Wolfgang Zelmer (born April 7, 1948, in
Munich, Germany) is a German painter based in
Ireland. He is best known for his modern mystical
still life
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paintings and etchings.
Life and work
Zelmer was born April 7, 1948, in
Munich, Germany and studied in London at the
Hampstead School of Art and Paris at the
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
between 1968 and 1972. From 1975 he worked on colour etchings and lithographs in the studio of
Josef Werner in
Munich. Since 1980 he has maintained a second studio in
Liguria, Italy. In the early 1980s, Zelmer used the portraits and anatomical drawings of artists such as
Albrecht Dürer
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and
Leonardo da Vinci or
Caravaggio
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as references in his work. In 2000 he moved to Ireland, where he now lives and works. Since 1978 he has exhibited work in
Berlin,
Paris,
New York City,
Nice,
Geneva,
Sydney
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,
Tokyo,
Buenos Aires,
Brussels,
Nuremberg,
London and
Munich.
Awards
* 1979 - Erding, Germany, Artaward "Erdinger Wintertage"
* 1981 - Japan, Tokio, Nikkiten Graphic Biennal, 2nd Prize
* 1982 - Monte Carlo, XVième Prix Internationale D'Art Contemporain
* 1982 - Tokyo, Gold Award des Ueno Royal Museums
(selected) Bibliography
* ''Wolfgang Zelmer, Nature Morte'', edited by Galerie & Edition Bode, authors: Dr. Franz Metzger and Dr. Helmut Orpel, Nuremberg 2002,
* ''Wolfgang Zelmer, Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik Band II 1995-2000'', edited by Galerie & Edition Bode, authors:Franz Metzger and Eva Schickler M.A., Nuremberg 2000,
* ''Wolfgang Zelmer, Collected Time'', edited by Galerie & Edition Bode, authors: Dr. Franz Metzger, Walter Schuhmacher und Hans-O. Marquass, Nuremberg 1998,
* ''Wolfgang Zelmer, Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1978-1994'',edited by Galerie & Edition Bode, authors: Klaus D. Bode and Martina Höhme Nuremberg 1994,
External links
art from Wolfgang Zelmer
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20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German male painters
21st-century German painters
21st-century German male artists
1948 births
Living people