Arne Leihberg
Arne Karl Robert Leihberg (born December 30, 1934 in Leipzig ; † November 10, 1999 in Berlin ) was a German draftsman and caricaturist . His artist signature was Arne . In addition to Oskar , Ole Jensen , Hans Joachim Stenzel and Aribert Ane Neßlinger , he was a well-known post-war cartoonist in West Berlin .
Life
Arne Leihberg's father, Arnold (Arne) Paul Franz Leihberg (1912–1988), himself a well-known press illustrator and painter, came from a Baltic German family from Wesenberg ( Rakvere ) in Estonia , his mother from Leipzig-Reudnitz. The family lived in Berlin from 1938.
Arne Leihberg drew his first cartoons at the age of 17 . He was trained by his father and attended the master school for graphics, printing and advertising in West Berlin. At first he worked as a freelance press illustrator (among others for Stern and Quick )
From April 1966 until his retirement in 1998 he was a permanent cartoonist for the Berlin tabloid B.Z. with the weekly column “I would like to call it that”. His BZ bear in particular was a crowd favorite for years.
Arne Leihberg was married and has two sons.
Publications
I want to do it like this B. Drawing , Ullstein Verlag Berlin, undated
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurt Flemig, Caricaturists Lexicon, Munich 1993, p. 166
- ↑ Dr. Günter Zerweck: Families Zerweck / Leihberg. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
- ↑ The father of the BZ bear is dead. In: BZ , November 12, 1999, p. 37
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leihberg, Arne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leihberg, Arne Karl Robert (full name); Arne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman and caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1999 |
| Place of death | Berlin |