15.6.57
Julius Bissier
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Original Title:15.6.57 Komposition -
Date:1957; Germany -
Style:Art Informel -
Genre:abstract -
Media:tempera -
Dimensions:11 x 15.7 cm
15.6.57
Julius Bissier
This is a genuine vintage gravure-like print of Julius Bissier' 15.6.57 'Komposition'. The original was first created in 1957, - and then replicas would have been made for the forthcoming exhibitions and awards given from 1957 to 1960.
This was/is often the case following such exhibitions; a small series of limited edition - lithographs, gravures, and other printed material was/is published and so to financially help and support such artists and exhibitions.
This particular image is quite rare, that presently cannot be found elsewhere on the internet; - it's original must exist somewhere, and hope by listing it here on wikiart.org someone may be able to identify the original and its location, - and so this can be added to this listing.
1955-1956
Beginning of the coloured “miniatures" in egg-and-oil tempera on linen canvas, irregularly cut or torn pieces of cotton, as well as watercolours on paper. These lyrical works, without the constellations of signs in the earlier inks, bring him late but great fame. In 1956, the first stay in Ticino.
1957
Sojourn in Tourettes-sur-Loup (southern France). Starting in the autumn of this year, annual sojourn in Ticino (Ronco sopra Ascona). Friendship with Jean Arp, who lives in Locarno-Solduno.
1958
Friendship with Werner Schmalenbach. First large retrospective at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hannover, which travelled to a number of German museums (Duisburg, Hagen, Bremen, Ulm). Takes part in the XXIX Venice Biennale. Sudden international fame: his work is held to be mainly within the Informel trend. Bissier finds it difficult to cope with so much unexpected success.
1959
Awarded the Cornelius Prize of the City of Düsseldorf. Takes part in Documenta II in Kassel. Friendship with Ben Nicholson, who lives in Ticino at this time.
1959-1960
Retrospective exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague.
1960
Solo show at the XXX Biennale in Venice. Awarded the Kuntspreiz of the City of Berlin. First exhibitions in Paris and London.
Source: ...can be found on the reference link provided.
Recently purchased directly from a German art dealer, that according to its provenance; this gravure had been in the same German Hannovian family since at least early 1960s. It was believed to have been purchased in connection to the exhibition at the “Kestner-Gesellschaft” in Hannover in 1958, though could be from any of his exhibitions from 1958-1960.
This was/is often the case following such exhibitions; a small series of limited edition - lithographs, gravures, and other printed material was/is published and so to financially help and support such artists and exhibitions.
