Blida Heynold from Graefe

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Bilda Heynold von Graefe in 1990 in Munich at the Julius Hirschberg Society meeting

Blida Heynold von Graefe (born December 18, 1905 in Goldebee , Mecklenburg; † May 16, 1999 in Murnau am Staffelsee ) was a German writer , journalist and artist.

Life

The granddaughter of Albrecht von Graefe (co-founder of modern ophthalmology ) received her artistic training from Johannes Itten ( Bauhaus ). In Florence , where she worked as a restorer in the Uffizi , she met her future husband, the philosopher Kuno Heynold , whom she married in 1939.

Work and honor

She became active as a writer. In 1939 her first book, “The Black Chicken”, was published, which was followed by other children's books. She concentrated on her journalistic work for numerous media (including Die Weltkunst , SZ , Madame , Tagesspiegel ). Until 1980 Blida Heynold von Graefe lived mainly in Rome, then again in Germany (Upper Bavaria). In the last years of her career she learned Braille and developed techniques to make graphics accessible to blind people and wrote children's books in Braille .

In 1974 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her services to German-Italian art understanding .

Blida and her grandfather

Blida Heynold von Graefe was always aware of her parentage and published about Albrecht von Graefe . She was a member of the medical-historical Julius Hirschberg Society and supported the research of historians. In the commemorative volume for the 1996 symposium on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of her death, she presented her research on Graefe's youngest sister Wanda.

Works

  • The black chicken. Hesse & Becker, Leipzig 1939.
  • Hidden Italy. Kupferberg, Mainz 1965.
  • It started with a pony. F. Schneider, Munich 1998.
  • G. Waidner: A book for the blind - but not only for them. "People and animals in the circus" . Text, picture and voice by Blida von Graefe, in collaboration with Christian Seuss. Music by Robert Zollitsch; published by the Bayerischer Blindenbund, Munich 2, Arnulfstraße 22. Picture book and two cassettes.

Literature and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blida Heynold von Graefe: Albrecht von Graefe - man and the environment . Thiemig Verlag, Munich 1965.
  2. ↑ Blida Heynold von Graefe: Albrecht von Graefe, a life for light . Thiemig, Munich 1969.
  3. ↑ Blida Heynold von Graefe: My great aunt Wanda - the youngest sister of Albrechts von Graefe . In: Christian Hartmann (Ed.): Albrecht von Graefe - Berlin 1828-1870 . ad manum medici, Germering 1996, p. 71-84 .
personal data
SURNAME Graefe, Blida Heynold from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Goldebee
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1999
Place of death Murnau