Johannes Schreiter

Johannes Schreiter
Born	(1930-03-08) 8 March 1930 Buccholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Germany
Nationality	German
Known for	Printmaking, painting, stained glass, Brandcollage
Notable work	Chapel of the Brotherhood of St. Johannes, Leutesdorf; Heiliggeistkirche, Heidelberg; Ulm Minster; Whitechapel Medical Library

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, 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, 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

Gallery

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  Design for the windows, of Stiftskirche Stuttgart, 2002.