Papercutting

Paper cutting is an arts and crafts process ( Psaligraphie ) and also the name for its result. In this paper, or other flat material by means of scissors or special interface instruments is processed (eg cuttings) that either the remaining outline or the cutouts or both result in a vivid image that realistic or schematic ( ornaments) can be. There are

  • Classical silhouette, in an unfolded sheet is cut (or a plurality of superposed ). This paper cuttings are usually black and are shown against a contrasting trating light background. If they are bright, they are shown against a contrasting trating dark ground.
  • The fold and in a folded to halves, quarters or even smaller parts sheet is trimmed. After the unfolding of the processed paper template results in a single or multiple axially symmetric image.

Paper cutting, native to northern China, is one of China's oldest folk arts. After the turn of the century he had initially lost in importance as the window glass paper to which they used to glue paper cutouts replaced. Each province has its particular style and its specific color.

In Germany, the silhouette was popular in the culture of Goethe's time and of the 19th century; specialized in the art of silhouetting has Paul Konewka. An important representative of the silhouette in the Art Nouveau style is the illustrator Marcus Behmer, who has used his scissors cuts partly also as a template for ornamental designs. The German paper cutting club eV dedicated to the care of this art and the archive of artist biographies and work examples.

Even nowadays have classic and modern silhouettes her lover circle in the art scene. Known representatives of modernity are the silhouette and paper artist Brigitte Prommegger - Weilguni and the Swiss paper cutter Adam Dario Keel. Swiss Post has issued in autumn 2007 four stamps with designs by Swiss papercut artists.

World champion as fastest silhouette artist ( Guinness Book of World Records 1982) is now based in Dusseldorf, native Frenchman Jaques Maté (actually Jacques Matéo ). In the 1980s, he participated in many television shows and had some prominent models such as Brandt and Kohl, recently he is still portrayed with scissors and paper at fairs and Christmas markets. In 2010, he had announced the end of the Dortmund Christmas market to sell his business.

In Poland, the colorful Łowicz silhouettes are cut.

Known papercut artist

  • Rosa Maria Assing
  • Johanna Beckmann
  • Otto Böhler
  • Dorothea Brockmann
  • Edith Carstensen
  • Luise Duttenhofer
  • Theo Eggink
  • Ernst Moritz Engert
  • Paul Friedrichsen
  • Karl Fröhlich
  • Archie Granot
  • Fritz Griebel
  • Elisabeth Grünwaldt
  • Georg Hempel
  • Adam Dario Keel
  • Max Marek
  • Jaques Maté
  • Henri Matisse
  • Josy Meidinger
  • Alexander Olbricht
  • Ernest Potuczek - Lindenthal ( born January 27, 1917 Press † 12 September 2008), publications in magazines, calendars and books
  • Lotte Reiniger
  • Philipp Otto Runge
  • Erika Schirmer
  • Adele Schopenhauer
  • Reinhold bull
  • Rudolf Wilhelm von Stubenberg
  • Wlado Tudic (1945-2012), silhouette world champion in Berlin in 1984
  • Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
  • Kara Walker
  • Anna de Wall
  • Sebnitzer shadow play
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