Artur fairy tale
Artur Märchen (artist name), real name: Artur Ernst Erich Raake (born November 7, 1932 in Grünberg (Silesia) ; † March 1, 2002 in Berlin ) was a German artist, life artist , graphic artist , painter and poet from the group of Berliners Painter poets .
Life
Artur tales grew up in Berlin-Kreuzberg and struck out to be a sailor , carousel builders , pubs musicians, barrel organ builders , carpenters , watchmakers , shoemakers and with various odd jobs by. At the beginning of the 1960s, the landlady Rosi from Kreuzberg's Kiezkeipe Leierkasten gave him his nickname fairy tales , which he also used himself , because he was noticed as a narrator of unusual stories. Since 1964 he lived at Zossener Straße 52.
He was known and friends with many of the Berlin painter-poets Günter Bruno Fuchs , Günter Grass , Aldona Gustas , Roger Loewig , Christoph Meckel , Kurt Mühlenhaupt , Karl Oppermann , Oskar Pastior , Robert Wolfgang Schnell , Wolfdietrich Schnurre , Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern , Joachim Uhlmann , Nepomuk Ullmann and Hans-Joachim Zeidler . In 1962 he married Erika Hoffmann. After the divorce, he married Marika Carstens in 1965 (July 19, 1942 to May 21, 2018), who was also an artist as an illustrator of children's books. In 1966 the daughter Caterina was born. Artur Märchen's works are preferably found in small editions in hand press printing .
He found his final resting place in Cemetery II of the Jerusalem and New Churches at Hallesches Tor. On the occasion of the funeral on March 15, 2002, many of his artistic companions gave him their last escort.
Exhibitions (selection)
- November 7, 2012 to January 26, 2013 in the basement atelier Künstlerpech in Berlin
- August 9 to August 30, 2014 in the Kreuzberg Marheineke-Halle in the cycle Berliner Malerpoeten
bibliography
Book illustrations in hand press prints such as B.
- A dear poem . Polyphem hand press printing, Berlin 1968
- Fairy tale Grimm . Hugo Hoffmann Atelier hand press Kreuzberg, Berlin 1992
- Monkey swing . Atelier hand press Kreuzberg / Atelier Künstlerpech Hugo Hoffmann, Berlin 2012
literature
- Aldona Gustas : Berliner Malerpoeten , contribution: Märchen, S. 52–58, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-87584-074-7
- Kreuzberger Miniatures , Issue 10 - Des Märchens Kern, Texts: Elvira Surrmann with photographs of Artur Märchen's pictures, photographed by Sabine Peter
- Luca Lennartz: Artur Märchen - When you make art, you always have something to give away . Works overview with pictures, graphics, drawings, photos, videos, poems, stories & music by Artur Märchen. Editors: Caterina Suckow and Hugo Hoffmann . CD. Atelier Künstlerpech, Atelier-Handpresse Kreuzberg, Berlin (4th edition) 2014.
Web links
- http://www.kreuzbook.org/kreuzberger-miniaturen/heftgalerie/
- Literature by and about Artur Märchen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Factory overview
- Contribution artist bad luck (p. 4) in Kiez und Kneipe , Nov. 2006
- Berliner Kurier on the death of Artur Raake
- Exhibition on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of death
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary for Marika Raake, Tagesspiegel , September 4, 2018 [1]
- ↑ Nightingales annoy nuns at night http://d-nb.info/991548302
- ↑ Homepage Marika Raake http://www.flinkfinger2000.de/MarikaRaake/index.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fairy tale, Artur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raake, Artur Ernst Erich (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist, life artist, graphic artist, painter and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünberg (Silesia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 2002 |
| Place of death | Berlin |