Johannes Schreiter (born 8 March 1930) is a German graphic artist,[9]printmaker, designer of stained glass, theoretician and cultural critic. Born in Buchholz in 1930, Schreiter studied in Munster, Mainz, and Berlin, before receiving a scholarship from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in 1958. His invention of the Brandcollage in 1959 first brought him to broader cultural attention,[10][11][12] and in 1963 he became professor of Painting and Graphic Art at the Frankfurt/Main School of Decorative Arts, and later Rector of the same. He was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuze (National Cross of Merit), the highest civilian honour granted by West Germany, in 1979.
Part of the influential Post-War German school of stained glass,[13] Schreiter's work is characterised by the exploitation of lead as a graphic rather than solely structural element;[14] the use of translucent, unpainted glass; and by a highly-developed and personal language of symbols. Regarded as occupying a position of pre-eminence in the stained glass of the 20th century, works by Schreiter can be found in historical and contemporary buildings, museums, and public and private art collections worldwide.
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The 'Heidelberger Fensterstreit'Edit
In 1977, Schreiter was commissioned to design a series of stained glass windows for the medieval Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg,[15] whose board had voted to replace 19th century temporary glazing and other additions to the building, one of the most significant Gothic churches in Germany, as part of a broader restoration and repair of the interior.[16] Between 1977 and 1984, Schreiter designed a programme of artworks, twenty-two windows, for the Church, whose intention was to reinstall stained glass throughout in a unified programme of glazing by a single artist: the commission was what would have the largest stained glass commission granted to a single artist at that time.[17] Considered one of the most significant works of stained glass of the 20th century, Schreiter's avant-garde designs incorporated references from science, medicine, philosophy, and the analogue technologies of the day[18] in reference to Heiliggeistkirche's history as former home of the Biblioteca Palatina. Cited as the first time in contemporary stained glass design "that maps, graphs, newspaper and television images were used as source material",[3] the windows were the subject of a dispute, cited as "the most intense controversy on record involving twentieth century stained glass".[4] This major cultural and theological dispute,[19] known as the 'Heidelberg Controversy', was concluded in 1986. In 1984, Schreiter's designs, previously argued out and tested within a working group including theologians, art critics and church attendees, were presented to the public, and the first of the designs was fabricated and installed in the Church: a window known as the "Physikfenster", marking the use of nuclear weapons at Hiroshima. The rector of Heidelberg University 'forbade the use' of these designs and, nine years after embarking on the programme, the project was terminated on June 23, 1986, with only one of the suite of twenty-two windows fabricated and installed.[20] Several individual windows from the cycle have since been produced under Schreiter's direction and based on the original designs, for other organisations, including museums, hospital clinics, and other churches.[16]
Selected publicationsEdit
Hans Hofstätter: Johannes Schreiter: Neue Glasbilder und eine Einführung in die neue Glasbildkunst. München: Moos, 1965.
Birgit Schwarz: Johannes Schreiter: Das Glasbildernische Werk 1959-1980. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 1987. ISBN3-926527-08-0
Luzia Schlösser: Licht Zeichen: Die Kunst von Johannes Schreiter. Deutsches Glasmalerei-Museum Linnich, 2019. ISBN978-3-946278-02-3
Johannes Schreiter: Wortfenster. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-2066-6.
Yvonne Besser: Religiöse Bildsprache der nichtfigurativen Moderne: der Fensterzyklus zu Psalm 22 von Johannes Schreiter in der Jacobikirche Göttingen. Verlag Otto Lembeck, 2009.
Gunther Sehring, Holger Brülls: Johannes Schreiter: Glasbilder – Collagen – Zeichnungen 1995–2012. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89870-687-2.
Birgit Schwarz: Johannes Schreiter. Das glasbildnerische Werk von 1959 bis 1980. Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, 1987.
Helmut Schwier: Der Fensterzyklus von Johannes Schreiter in der Peterskirche Heidelberg (Schnell Kunstführer Nr. 2826). Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-6955-9.
Further readingEdit
Hans Gerke: Die Heidelberger Fensterentwürfe von Johannes Schreiter. Wunderhorn, 1987.
Caroline Swash: Medical Science and Stained Glass: The Johannes Schreiter Windows at the Medical Library, the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Malvern Arts Press, 2002. ISBN0954105516
GalleryEdit
Suite of stained glass windows designed for Église Notre-Dame de Douai, 1976.
