Wolfgang Schmidt (graphic designer)

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Wolfgang Schmidt (born July 24, 1929 in Fulda ; † March 8, 1995 in Witzenhausen ) was a German painter and graphic artist . Wolfgang Schmidt is considered to be an important representative of commercial graphics and artistic graphics in Germany after the Second World War. He belonged to the Kassel school of poster art, book and magazine graphics .

life and work

Wolfgang Schmidt studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy and graduated as an art teacher. From 1952 to 1954 he studied at the Werkakademie in Kassel with Hans Leistikow . He attracted national and international attention, especially with his graphic work. One of his most important works is the graphic conception for the subway in Frankfurt am Main .

In 1964 Schmidt was appointed to participate in documenta III in Kassel in the graphics department with some work .

He worked for many years as a graphic designer in the Amerikahaus in Marburg an der Lahn .

Exhibitions

  • 1962: novum : with Karl Oskar Blase , Hans Hillmann at the Kunstverein Kassel
  • 1965: Typomundus 20th International Center of the Typographic Arts (ICTA), New York.
  • 1971: Concrete Poetry? , Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein and Nuremberg, Institute for Modern Art

Publications

  • book 5.1: butterfly. Wendelin Niedlich publishing house, Stuttgart, 1964
  • book 7: square cuts. typos verlag, frankfurt am main, 1966
  • book 8: lilli. New edition 50 copies, Materialis Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1984, ISBN 978-3-88535-094-1
  • Book 12: Oh you fucking assholes. 1970 - 1972. Wendelin Niedlich publishing house, Stuttgart, 1972
  • book 13: poetry ribbon. Verlag - Hainerweg 54, 6072 Dreiech, 1977
  • book 14: don't act like that. Verlag - Hainerweg 54, 6072 Dreiech, 1977
  • book 15: dummy patterns. Verlag - Hainerweg 54, 6072 Dreiech, 1977
  • book 21: new. edition experiment, slu slusallek, friedberg, 1984
  • multicolored poem. typos Verlag, frankfurt am main, 1963

Literature and Sources

  • Exhibition catalog for documenta III (1964) in Kassel : documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Industrial design, graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964.
  • Typomundus 20. A project of the International Center of the Typographic Arts (ICTA), New York, Reinhold Publishing Corporation New York, Studio Vista Ltd. London and Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg, 1966.
  • Exhibition catalog: Kassel Group . Exhibition in the Kasseler Kunstverein; Kassel 1955.
  • Works by Wolfgang Schmidt for Materialis Verlag . With contributions by Dietrich Mahlow and Gisela Brackert , Materialis Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-88535-028-9 .
  • form - magazine for design, issue 138, II 1992, Leverkusen, p. 60.
  • form - magazine for design, issue 145, I 1995, Leverkusen, p. 78.
  • Anke Jaaks: words and pictures. Wolfgang Schmidt. Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz, 1992, ISBN 3-87439-238-4 .
  • Liesbeth Crommelin :? concrete poëzie? concrete poetry? concrete poetry. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1971.
  • Michael Glasmeier: literally literally literally literally. A collection of concrete and visual poetry from the sixties in the Nationalgalerie Berlin, ISBN 3-88609-209-7 , p. 89.
  • Dietrich Mahlow: - a word! Aspects of visual poetry and visual music. An exhibition by the Gutenberg Museum, 1987, ISBN 3-921524-64-4 , p. 75.

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1995
Place of death Frankfurt am Main