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Brody Neuenschwander
Born1958 (age 66–67)
Houston, Texas
EducationA.B., Princeton University,[1] 1981
PhD, Courtauld Institute,[2] 1986
Roehampton Institute
Occupation(s)Calligrapher, artist
Known forProspero's Books (1991)[3]
The Pillow Book (1996)
Casanova (2005)[4]

Brody Neuenschwander (b. 1958) is a calligrapher and artist who lives in Bruges, Belgium.

Education

Neuenschwander was educated at Princeton University where he received his B.A.in Art History in 1981.[5] While a student at Princeton University, he was appointed a University Scholar.[6]He went on to complete a doctorate in 1986 at the Courtauld Institute in London. His PhD thesis was on the methodology of German art historical practices.[5]

Biography

Neuenschwander was born in Houston Texas, and currently lives and works in Bruges, Belgium.[5] Following graduate school, he entered his professional career working as an assistant to the calligrapher Donald Jackson.

He has collaborated with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway on numerous film and television projects.[7] [8]He worked together with Greenaway on Prospero's Books, Flying Over Water, The Pillow Book, Writing to Vermeer and others. [5]

Neuenschwander taught at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2004,[9] and has translated many writings of Hans-Joachim Burgert.[10] His work has been included in the International Exhibition of Calligraphy.[11]

Exhibitions

Neuenschwander has shown his work at the Museum Correr Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia[12], the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow[13], among other venues.

Collections

References

  1. ^ https://friendsofcalligraphy.org/pages/classes.html
  2. ^ https://friendsofcalligraphy.org/pages/classes.html
  3. ^ Savage, Todd (18 March 1999). "Art People: Tom Greensfelder, Rebel Calligrapher". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0626863/
  5. ^ a b c d "Brody Neuenschwander: Biography". Museum of Contemporary Calligraphy, Moscow. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  6. ^ https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2008/02/brody_neuenschwander_calligrap.html
  7. ^ https://paw.princeton.edu/article/slide-show-brody-neuenschwander-%E2%80%9981
  8. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0626863/
  9. ^ https://friendsofcalligraphy.org/pages/Developing%20Meaning%20Brody%20flyer%20color%20finalrev1.pdf
  10. ^ https://friendsofcalligraphy.org/pages/classes.html
  11. ^ http://calligraphy-expo.com/en/participants/Brody_Neuenschwander
  12. ^ "The Poetics of Written Space". Museum Correr. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Brody Neuenschwander". Museum of Contemporary Calligraphy. Retrieved 5 October 2019.