Design for the windows, of Stiftskirche Stuttgart, 2002.
ReferencesEdit
^Marhenke, Dorit, ed. (1982). Deutsche Radierer der Gegenwart [German Etchers of the Present] (in German). Königstein: Kunsthalle Darmstadt/Athenäum. ISBN3-7610-8121-9.
^Entwicklung der Brandcollage: Development of the fire collage [Development of the Fire Collage] (in German). Bremen: Kunsthalle. 1972.
^ abSwash, Caroline (2008). "On Johannes Schreiter" (PDF). Journal of the British Society of Master Glass Painters: 3.
^ abMertin, Andreas; Schwebel, Horst (1998). "Der Heidelberger Fensterstreit: ein bürgerliches Trauerspiel in fünf Akten" [The Heidelberg window dispute: a civil tragedy in five acts]. Kirche und moderne Kunst: eine aktuelle Dokumentation (in German). Frankfurt: Athenaum. ISBN3610091134.
^Mulder, Karen (24 July 2007). "From the Mirror of the Infinite to the Broken Looking Glass: Unveiling Beauty in German Glass Installations after the Holocaust". In Pursuit of Truth: A Journal of Christian Scholarship.
^Koestle-Cate, Jonathan (2021). "The Influenza Pandemic Window: Jonathan Koestle-Cate revisits Johannes Schreiter's scheme of windows for the Medical Library, Whitechapel". Art and Christianity. 5.
^Mahn, Frank (18 November 2011). "Hommage an den Glasmaler: Peter Rippl und Eick Hoemann haben einen Dokumentarfilm über Professor Johannes Schreiter gedreht" [Homage to the Glass Painter]. op-online.de. Geschäftsstelle Offenbach. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^"Johannes Schreiter - Catalog of the German National Library". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^Bardt, Juliane (2006). Kunst aus Papier: zur Ikonographie eines plastischen Werkmaterials der zeitgenössischen Kunst [Art on paper: on the iconography of sculptural material in contemporary art] (in German) (2 ed.). Frankfurt (Main): Georg Olms Verlag. pp. 179–181. ISBN9783487130934.
^Juliane, Roh; Nestler, Paolo; Morschel, Jürgen (1971). Deutsche Kunst der 60er Jahre: Malerei, College, Op-Art, Graphik [German Art of the 1960s] (in German). Germany: Bruckmann. pp. 13, 267.
^Sehring, Gunther (January 2010). "Johannes Schreiter im Spiegel kulturkritischer Betrachtung". Neue Stadthalle Langen. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^Sowers, Robert (11 June 2021). "Stained glass - 20th century". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^Reyntiens, Patrick (1979). "Elements of Architecture: The Window". In Schofield, Maria (ed.). Decorative Art and Modern Interiors: Themes in Nature. Vol. 68. London: Studio Vista, Cassell Ltd. ISBN0289708605.
^Gercke, Hans (1987). Die Heidelberger Fensterentwürfe von Johannes Schreiter (in German). Wunderhorn.
^ abMulder, Karen L. (2005). "Heidelberg's window controversy: a cautionary tale". Material Religion. 1: 125–138. doi:10.2752/174322005778054465. S2CID 192176679.
^Bergmann, Sigmund, ed. (2009). Theology in Built Environments: Exploring Religion, Architecture and Design. Transaction Publishers. ISBN9781412810180.
^Koestle-Cate, Jonathan (2016-04-20). Art and the Church: A Fractious Embrace: Ecclesiastical Encounters with Contemporary Art. Routledge. ISBN978-1-317-17847-7.
^Koestle-Cate, Jonathan (April 2016). Art and the Church: A Fractious Embrace Ecclesiastical Encounters with Contemporary Art. Routledge. ISBN9781317178477.
^Zink, Marcus (2003). Theologische Bildhermeneutik ein kritischer Entwurf zu Gegenwartskunst und Kirche [Theological pictorial hermeneutics: a critical draft of contemporary art and the church] (in German). Munich: Lit Verlag Münster. ISBN9783825864255.
