Bertil H.W. Schmüll (born 8 June 1946) is a Dutch engraver, known professionally by his first name Bertil, who has been compared in a modern sense in form and style to Albrecht Dürer. He works with the techniques of

engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an in ...

and

drypoint Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point. In principle, the method is practically identical to engraving. The ...

. He was born at

Naarden Naarden () is a city and former municipality in the Gooi region in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren since 2016. History Naarden was granted its city rights in 1300 (the only t ...

in the Netherlands. He trained from 1962-1966 at the School of Graphic Arts (in

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, then the ''Rijksacademie voor beeldende kunsten'' (National Academy of Visual Arts) (1968). Schmüll's early commercial work has included the engraving of

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and

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emblems. In 1973 he established his own art workshop and has since worked as an independent artist, latterly in collaboration with Karl Boegli, Master Engraver. Bertil is widely exhibited in

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Publications

* ''Bertil: Gravures au burin / Kupferstiche / Copper engravings 1972-1997'' (French/German/English), Editions Gilles Attinger, Hauterive, 1997; at the instigation of Karl Boegli, Master Engraver

translated)

External links

Bertil Schmüll web page (Dutch)
(see illustrations)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmull, Bertil 1946 births Living people Dutch engravers People from Naarden