German woodcut prints?

German printmaking has its unique artistic characteristics. It uses symbolic language and abstract way to think about the meaning outside the subject, thus expressing its emotional vitality. The following is what I share with you. Let's have a look!

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The Development Course of German Woodcut Prints

1945 Hitler's downfall once again liberated cultural life and accelerated its development. Since then, the "old people" who survived but did not go into exile have reappeared: Alp and Julius Bisell, Werner Hall, Hegel, Marquez, Matare and others who turned over a new page after him. Griesshaber can put it down at this time. Of course, the younger generation also inherited the tradition of woodcut: Kaliman, a student of Schmitt-Ruterle in Berlin, Zhan Sen, a student of Ma Lao in Hamburg, Bouisse, a student of Matare in Dü sseldorf, Vaughan under the influence of Schlemmer in Stuttgart and Fulci, a student of Lessing in Stuttgart. Many excellent works have emerged in the thriving Grisham School of Fine Arts: Josua Reichel copied a specific poem and Klaus Tze's cosmic landscape with woodcut calligraphy. The founders of the "New School of Wildlife", Bartholomew, Punk and Kiefer, did not create prints alone, but added woodcuts to his paintings and illustrated books. For example, The Rhine brings a fresh breath to woodcut, although there are also achievements of the youngest generation: Imendorf, a student from Bois, Matthias Manson, a student from Roupell, and Felix Delu.

Woodblock prints have made a comeback, but the perfect screen printing technology that was originally dominant has declined at the same time. This is not a unique phenomenon in printmaking, but a common phenomenon in art: people are reusing original natural materials everywhere. Woodcarving has once again attracted attention. As in the case of ecology, artists avoid using artificial materials because they lack natural charm. Almost all the artists mentioned above are engaged in wood carving, and they prefer logs. 1980 Basel's first appearance at Venice International Art Exhibition. 1982, punk created "German Idol" with logs; Together with Lu Parko, they formed the latest batch of "painters and sculptors" and participated in the 1984 exhibition "Sculpture of the 20th Century" in Basel.