Petrus Schaesberg
Petrus Graf von Schaesberg was a German art historian, artist, editor, and teacher.
Biography
Born to parents Heinrich Wilhelm Viktor Walter Hubertus Maria Graf von Schaesberg and Margarethe Gräfin von Schaesberg Prinzessin von Croy in Munich, Bavaria. Petrus Schaesberg earned, in 2004, his Ph.D. at Munich's Institute of Art History, Ludwig Maximilian University. He taught as an adjunct faculty member at the Institute of Art History at Munich University. At the time of his death, Schaesberg was an adjunct professor in the Art History department at Columbia University. Schaesberg's book Das Aufgehobene Bild published in 2007 by Wilhelm Fink Verlag, explored collage as a mode of painting — from Pablo Picasso to Richard Prince.On September 22, 2008, Schaesberg was found dead in the courtyard of his Morningside Heights, Manhattan apartment. According to the medical examiner's office, Schaesberg committed suicide by jumping out of the window of his 8th floor apartment. Schaesberg left unfinished large-scale works on Ed Ruscha and Anish Kapoor.
Books
- Louise Bourgeois: The Secret of the Cells, Prestel, Munich-Berlin-London-New York, 2008, pp. 167
- Das aufgehobene Bild. Collage als Modus der Malerei von Pablo Picasso bis Richard Prince. Muenchen: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2007, 220 pages.
- Ed. : Stanley Kubrick. Still Moving Pictures. Fotografien 1945–50
- Edited: Stanley Kubrick. Still Moving Pictures. Photographies 1945–50
- Edited : Paul Klee und Edward Ruscha. Projekt der Moderne. Sprache und Bild..Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, Edition ICCARUS, 1998, 256 pages
- Louise Bourgeois: The Secret of the Cells
- Louise Bourgeois: Das Geheimnis der Zelle.
- Lyrische Lebenswelten. Die Malerei von Nikolaus Hipp.
Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, Edition ICCARUS, 1998
, 128 pages
Essays
"Alexandra Paperno. Star Maps"NCCA, Moscow, 2007, pp. 5–14
"Stanley Kubrick. Inventor of Facts" in: Rainer Crone, Drama & Shadows,
London: Phaidon Press, 2005, pp. 242–246.
German Edition: Berlin: Phaidon, 2005
French Edition: Paris: Phaidon, 2005
Japanese Edition: Tokyo: Phaidon, 2005
"David Salle. Shattered Worlds. The Principle of Montage." in: David Salle,
Moscow: Stella Art Gallery, 2004, pp. 3–13.
"Andy Warhol. The Three Golden Rules of an Artist"
in: Pop Art. The John and Kimiko Powers Collection, New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2001, pp. 81–94
and with essays by Germano Celant, Jim Dine, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Judith Goldman, Dave Hickey, Linda Norden, Lane Relyea, Scott Rothkopf and David Shapiro
Ed. "Paul Klee und Edward Ruscha. Projekt der Moderne. Sprache und Bild."
Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, Edition ICCARUS, 1998, pp. 9–19
"Andy Warhol. Heads "
"Juan Usle. Ojo Roto"
Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, 1996
Forthcoming works
- "The Reconstructed Image. Collage as a Mode of Painting from Pablo Picasso to Richard Prince," Monacelli Press/Random House, 2009
- "Edward Ruscha. Catalogue Raisonné of Works on Paper. Volume I." Gagosian Gallery, New York and Steidl Verlag, Göttingen. 2008
- "Anish Kapoor Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures. Volume I " Contracted with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen.2009
Exhibitions
- Stanley Kubrick. Still Moving Pictures
- Photographs by Stanley Kubrick from 1945 to 1950
- Kunsthalle zu Kiel, June – July 1998
- Kölnischer Kunstverein, August 1999
- Fototage Biel, Schweiz, August 1999
- FNAC Paris, September 1999
- Museum St. Ingbert, February 2000
- Inverleith House, Edinburgh, February 2001
- Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, April 2001
- Fundacio Municipal de Cultura, Valladolid, Spain September 2001
Honors
- Graduated summa cum laude, Munich University, 2004
- Promotion/ Stipend for publication of dissertation by Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften, 2005
- Promotion for publication of dissertation by Johanna und Fritz Buch Gedächtnis-Stiftung, 2005
Memberships
- since 1999 Honorary Member of the International Fellows of Harvard University Art Museums
- since 2001 Member of the Bavarian-American Academy at Bayerisch-Amerikanisches Zentrum im Amerika Haus München e.V