Christiane Lesch

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Christiane Lesch (born 1940 in Kiel ) is a German illustrator and painter who is best known for her children's book illustrations.

Live and act

Lesch grew up in Kiel and Erlangen . After graduating from high school, she studied graphic design in Nuremberg from 1959 to 1963 . After starting a family and taking care of her three children, she began to publish her first book illustrations and children's books in 1975. Since 1985 there have also been graphic works and free painting. Her oil and acrylic paintings are non-representational and - according to the painter herself - not created out of the idea "to mirror the external world or to project mental processes." Rather, she leaves forms, spaces, harmonies and contrasts out of the play of Colors emerge. Image titles such as “Out of Abundance”, “Shifting the Horizons” or “Crystalline Conversation” are intended to give the viewer an impulse to examine the image. Other forms of work such as prints and etchings sometimes have more representational motifs.

Lesch was represented as an artist by Galerie Königsblau, Stuttgart until it was closed in 2009. Her book illustrations were mainly published by the Freie Geistesleben publishing house . She lives in Stuttgart.

Publications (selection)

  • Jakob Streit (narrator), Christiane Lesch (illustrator): Tatatuck's journey to the Kristallberg: A story of dwarfs and goblins. Free Spiritual Life & Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-7725-0811-0 .
  • Jakob Streit (narrator), Christiane Lesch (illustrator): The Magic Flute: A picture book based on Mozart's opera. Verlag Freie Geistesleben & Urachhaus, Stuttgart 2017 (10th edition), ISBN 978-3-7725-1114-1 .
  • Émile Souvestre (author), Christiane Lesch (illustrator): Peronnik: A Breton Grail Tale. Free Spiritual Life & Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 2000 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-3-7725-0812-7 .
  • The blue light: a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Christiane Lesch. Free Spiritual Life & Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-7725-1676-4 .
  • From the Machandel boom: A Low German fairy tale from the children's and household tales of the Brothers Grimm. Written down by Philipp Otto Runge , illustrated by Christiane Lesch. Free Spiritual Life & Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 978-3-7725-1570-5 .
  • Owen Barfield (Author); Christiane Lesch (illustrator): The child and the giant. An Orphic tale. Free Spiritual Life & Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 978-3-7725-1093-9 .
  • The Enchanted Boar: A Romanian fairy tale based on Ispirescu. Illustrated by Christiane Lesch. Free Spiritual Life & Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-772-50870-7 .
  • Ivan Kuhsohn: a Russian fairy tale , illustrated by Christiane Lesch. Free Spiritual Life & Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-772-50751-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christiane Lesch at Artists24 . Retrieved May 25, 2020
  2. ^ Christiane Lesch printmaking and etchings at Artists24 . Retrieved May 26, 2020
  3. ↑ Christiane Lesch at the Verlag Freies Geistesleben .

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personal data
SURNAME Lesch, Christiane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel