Jörg Schmeisser Explained

Jörg Schmeisser
Birth Date:	1942 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Stolp, Pomerania, Germany
Death Place:	Canberra, Australia
Field:	Printmaker, Painter
Training:	Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (1962–67) under Paul Wunderlich and Kyoto City Fine Art University Japan 1967-68

Jörg Schmeisser (20 February 1942 – 1 June 2012) was a noted and award-winning printmaker.^[1]

Biography

Schmeisser was born in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany (modern Słupsk, Poland); he studied at the Hamburg Fine Art Academy, Germany during 1962–67 and also in Kyoto (Kyoto Fine Art Academy) during 1969-72. During his studies in Hamburg he studied printmaking under Paul Wunderlich. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was also involved in archeological excavations in Israel and Greece as a draughtsman/artist. In the years 1978–97 he worked at the Canberra School of Art, appointed Founding Head of the Department of Printmaking. Schmeisser travelled extensively through Europe, Asia and Australia. He was married to the artist Keiko Amenomori Schmeisser. He died in 2012 in Canberra, Australia

Awards

• Fremantle Print Award: 1980 (joint award with Rod Ewins)^{[2] [3]}

Bibliography

• Book: Jörg Schmeisser Retrospective: Neverending Journeys . Wanajo. Eri . Kyuryodo Art Publishing Co. . 2018 . 978-4763018267.
• Book: Jörg Schmeisser : bilder der reise . Jörg Schmeisser: travel pictures . Gates. Meryn . Butler. Roger . Schmeisser. Jörg . MacMillan Art Publishing . 2013 . 978-1921394942.
• Book: Jörg Schmeisser : Breaking the ice : works from the Antarctic 1998-2003 . Hansen. David . Andrews. Lynne . Schmeisser. Jörg . Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery . 2003 . 0975054503.
• Book: Australian Prints from the Gallery's Collection . Kolenberg. Hendrik . Ryan. Anne . Art Gallery of New South Wales . 0731389123.
• Book: Australian Printmaking in the 1990s . Grishin. Sasha . Craftsman House . 1997 . 9781875247158.
• Book: Grishin, Sasha . Australian Identities in Printmaking : The Australian Print Collection of Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery . Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery . 2000 . 9057033917.

External links

• Images of Schmeisser's prints held by the National Gallery of Australia
• Images of Schmeisser's prints held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jörg Schmeisser: profile. Design and Art Australia Online. 30 August 2018.
2. Web site: Feels Like Silk - screenprints from the City of Fremantle Art Collection . Fremantle City Government . 2012-11-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121208124500/http://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/files/410b47a6-b668-4981-8f65-9db300b90816/Silk-handout.pdf . 2012-12-08 .
3. Book: Story , Holly. Print Matters: 30 Years of the Shell Fremantle Print Award . et al. . 2005 . City of Fremantle Art Collection . 0-9757307-1-1.