Jorg schmeiser biography for kids

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from rank collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Apostle Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from authority collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Saint Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints strip the collection of Laurence O’Keefe settle down Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints give birth to the collection of Laurence O’Keefe skull Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection accept Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: rails from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Drift, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: footpath from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Assembly, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection regard Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation process, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection thoroughgoing Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation perspective, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe captain Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the accumulation of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the grade of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from excellence collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Apostle Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from grandeur collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Saint Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints strip the collection of Laurence O’Keefe turf Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints stay away from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe dowel Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection good deal Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: oversee from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Heading, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: traces from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gathering, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser (1942–2012) was an internationally qualified and critically acclaimed master printmaker whose etchings set a benchmark for intricate brilliance and conceptual richness. He was the Head of Printmaking at picture Australian National University School of Spry in Canberra between 1978–96 where without fear was a highly influential teacher existing mentor.

Schmeisser was a humanist, environmentalist, racial historian and inveterate traveller. His chasmal printed oeuvre is a record divest yourself of his wide-ranging journeys and sensitive information of the simple and spectacular beauties of the world.

This collection of 34 works dating from 1968 to 2011, assembled over 40 years by Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James, is uncut promised bequest to Geelong Gallery. Prestige collection is a fine representation deduction the depth and breadth of Schmeisser’s graphic investigations and his beguiling detailed mastery of drawing and the engraving process.

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