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Johannes Schreiter born 8 March 1930 is a German graphic artist 9 printmaker designer of stained glass theoretician and cultural critic Born in Buchholz in 1930 Schreiter studied in Munster Mainz and Berlin before receiving a scholarship from Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in 1958 His invention of the Brandcollage in 1959 first brought him to broader cultural attention 10 11 12 and in 1963 he became professor of Painting and Graphic Art at the Frankfurt Main School of Decorative Arts and later Rector of the same He was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuze National Cross of Merit the highest civilian honour granted by West Germany in 1979 Johannes SchreiterBorn 1930 03 08 8 March 1930 age 93 Buchholz Erzgebirgskreis GermanyNationalityGermanKnown forPrintmaking 1 painting stained glass Brandcollage 2 Notable workChapel of the Brotherhood of St Johannes Leutesdorf 3 Eglise Notre Dame de Douai Heiliggeistkirche Heidelberg 4 5 Ulm Minster Whitechapel Medical Library 6 7 TelevisionDer Glasmaler 8 Part of the influential Post War German school of stained glass 13 Schreiter s work is characterised by the exploitation of lead as a graphic rather than solely structural element 14 the use of translucent unpainted glass and by a highly developed and personal language of symbols Regarded as occupying a position of pre eminence in the stained glass of the 20th century works by Schreiter can be found in historical and contemporary buildings museums and public and private art collections worldwide Contents 1 Early life 2 The Heidelberger Fensterstreit 3 Selected publications 4 Further reading 5 Gallery 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it May 2022 The Heidelberger Fensterstreit EditIn 1977 Schreiter was commissioned to design a series of stained glass windows for the medieval Church of the Holy Spirit Heidelberg 15 whose board had voted to replace 19th century temporary glazing and other additions to the building one of the most significant Gothic churches in Germany as part of a broader restoration and repair of the interior 16 Between 1977 and 1984 Schreiter designed a programme of artworks twenty two windows for the Church whose intention was to reinstall stained glass throughout in a unified programme of glazing by a single artist the commission was what would have the largest stained glass commission granted to a single artist at that time 17 Considered one of the most significant works of stained glass of the 20th century Schreiter s avant garde designs incorporated references from science medicine philosophy and the analogue technologies of the day 18 in reference to Heiliggeistkirche s history as former home of the Biblioteca Palatina Cited as the first time in contemporary stained glass design that maps graphs newspaper and television images were used as source material 3 the windows were the subject of a dispute cited as the most intense controversy on record involving twentieth century stained glass 4 This major cultural and theological dispute 19 known as the Heidelberg Controversy was concluded in 1986 In 1984 Schreiter s designs previously argued out and tested within a working group including theologians art critics and church attendees were presented to the public and the first of the designs was fabricated and installed in the Church a window known as the Physikfenster marking the use of nuclear weapons at Hiroshima The rector of Heidelberg University forbade the use of these designs and nine years after embarking on the programme the project was terminated on June 23 1986 with only one of the suite of twenty two windows fabricated and installed 20 Several individual windows from the cycle have since been produced under Schreiter s direction and based on the original designs for other organisations including museums hospital clinics and other churches 16 Selected publications EditHans Hofstatter Johannes Schreiter Neue Glasbilder und eine Einfuhrung in die neue Glasbildkunst Munchen Moos 1965 Birgit Schwarz Johannes Schreiter Das Glasbildernische Werk 1959 1980 Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt 1987 ISBN 3 926527 08 0 Luzia Schlosser Licht Zeichen Die Kunst von Johannes Schreiter Deutsches Glasmalerei Museum Linnich 2019 ISBN 978 3 946278 02 3 Johannes Schreiter Wortfenster Schnell amp Steiner Regensburg 2008 ISBN 978 3 7954 2066 6 Yvonne Besser Religiose Bildsprache der nichtfigurativen Moderne der Fensterzyklus zu Psalm 22 von Johannes Schreiter in der Jacobikirche