Jörg Schmeisser: Bilder Der Reise (A Man, Who Likes to Draw)

AG115532
Co-published by SFA Press, Canberra and Macmillan Art Publishing 2013
175 pages, hardcover
ISBN: 978098082362

This splendidly illustrated, multi-coloured publication serves as a fitting memorial to a much-admired Canberra-based artist, teacher and traveller who died in 2012 while still involved with the production of the book. A painter of the art of colour etching, his keenly observed studies of the world around him – whether in his birthplace, Germany, or in far-flung and ancient places in the Middle East, Far East and Australia – are rich in detail and often annotated in his own handwriting. He lets the etched line work on the spectator’s imagination – with poetic rewards for all who ponder.

Schmeisser came to Australia in 1978 as head of the Printmaking Department of the Canberra School of Art. As such, he encouraged the development of a generation of young artists. His own works are keenly collected – particularly in Australia, Germany and Japan. This is a heartwarming account of an artistic life well-lived from a variety of scholarly and critical perspectives. The design and colour reproduction are both spectacular.

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