Elfriede Weidenhaus

Elfriede Weidenhaus (* 1931 in Berlin ) is a German artist who is known for her watercolors , drawings , etchings , lithographs and lacquer pictures and who has made a name for herself as an ex libris artist.

Life

Elfriede Weidenhaus, lovers (lacquer picture)

Elfriede Weidenhaus studied from 1947 to 1950 with Max Schwimmer at the University of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig. From 1953 to 1990 she worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Stuttgart. In 1991 she moved to Erkenbrechtsweiler and resumed printing with the cicada press, which was founded in 1959. It appeared:

• 1959 Krumsdorf, Edwin: The laugh of the great Pan. With 8 lithographs.
• 1990 The Song of Solomon (in translation after Martin Luther ).
• 1991 Sappho. With 27 drawings and 4 etchings. Translated by W. Stockmeier.
• 1992 just you! Erotic poems. With 39 drawings and 4 etchings. Selection of poems by W. Stockmeier.
• 1993 Longos: Daphne and Cloe. With 25 drawings and 4 etchings. Adaptation by W. Stockmeier.
• 1995 Mallarmé, Stéphane: A Faun's Afternoon Dream. With 28 drawings and 4 etchings. Adaptation by Paul Zech.
• 1998 Verlaine, Paul: Amies - girlfriends. With 7 hand-colored etchings.
• 1999 Orpheus and Eurydice. With 23 drawings and 6 etchings. Retouching: Wolfgang Stockmeier. 
• 2001 Tasso, Torquato: Thoughts on Love. With 29 drawings and 4 etchings. Linguistic new version by W. Stockmeier.
• 2003 Paths of the Gods. With 20 drawings and 4 (in the special edition 5) etchings. New version based on an old source by W. Stockmeier.
• 2007 From the Song of Songs. With 9 drawings and 9 etchings. Translations based on the Gutenberg Bible by W. Stockmeier.
• 2010 Bröker, Helmut (texts), Weidenhaus, Elfriede (drawings): In the picture of Orpheus. Erkenbrechtsweiler. ISBN 978-3-00-031054-6
• 2011 Kirke and Kalypse. With 21 drawings and 4 etchings. Text version by W. Stockmeier.

Elfriede Weidenhaus created pictures of the Balkans, Greece, France, Italy and cityscapes of London, Paris, Rome and Amsterdam. Illustrations for her stories and fairy tales have appeared in the Stuttgarter Zeitung and in Reader's Digest, for poems by Salvatore Quasimodo and works by Manfred Hausmann . From 1968 to 1969 a larger cycle of etchings on “erotic-Arcadian metamorphoses” was published as a variation on a cheerful, fantastic game that makes the reality of our dreams visible. Works by Elfriede Weidenhaus have been shown in many exhibitions. The bibliography of the books that have been illustrated by the artist comprises 58 titles so far.

Illustrations (selection)

Elfriede Weidenhaus, illustration for Salvatore Quasimodo , Gesammelte Gedichte, p. 164

• Quasimodo, Salvatore, Collected Poems. Zurich 1959.
• Reinhardt, Helmut (Ed.): Cities over there. Hanover 1968.
• Worbs, Christoph (Ed.): The great book of the German folk song. Hanover 1969.
• Bassermann, Lujo: Honeymoon in the Barbarey. Stuttgart 1974.
• Brinitzer, Carl : How did Cleopatra do it? Stuttgart 1972. ISBN 3-421-01611-9
• Vescovi, Gerhard: I'll write you something ... Stuttgart 1977. ISBN 3-421-01806-5

Folders (selection)

• Ludus amabilis. A lovely love game in 16 pictures. With 17 etchings. Stuttgart 1970.
• Dreams of Odysseus. With 12 etchings. Rottendorf 1971.
• Bookplate. With 12 etchings and an introduction by Klaus Basset. Stuttgart 1973.
• Arcadia. With 12 etchings, an introductory text by Paul Pfister u. a poem by Manfred Hausmann. Stuttgart 1975.
• Elfriede Weidenhaus, unapproachable beauty. With 5 etchings and a text by Helmut Bröker. Hauzenberg 1987.

Literature (selection)

• Yearbook of the German ExLibris Society 1970/71 and 1979.
• Leo Fiethen: The lightness of the line. The graphic work by Elfriede Weidenhaus. In: Graphic Art. Issue 53. Memmingen 1999, p. 56ff. ISSN  0342-3158
• Frieder Gadesmann : Seven Angels for Württemberg. Stuttgart 2009.
• Journal of Graphic Art. Issue 53 / 2nd issue 1999, pp. 56–59.

Web links

• Literature by and about Elfriede Weidenhaus in the catalog of the German National Library