Jobst von Harsdorf: Lithographic violin, 1975, Lithography

Unverklungen - Jobst von Harsdorf on his 100th birthday

Jobst von Harsdorf (1924-2018) was many things at once: artist, teacher and mentor, lithographer, draughtsman, painter and professor of applied graphics at the University of Arts in Bremen. His works, which he created with the lithographic stone, probably the heaviest artistic material, are characterised by a remarkable lightness.

However, it was not only the visual arts that were close to his heart; music and literature, nature, architecture and traveling also provided him with constant inspiration for his diverse and multifaceted work, even into old age.