Beck (cartoonist)
Detlef Beck (artist name BECK ; * 1958 in Leipzig ) is a German cartoonist .
Life
Beck first studied architecture at the Weimar University of Architecture and Construction (today Bauhaus University Weimar ) and switched to the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art . Both studies remained without a degree. He worked for a year as an advertising designer at Konsum-Werbung Berlin; since 1987 he has been working as a freelance graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. Beck's cartoons appear and a. in Reader's Digest magazine , Gesundheit + Gesellschaft, Die Zeit , natur , Eulenspiegel , K-Tipp (Switzerland), taz , ver.di Publik , Espresso Verlag and incognito Berlin.
Beck has two children, is married and has lived in Leipzig again since 2003, after having lived and worked in Berlin for 20 years .
Quote
"I do something senseless and can think about the meaning of life."
Books
- At least you don't need a parasol with you , edition modern, 2017
- Live your dream , Lappan-Verlag, 2014
- Master of the comic art: Beck , Kunstmann-Verlag, 2011
- We have put it higher for you , MaroVerlag, 2007
- On the beach at wind force 12 , Carlsen Verlag, 2006
- The first time doing aqua jogging , MaroVerlag, 2006
- Schnee Schnee , Verlag Jochen Enterprises, 1998
Awards
- 1997: German Prize for Political Caricature, 2nd Prize
- 1998: German Prize for Political Caricature, Award
- 1999: German Prize for Political Caricature, Sponsorship Prize
- 2001: German Prize for Political Caricature, 2nd Prize
- 2001: German Caricature Award , 3rd place
- 2003: German Caricature Award, 1st place
- 2007: German Caricature Award, 1st place
- 2007: "Till 2007", awarded by the Eulenspiegel-Gilde zu Mölln
- 2012: German Cartoon Prize, 2nd place
- 2013: German Caricature Award, 1st place
- 2016: German Cartoon Prize, 2nd place
- 2020: Heinrich Zille Caricature Prize of the City of Radeburg
Exhibitions
- 2016: Caricatura , Frankfurt am Main
- 2018: Caricatura , Kassel
Web links
- Literature by and about Beck in the catalog of the German National Library
- daily cartoons from BECK
- 1st place German Caricature Award 2007, winner portrait, video
- TV report about Beck in the program artour on MDR, December 2014
- Andreas Platthaus: marvels of word change. In: faz.net. February 10, 2016, accessed March 7, 2019 .
- Constanze Krüwell: The joke comes while reading. In: faz.net. February 19, 2016, accessed March 7, 2019 .
- Stefan Kirchhoff: Cartoons in the Caricatura Kassel - Interview with the Göttinger Tageblatt. In: goettinger-tageblatt.de. August 23, 2018, accessed March 7, 2019 .
- Christina Weber: A "concentrated load of Ossi humor. In: journal-frankfurt.de. February 9, 2016, accessed on March 7, 2019 .
- Martin Frenzel: Leipziger BECK is living its long nose dream. Laconic limericks at their best in the Caricatura Museum in Frankfurt. In: Comicoskop. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- Galerie Komische Meister: Leipzig cartoonist Beck receives the Heinrich Zille Caricature Award 2020. In: radeburger-anzeiger.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography in "With a pointed pen"
- ^ Stefan Behr: Beck exhibition: With Detlef Beck to Damascus . In: fr-online.de . February 9, 2016 ( fr.de [accessed March 4, 2016]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beck, Detlef (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |