Charles Girod
Charles Girod (born April 9, 1897 in Lyck , † May 28, 1945 in Bad Köstritz ) was a German draftsman, illustrator and caricaturist .
Charles Girod was a descendant of Huguenot immigrants. When his father retired early, the family moved from Lyck to Königsberg in 1917. In 1915 he began studying with Artur Degner at the Königsberg Art Academy . Girod was called up for military service in 1918 and came to the Western Front as a field artilleryman. Not wounded, but seriously ill, he was treated in the hospital in Lahr . From 1919 he continued his studies in Königsberg.
In 1925 Charles Girod moved to Berlin and worked for numerous magazines such as the “ Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung ”, the “ Eulenspiegel ” and the “ Uhu ”. From 1931 he was a member of the Communist Party of Germany and in the Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists in Germany .
He had lived on his brother-in-law's estate in Silesia since 1943 and had to flee at the end of the war. Seriously ill, Girod came to the sanatorium in Bad Köstritz , where he died. Most of his works were lost during the war.
literature
- Nature and passion. In memory of the painter and draftsman Charles Girod from Lyck . In: The Ostpreußenblatt May 28, 1977, p. 9 ( digitized version ).
- The helpless person as a topic. The graphic artist Charles Girod was born 100 years ago . In: The Ostpreußenblatt April 12, 1997 ( digitized version ).
- Christiane Kruse: Girod, Charles . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 54, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22794-3 , p. 243.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girod, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman, illustrator and caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ełk |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1945 |
| Place of death | Bad Köstritz |