›born 25.12.1965 in Wuppertal, grown up in Solingen and Herford.
from 1988 to 1994 studied biology and englisch at the University of Bielefeld.
several journeys to China, Israel, Canada, USA, Hawaii, Lappland, Marocco, Senegal, Oman as well as most European countries.
Member of the „Artists for Nature Foundation" and the "Society of Wildlife Artists"Winner of the "European Bird Art Award" in 1997
EXHIBITIONS:
Sauerland Museum Arnsberg 1989 and 1996
Naturkundemuseum Bielefeld 1990 and 1992
Museum Alexander König in Bonn 1995 and 1997
Museum Heinean near Halberstadt 1998
Hamburg 1998, 1999, 2000
Helgoland 1996 Herford 1988 and 1998
Eutin 1996
Erfurt 2000
Köln 1994
Wausau/Wisconsin (USA) „Birds in Art" 1997
Enschede, Holland „"Wild in de Natuur" regularly since 1992
London, England „Annual exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists" regularly since 1994
Museum Heineaum, Halberstadt 2003, 2005
Biologische Station Wesel 2005
Jagdschloss Letzlingen 2006
PUBLICATIONS:
Artists for Nature in Extremadura" , N. Hammond, ImmercBVWormer 1995; ISBN 0-9526236-0-9
„Modern Wildlife Painting", N. Hammond Pica Press 1998;
ISBN 1-87340-55-0
„Die Vogelinsel - Künstlerische Imprssionen von Helgoland" Verlag Dieter Prestel, Neunkirchen 1996; ISBN 3-931921-01-8
„Das Vogeljahr der Elbe", W. Meier-Peithmann Verlag Köhring 1991; ISBN 3-926322-13-6
„Vogelleben der Elbtalaue", W Meier-Peithmann Verlag Köhring,1999; ISBN 3-926322-23-3
ILLUSTRATOR FOR:
„ A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia" New Holland, 2000; ISBN 1-85368-313-2
„The Birds of the Western Palearctic" Oxford University Press, 1998; ISBN 0-19-850-187-0
„Birds of Britain and Europe", The Automobile Association 1997;
ISBN 0-7495-1587-2
CHRISTOPHER SCHMIDT ABOUT HIS
PAINTINGS:
The finished picture are not so much the target of
painting. They are rather the product of an experience which was made
in free nature. The actual and substantial process is the
interpretation and conversion of the observation. I regard the pictures
as self experienced and artisticly interpreted. They have to be
sketchily alive and detailed where necessary. My pictures are not
copies of photos or pictures of other painters. They reflect
experiencing and the emotional constitution of the observer. Bird and
landscape cannot be separated. The bird appears to be most convincingly
depicted if the habitat is represented at the same time. The bird is to
be regarded not as a beautiful single individual, but as part of a
whole. Not alone the beauty of the plumage should be shown, but actual
nature. It is the times of day and year, the weather, meadow and forest
with trees and bushes, stones on the bank and bizarre plant shapes,
which let the pictures with the bird figures appear interesting. The
target of my pictures is it not to show the bird as in an
identification guide, but like I experienced it outdoors.
Christopher Schmidt
Dörpstraat 1
24306 Lebrade
GERMANY
