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Herbert Johannes Joseph Siebner

Herbert Johannes Joseph Siebner (1925 - 2003) was active/lived in British Columbia / Canada, Germany.  Herbert Siebner is known for Figure, landscape painting, prints, sculpture.

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Herbert Siebner RCA, CGP,BCSA (1925 - 2003)

Herbert Siebner was a painter, muralist, print maker and sculptor born in Stettin, Germany.  He emigrated to Victoria, Canada in 1954, and lived and worked there for the rest of his life.  His mediums were oil, watercolor, casein, ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, woodcut, lithography, graffito-encaustic, monoprints, silkscreen, and cement for sculpture.  His style is expressionist, some of it described as neo-primitive.  His subjects include landscapes, female figures, mythology and symbolism. He was also influenced by Dada.

He studied at the Atelier Max Richter in Stettin (1943); and under Max Kraus and Carl Hofer at the Berlin Academy (1946-1949).  He taught at the University of British Columbia Extension Department (Vancouver); the University of Washington (Seattle); and at the University of Victoria.  He has traveled extensively to Italy and Greece.

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Facts about Herbert Johannes Joseph Siebner

   Herbert Johannes Joseph Siebner  Born:  1925 - Stettin, Germany
Died:   2003 - Victoria, Canada
Known for:  Figure, landscape painting, prints, sculpture

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Herbert Siebner RCA, CGP,BCSA (1925 - 2003)

Herbert Siebner was a painter, muralist, print maker and sculptor born in Stettin, Germany.  He emigrated to Victoria, Canada in 1954, and lived and worked there for the rest of his life.  His mediums were oil, watercolor, casein, ink, acrylic, gouache, crayon, woodcut, lithography, graffito-encaustic, monoprints, silkscreen, and cement for sculpture.  His style is expressionist, some of it described as neo-primitive.  His subjects include landscapes, female figures, mythology and symbolism. He was also influenced by Dada.

He studied at the Atelier Max Richter in Stettin (1943); and under Max Kraus and Carl Hofer at the Berlin Academy (1946-1949).  He taught at the University of British Columbia Extension Department (Vancouver); the University of Washington (Seattle); and at the University of Victoria.  He has traveled extensively to Italy and Greece.

He was a member ( president) of the Limners, a prominent group of Victoria artists which included Maxwell Bates, Richard Ciccimarra, Robert de Castro, Nita Forest, Myfaanwy Pavelic, Colin Graham and Pat Martin Bates.  He was also a member of the Canadian Group of Painters and the B.C. Society of Artists.  He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1973.

He has been showing his work since 1949 with groups, in addition to those listed above, which include the Canadian Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers; the Ontario Society of Artists, the Point Group and Western Artists.  He had solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1955, 1966, 1970, 1984 and 2003; at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1958; and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1956 and 1965.  He has also participated in shows in Switzerland (1958), Yugoslavia (1959), the Canadian Biennial in Ottawa (1958 & 62), Italy (1969 & 72) and Spain (1971).

His works are in many private and public collections including the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Seattle Art Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto).  Murals are located at the University of Victoria and the Victoria Art Gallery.

As a prominent Canadian artist his work is discussed in many books on Canadian art. There are also dozens of newspaper and magazine articles.  Two books deal specifically with his art, they are Herbert Siebner - A Celebration (1993) compiled and edited by Robin Skelton & James Bennett, published by Herbert's Brother's Press, (hardcover, 127 pgs, in colour) and Herbert Siebner: A Monograph (1979), by Robin Skelton, published by Sono Nis Press(soft cover,104 pgs, in color and black and white). There is also A Passion For Art  - The Art and Dynamics of the Limners (1996), by Patricia E. Bovey, published by Sono Nis Press (soft cover,106 pgs, in colour and black and white).  He is listed, as well, in Jaques Cattell Press, Who's Who in American Art 15th Edition (1982), published by R.R.Bowker Co. (pg. #871), total pages 1204; Who's Who in American Art 2001 -2002 (2001), published by Marquis (pg # 1097), total 1490 pgs; A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (1974), by Colin S. MacDonald, published by Canadian Paperbacks Ltd. (8 volumes); and The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction (2001), by Anthony R. Westbridge and Diana L. Bodnar, published by Westbridge Publications Ltd. ( 4 Volumes).

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