Gottingen Verlag Otto Lembeck 2009 Gunther Sehring Holger Brulls Johannes Schreiter Glasbilder Collagen Zeichnungen 1995 2012 Kunstverlag Josef Fink Lindenberg 2012 ISBN 978 3 89870 687 2 Birgit Schwarz Johannes Schreiter Das glasbildnerische Werk von 1959 bis 1980 Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt 1987 Helmut Schwier Der Fensterzyklus von Johannes Schreiter in der Peterskirche Heidelberg Schnell Kunstfuhrer Nr 2826 Schnell amp Steiner Regensburg 2013 ISBN 978 3 7954 6955 9 Further reading EditHans Gerke Die Heidelberger Fensterentwurfe von Johannes Schreiter Wunderhorn 1987 Caroline Swash Medical Science and Stained Glass The Johannes Schreiter Windows at the Medical Library the Royal London Hospital Whitechapel Malvern Arts Press 2002 ISBN 0954105516Gallery Edit nbsp Suite of stained glass windows designed for Eglise Notre Dame de Douai 1976 nbsp Design for the windows of Stiftskirche Stuttgart 2002 References Edit Marhenke Dorit ed 1982 Deutsche Radierer der Gegenwart German Etchers of the Present in German Konigstein Kunsthalle Darmstadt Athenaum ISBN 3 7610 8121 9 Entwicklung der Brandcollage Development of the fire collage Development of the Fire Collage in German Bremen Kunsthalle 1972 a b Swash Caroline 2008 On Johannes Schreiter PDF Journal of the British Society of Master Glass Painters 3 a b Mertin Andreas Schwebel Horst 1998 Der Heidelberger Fensterstreit ein burgerliches Trauerspiel in funf Akten The Heidelberg window dispute a civil tragedy in five acts Kirche und moderne Kunst eine aktuelle Dokumentation in German Frankfurt Athenaum ISBN 3610091134 Mulder Karen 24 July 2007 From the Mirror of the Infinite to the Broken Looking Glass Unveiling Beauty in German Glass Installations after the Holocaust In Pursuit of Truth A Journal of Christian Scholarship Koestle Cate Jonathan 2021 The Influenza Pandemic Window Jonathan Koestle Cate revisits Johannes Schreiter s scheme of windows for the Medical Library Whitechapel Art and Christianity 5 Paterson Rachel January 2003 The influenza pandemic window The Lancet Infectious Diseases Elsevier Ltd The Lancet Publishing Group 3 1 8 doi 10 1016 S1473 3099 03 00509 7 Mahn Frank 18 November 2011 Hommage an den Glasmaler Peter Rippl und Eick Hoemann haben einen Dokumentarfilm uber Professor Johannes Schreiter gedreht Homage to the Glass Painter op online de Geschaftsstelle Offenbach Retrieved 16 January 2022 Johannes Schreiter Catalog of the German National Library Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Retrieved 25 July 2021 Bardt Juliane 2006 Kunst aus Papier zur Ikonographie eines plastischen Werkmaterials der zeitgenossischen Kunst Art on paper on the iconography of sculptural material in contemporary art in German 2 ed Frankfurt Main Georg Olms Verlag pp 179 181 ISBN 9783487130934 Juliane Roh Nestler Paolo Morschel Jurgen 1971 Deutsche Kunst der 60er Jahre Malerei College Op Art Graphik German Art of the 1960s in German Germany Bruckmann pp 13 267 Sehring Gunther January 2010 Johannes Schreiter im Spiegel kulturkritischer Betrachtung Neue Stadthalle Langen Retrieved 21 February 2020 Sowers Robert 11 June 2021 Stained glass 20th century Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 25 July 2021 Reyntiens Patrick 1979 Elements of Architecture The Window In Schofield Maria ed Decorative Art and Modern Interiors Themes in Nature Vol 68 London Studio Vista Cassell Ltd ISBN 0289708605 Gercke Hans 1987 Die Heidelberger Fensterentwurfe von Johannes Schreiter in German Wunderhorn a b Mulder Karen L 2005 Heidelberg s window controversy a cautionary tale Material Religion 1 125 138 doi 10 2752 174322005778054465 S2CID 192176679 Bergmann Sigmund ed 2009 Theology in Built Environments Exploring Religion Architecture and Design Transaction Publishers ISBN 9781412810180 Koestle Cate Jonathan 2016 04 20 Art and the Church A Fractious Embrace Ecclesiastical Encounters with Contemporary Art Routledge ISBN 978 1 317 17847 7 Koestle Cate Jonathan April 2016 Art and the Church A Fractious Embrace Ecclesiastical Encounters with Contemporary Art Routledge ISBN 9781317178477 Zink Marcus 2003 Theologische Bildhermeneutik ein kritischer Entwurf zu Gegenwartskunst und Kirche Theological pictorial hermeneutics a critical draft of contemporary art and the church in German Munich Lit Verlag Munster ISBN 9783825864255 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johannes Schreiter Der Kunstler Johannes Schreiter Neue Stadthalle Langen nbsp nbsp This German biographical article is a 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