Andreas J. Mueller

Andreas J. Mueller (born November 3, 1950 in Leipzig ) is a German caricaturist , painter and graphic artist . He is the director of the German Photo Museum .

Life

Andreas J. Mueller studied from 1970 to 1975 at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB) with Hans Mayer-Foreyt , Werner Tübke and Heinz Wagner . Since then he has been working as a freelance caricaturist and illustrator. From 1972 caricatures by Andreas J. Mueller appeared in Eulenspiegel , in the magazine "Elternhaus und Schule" and the Leipziger Volkszeitung .

Mueller's drawings, which were politically satirical and critical of the GDR, meant that from 1978 onwards his caricatures were no longer published by any newspaper. In the eighties Mueller was mainly active as a book illustrator, comic and cartoon artist. From 1979 his comic series Basil in the rainbow country and from 1981 Basil in space appeared in the weekly magazine "Für Dich" . Further episodes appeared in the children's book publisher. Mueller produced cartoons for television in the GDR .

From 1981 to 1987 he was chairman of the "Section Caricature and Press Drawings GDR South". Andreas J. Mueller was the initiator of the Karicartoon exhibition series, which he supervised from 1977 to 1987.

In 1988 Mueller fled the GDR . After the opening of the New Leipzig School exhibition in Bergisch Gladbach , he stayed in Germany and then lived and worked in Munich . There he worked for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Quick , Esquire , the television magazine Gong , the Swiss satirical magazine Nebelspalter and the Bayerischer Rundfunk . During his time in Munich he published the books Freiräume und Wahnsinn together with Ulrich Forchner .

Since 1995 Andreas J. Mueller has lived and worked as a freelance artist and curator in Leipzig again . In 1997 he re-founded the biennial of satirical drawings under the name Karicartoon , which he curated at the Leipzig City History Museum until 2013 . As a curator for the Camera and Photo Museum Leipzig , he has realized over 100 exhibitions so far. He has been director of the German Photo Museum since 2014.

Works

As an author

• The overturned inkwell. Kinderbuchverlag Berlin , Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-358-00656-5 .
• The dwarf loves a little snail. (Co-author) Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-358-01053-8 .
• A fat little peasant sits behind a little wall. (Co-author) Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin 1984.
• An elephant dances in a row. (Co-author) Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin 1985.
• The ghost Mariechen plays the trombone. (Co-author) Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-358-00599-2 .
• The bear hums happily. (Co-author) Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-358-00050-8 .
• The cat Kasimir goes fishing. (Co-author) Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-358-01053-8 .
• Free spaces. (Co-author Ulrich Forchner), Droemer Knaur , Munich 1989, ISBN 3-426-26428-5 .
• Madness. (Co-author Ulrich Forchner) Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26500-1 .
• In the name of freedom. Faber & Faber , Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-932545-38-9 .
• End of the line future. Eulenspiegel-Verlag , Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-359-01405-7 .
• Caricaturists from East Germany. (Co-author), Schaltzeit, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941362-16-1 .

As an illustrator

• "Heli Busse": There are no more miracles or why Uncle Karl burned down. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1984 ( Heli Busse: Heinz and Liselotte Busse ).
• "Heli buses": Snow in the bedroom and other stories. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-359-00145-1 .
• Andre Müller Sr.: The Rose School. Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-358-00069-9 .
• Hammer & Tickle. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008 ISBN 978-0-297-85354-1 .

As editor

• Humor sapiens. (Co-authors Rainer Schade , Ulrich Forchner), Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1981.
• Time leaps. Passage, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-938543-67-2 .
• The center of the world. Passage, Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-932900-74-X .
• Lean times. Passage, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-932900-96-0 .
• According to the truth. Passage, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-938543-31-3 .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2001/2002: SpotT on! Cartoons by Andreas J. Mueller. Contemporary History Forum Leipzig
• 2007/2008: "Mattscheibe" - satirical drawings from the 1990s. Chamber of Crafts in Leipzig .

Web links

• Works by and about Andreas J. Mueller in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the German Photo Museum at www.fotomuseum.eu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of the exhibition ( memento of October 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Haus der Geschichte Foundation , accessed on November 4, 2011.
2. ↑ Description of the exhibition from the organizer, accessed on November 5, 2011.