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The Traveler’s Eye, The Artist’s Touch: The Prints of Jörg Schmeisser

Presented from October 4, 2023 through January 7, 2024

Curated by Eric Denker

The German-Australian artist Jörg Schmeisser (1942-2012) was one of the great printmakers of his generation. During a career that spanned five decades, he turned his keen eye to observing the world around him, whether in his own backyard or in the many far-flung places to which he traveled. This selection of twenty-three prints from a Washington private collection reveals his unrivaled technical skill in creating enduring images of both the natural and the man-made world.

 

Distant Kiyomizu, 1994, etching and aquatint