Johannes Schreiter

Johannes Schreiter (born 8 March 1930) is a German graphic artist, 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,[2] 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 Schreiter
Born (1930-03-08) 8 March 1930
Buccholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forPrintmaking, painting, stained glass, Brandcollage
Notable work
Chapel of the Brotherhood of St. Johannes, Leutesdorf;[1] Heiliggeistkirche, Heidelberg; Ulm Minster; Whitechapel Medical Library

Part of the influential Post-War German school of stained glass, Schreiter's work is characterised by the exploitation of lead as a graphic rather than solely structural element; 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.

Selected publications
  • Medical Science and Stained Glass: The Johannes Schreiter Windows at the Medical Library, the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel by Caroline Swash. Malvern Arts Press, 2002. ISBN 0954105516
  • Johannes Schreiter: Das Glasbildernische Werk 1959-1980 by Birgit Schwarz. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 1987. ISBN 3-926527-08-0
  • Licht Zeichen: Die Kunst von Johannes Schreiter by Luzia Schlösser. Deutsches Glasmalerei-Museum Linnich, 2019. ISBN 978-3-946278-02-3
  • Design for the windows, of Stiftskirche Stuttgart, 2002.
  • Stained glass window designed by Schreiter for Ulm Minster.
  • Stained glass window designed by Schreiter for Ulm Minster.

References
  1. Swash, Caroline (2008). "On Johannes Schreiter" (PDF). Journal of the British Society of Master Glass Painters: 3.
  2. Sehring, Gunther (January 2010). "Johannes Schreiter im Spiegel kulturkritischer Betrachtung". Neue Stadthalle Langen. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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