Berthold Faust

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White-tailed eagle, detail (1978)

Berthold Faust (* 1935 in Hofheim am Taunus ; † October 8, 2016 , in Kriftel) was a German painter and graphic artist. He is particularly known for his realistic animal drawings. In order to reproduce even the smallest details exactly, he uses his own careful observations of nature, as well as photographs, specimens and the microscope. The lessons with Ludwig Meidner during the time of the Hofheim artist circle were formative in his artistic career .

Career

Berthold Faust is a trained typographer and graphic artist, he worked in three different advertising agencies in Frankfurt, after four years as a layouter followed seven years as art director, and finally two years as creative director . All this time he studied painting with Josef Faust, Oswald Fach, Wilhelm Görlich and Ludwig Meidner . In search of idealistic commitment, he turned away from the advertising industry, got involved in nature conservation and became a full-time freelance illustrator.

While he was known in his youth for drawings and pictures of the historic old town of Hofheim, he soon devoted himself to nature, especially the bird world. The emerging interest in nature in Germany in the 1970s provided a good opportunity for this. Faust's first publication ( Save the Birds , 1977) became a bestseller. Since then he has illustrated numerous books with the aim of knowledge and conservation of nature. Faust's work has been exhibited frequently, and in 1995 his exhibition Nature in Portraits — Pictures by Berthold Faust toured Germany. He is considered one of the most important natural history illustrators in Germany, whose representations (and views) of endangered animal species are in demand, as documented by numerous press reports.

Selected Works

Boxing Match of the Bunnies (1980)
  • Save the birds (Gütersloh: Horst Stern, 1977)
  • Save the wild animals (Stuttgart: Rudolf Schreiber, 1980)
  • Save the frogs (Stuttgart: Rudolf Schreiber, 1983)
  • Conservation in the community. Practical guide for everyone , with Claus-Peter Hutter and others (Stuttgart, 1985)
  • Wonderland on the wayside , with Claus-Peter Hutter (Stuttgart: Thienemann, 1988)
  • Protects the reptiles Claus-Peter Hutter (Stuttgart / Vienna, 1994)
  • Where animals and plants live: Discover our habitats , with Ulrich Schmid (Stuttgart, 2006)

Exhibitions (selection)

The Bird , in honor of Charlie Parker (1989)
  • Bonn , Museum Koenig , 1981
  • Middelhagen , Nature in Portraits — Pictures by Berthold Faust , 1995
  • Berchtesgaden , Nature in Portraits — Pictures by Berthold Faust , 1995
  • Hofheim, city museum, nature worth seeing , 1996

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The artist Berthold Faust is dead . in: Main-Taunus Kreisblatt, October 15, 2016
  2. ↑ a b Joy with Art - twelve times a year . In: Kranich , 1986, pp. 62-63. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
  3. ↑ a b Werner Jourdan: Life on Paper: Berthold Faust draws miracles from nature . In: Sonntag-Aktuell , February 14, 1988. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
  4. ↑ Rainer Köthe: Drawing for the protection of species: The natural drawing artist Berthold Faust wants to save animals with his art . In: Kosmos , April 1995, p. 62. Retrieved October 28, 2009. 
  5. ^ Refugium: artist residencies in Hofheim and in the Taunus. City Museum Hofheim am Taunus, 25-11-2001-3.3.2002 . City Museum, Hofheim am Taunus 2001, ISBN 3-93373535-22-X.
  6. ↑ Johannes Bolwin: One cardboard cooling head in 200 hours: The natural drawing artist Berthold Faust from the Taunus . In: Rhein Main Presse Journal , September 23, 1995, p. 5. Accessed May 11, 2009. 
  7. ^ A b c Jürgen Dehl: When the cuckoo starved to death in Hofheim: Berthold Faust: painter obsessed with detail and committed conservationist . In: Höchst Kreisblatt , May 18, 1996. Retrieved May 11, 2009. 
  8. ↑ a b Berthold Faust exhibits: Even as a boy he painted Alt-Hofheim . In: Hofheimer Zeitung , December 11, 1976. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
  9. ↑ a b Pictures threatened habitats: Hofheimer Stadtmuseum shows works by Berthold Faust . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine , May 18, 1996. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
  10. ↑ An article published in 1995 in the Frankfurter Rundschau quotes his opinion and uses one of his drawings in the story of the kingfisher . Stefan Kuhn: He looks rigidly for fish or aquatic insects: The rare and picturesque kingfisher lives on the Erlenbach, but conservationists warn of disturbances . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , April 20, 1995, p. 1. Retrieved November 5, 2009. 
  11. ↑ Are there about 600,000 fewer animal and plant species in the year 2000 ? Exhibition of animal drawings opened at Museum Koenig . In: Bonner General-Anzeiger , November 13, 1981. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
  12. ^ ' A painter quietly rebels': Exhibition 'Nature in Portraits' opens in Middelhagen . In: Ostsee-Zeitung , July 22, 1995. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
  13. ↑ Raising awareness for the protection of the environment: The pictures by the nature painter Berthold Faust in the National Park House . In: Berchtesgadener Zeitung , December 18, 1995, p. 8. Accessed November 3, 2009. 
  14. ↑ In his pictures the animals stand in a trellis: Berthold Faust shows 'Worth seeing nature' in the Hofheim City Museum / his memory is a fundus for his work . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , May 18, 1996. Retrieved November 3, 2009. 
personal data
SURNAME Faust, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Hofheim am Taunus
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 2016
Place of death Kriftel