CISSARZ, JOHANN (1873-1942)

"Anbetung (Worship)" (1920)
etching
cm
signed in plate lower right
*private collection, Sydney
 
Johann Vincenz Cissarz was a prominent German Painter, Illustrator, Printmaker, Graphic & Interior Designer. He studied from 1891-94 at the Dresden Art Academy with Leon Pohle and Hermann Freye. After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance graphic & commercial artist in Dresden. He was known for commercial graphics such as company graphics, trademarks and picture posters, which were among the first of their kind in Germany. He also designed several publications for the Eugen Diederichs publishing house, founded in 1896, with book graphics. He was one of the earliest artistic employees of the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau. As such, he designed wallpaper and room furnishings. From 1903-06 he was a member of the Darmstadt artists' colony. From 1908, he was a member of the German Association of Artists . In 1909 he became a professor at what is now the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . In 1914, Cissarz took part in the Bugra in Leipzig , where he received the Grand Prize for his graphic work. From 1916 to 1933 he was head of the master class for free painting at the Städelsche Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main. His works are represented in countless Major National Collections & Institutions.