he worked as a designer. He moved to Bludenz in Austria. In 1989 he founded the FREIPRESSE publishing house with the printer's owner Bertram Frei and has since been publishing books with original graphics ( letterpress , flat and gravure) and texts by living authors.
Schramm is a member of XYLON Austria, the International Association for Artistic Printing, and the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists .
Focus of work
Graphics play a key role in Wilhelm Schramm's work. The focus of creative discussions is the conversion of texts into images. Above all, the various printing techniques play an important role.
He has been working intensively with Mail Art since 1973 . Since 2003 constant Mail Art projects that are published as books.
Awards
- 1988 Art Prize of the ASU / BJU Upper Franconia
- 1994 Vienna, Albertina Koschatzky Prize, recognition - book
- 1994 Stay in the Lucas Cranach studio, Wittenberg
literature
- Susanne Fink, Cornelia Rothmund: Fine arts in Vorarlberg. 1945-2005. Biographical lexicon. Vorarlberger Landesmuseum, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bucher-Verlag, Hohenems 2006, ISBN 978-3-902525-36-9 , pp. 282–283 (short biography)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Schramm on Mail Artists Index, November 2, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schramm, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German designer, graphic artist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaltenbrunn / Itzgrund |