Karl Fröhlich (artist)

Karl Hermann Fröhlich (born April 8, 1821 in Stralsund , † December 18, 1898 in Berlin ) was a German poet and silhouette cutter who was known for his cut-out drawings in German children's and youth literature .

Live and act

Fröhlich's main job was a trained typesetter who worked in Berlin from 1833 to 1839 and again in 1845 after years of wandering. Following the tradition of the shoemaker Wilhelm Müller from Düsseldorf as a scissor artist, he initially created paper cuttings for children in his free time, for which he also wrote corresponding verses, some in Low German. In 1852 he started his book production with Flowers on the Path . He also worked for various newspapers, including the German Youth and almost forty years for the anthology Herzblättchens Zeitvertreib published by Thekla von Gumpert . According to Kunze, his best achievements include the cheerful ABC book , in which he also addresses his craftsmanship with the letter Z :

Petite, numerous, delicate and nice

Pictures, from A to Z

Should you, children for pleasure,

Willingly submit to the scissors.

Who succeeds in z e b r a fine

That should be S c h e r e n k can.

Works

• Flowers on the way . Kassel 1851. (2nd edition. 1861 under the title Poems )
• Karl Fröhlich's happy ABC book . Callwey, Munich around 1920
• Fables and tales . Kassel, 1853/54.
• Silhouettes fibula . Kassel 1855
• New silhouettes and rhymes 2 vols. Berlin 1855
• Colorful all sorts . Berlin 1857
• Lilgen Konfallgen . Berlin 1858
• New large silhouette primer for good children . Breslau 1859. (New edition: Insel Verlag, 1977)
• Flowers along the way, a bouquet for the youth . Berlin 1882.
• May flowers: silhouettes and Low German verses by Karl Fröhlich. With new high German nursery rhymes. Published by the art warden. Callwey, Munich 1913.

literature

• Ernst Bielsalski: Paper cutting and silhouettes - a short history of the art of silhouette. Munich 1964.
• Fedor Bochow: Happy, Karl Hermann . In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Volume 45, Munich a. a .: Saur 2005, pp. 361-362.
• Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon. Leipzig 1908.
• Erhart Kästner: Paper cut illustration. Dresden 1930.
• Martin Knapp: German shadow and scissors pictures from three centuries. Munich 1916.
• Horst Kunze: treasure trove of old children's books. The children's book publisher, Berlin 1981.

Web links

• Literature about Karl Fröhlich (artist) in the state bibliography MV
• Detailed Karl Fröhlich biography with illustrations at scherenschnitt.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} H. Kunze: Treasury of old children's books. From the best of older German children's literature. Hanau 1965, p. 341 ff.