Elizabeth Shaw

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Elizabeth Shaw (1989, Berlin)
Elizabeth Shaw in 1952 with Ludwig Turek on the sidelines of a rally for André Stil
Memorial plaque for Elizabeth Shaw on the grave of René Graetz ( Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof Berlin ). She was buried in the Irish Sea .

Elizabeth Shaw (born May 4, 1920 in Belfast , † June 27, 1992 in Berlin ) was an Irish graphic artist and children's book author.

Life

Elizabeth Shaw was born in Ireland in 1920 ; In 1933 the family moved to England. She studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London from 1938 to 1940 . In 1940 she did military service and worked as a mechanic until 1944.

In 1944 she married the sculptor and painter René Graetz (1908–1974). She moved with him to Berlin-Zehlendorf in 1946 . The couple had two children, the daughter Anne Schneider (* 1948) and the son Patrick Graetz (1950-2006).

In Berlin she worked first for Ulenspiegel , then mainly for Eulenspiegel and from 1950 also as a cartoonist for New Germany . In 1959 she portrayed 43 members of the Akademie der Künste (stone lithographs). She illustrated poems by Bertolt Brecht , wrote her own children's books and illustrated them. Among the works she wrote herself were adaptations of traditional English subjects, e.g. B. " Goldilocks " or " The three pigs ". Further illustrations were created for books by James Krüss , Gerhard Holtz-Baumert , Heinz Kahlau and Rainer Kirsch .

For her work, Elizabeth Shaw received the GDR Art Prize , the Hans Baltzer Prize, the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig and the Käthe Kollwitz Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts . Nevertheless, their relationship with the GDR was not free of tension. During the time of the German-German division, she commuted between the political systems and even gave up her GDR citizenship in 1968 in order to be able to travel more easily, but kept her residence in Pankow in East Berlin until her death in 1992 .

“The split between East and West caused widespread schizophrenia. The people lived in the East, integrated into its social mechanisms and rituals, and in the evening they turned on the television at home and watched West. "

- Elizabeth Shaw

In 1998 the elementary school on Grunowstrasse in Berlin-Pankow was named after her.

Works (selection)

Picture books for children:

  • The little scared rabbit , children's book publisher, Berlin 1963.
    • The Timid Rabbit , O'Brien Press, Dublin
  • Gittis tomato plant , children's book publisher, Berlin 1964.
  • It's the turtle's birthday , children's book publisher, Berlin 1965.
  • How Putzi won a trophy , Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1967.
  • Bella Belchaud and her parrots , children's book publisher, Berlin 1970.
  • Bettina strolls , children's book publisher, Berlin 1971.
  • Zilli, Billi and Willi , children's book publisher, Berlin 1972.
  • The Bear House , children's book publisher, Berlin 1973.
  • When Robert disappeared , translated by Erika Schröder , Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1975.
  • Good Appetite! , Children's book publisher, Berlin 1976.
  • Beauty and the monster , children's book publisher, Berlin 1982.
  • The shy snail , children's book publisher, Berlin 1983.
  • The little black sheep , O'Brien, Dublin 1985, ISBN 0-86278-102-7 .
    German edition: The little black sheep , Carlsen, Reinbek 1988, ISBN 3-551-53173-0 .
  • The hard-working family , children's book publisher, Berlin 1986.
  • Wildschwein Walter , children's book publisher, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-358-00376-0 .
  • David and the cows , children's book publisher, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-358-01506-8 .
  • The lonely kid , tabu, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-930777-70-3 .
  • Miezekatz and Huckelpuckel , LeiV, Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-89603-010-8 .
  • The land mouse and the city mouse , children's book publisher, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-358-02189-0 .

Most of the above Books are published by the children's book publisher at Beltz & Gelberg .

Book illustrations:

  • Mark Twain : Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven. Structure, Berlin 1954.
  • Christian Fürchtegott Gellert : Fables. Construction, Berlin 1956.
  • Paul Wiens : Guild Fellow Art Fellow. Construction, Berlin 1956.
  • James Krüss : Sparrow lies and other strange occurrences. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1957.
  • Bertolt Brecht : Poems and Stories. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1958.
  • Mark Twain: Humorous Tales. Construction, Berlin 1958.
  • Edith Anderson : Dogs, Children, and Rockets. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1958.
  • Viktor Mika : The girl Max and 10 × fax. Holz, Berlin 1959.
  • Karl Heinz Berger (Ed.): A happy journey. Stories and poems from times gone by. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1959.
  • Edith Anderson: Big Felix and Little Felix. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1961.
  • Hans J. Stein : Pilgrimage to Walpurgisland. Also a trip to the Harz Mountains. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1961.
  • Lothar Kusche : Across England in an hour and a half. Structure, Berlin and Weimar 1961.
  • Nikolai Nossow : Friends and other cheerful stories. Translated by Nadeshda Ludwig . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1963.
  • Ursula and Jochen Wilke : Light in the gate. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1963.
  • Karl Heinz Berger: The carriage horse and the plow horse. Fables. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1964.
  • Erich Brehm : The refreshing trumpet. Acts and misdeeds of satire. Henschel, Berlin 1964.
  • Rosemarie Hill and Herta Ramthun (eds.): Bertolt Brecht. A children's book. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1965.
  • Erich Kästner : The pig at the hairdresser's. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1965.
  • Margaret M. Hellendall : Ping, pang, pound! English children's poems. Retouching by Heinz Kahlau . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1967.
  • Jerome K. Jerome : Three men in a boat, not to mention the dogs. New life, Berlin 1967.
  • Gerhard Holtz-Baumert : Twelve little stories of funny wights. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1968.
  • Karl Marx : Everyday English. Compiled by Richard Sperl . Dietz, Berlin 1968.
  • WK Schweickert : The man who knew karate. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1968.
  • Lothar Kusche: How to stand a household. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1969.
  • Paula Dehmel : From morning to evening. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1969.
  • Hans Fallada : The faithful hedgehog. Two stories. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1970.
  • Lothar Kusche: The patient guide. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1971.
  • Astrid Lindgren : Eric and Karlsson from the roof. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1971.
  • Heinz Kahlau: Foam heads. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1972.
  • Berta Waterstradt : Every day is not everyday life. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1974.
  • Monica Dickens : The house at the end of the world. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1975.
  • Rainer Kirsch : It was a rooster. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1975.
  • Lothar Kusche: Be careful at the platform edge! Dedicated to all business travelers. Vacationers and people who prefer to stay at home. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1975.
  • Mikhail Sostschenko : Inkwells made of bread. Stories about Lenin . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1977.
  • Gerhard Bodeit (Ed.): Since I've loved you. Poems by women from two centuries. Verlag für die Frau, Leipzig 1977.
  • Tilo Medek & Dorothea Siewert-Medek: Kindergarten songbook . Hansen, Frankfurt am Main 1979.
  • Lothar Kusche: Knot in the handkerchief. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1980.
  • Ernst Z. Ichenhäuser : Education for good behavior. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1983.
  • Lothar Kusche: People in the back of your mind. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1983.

Edited volumes:

  • The Little Shaw Book. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1983.
  • Mirror images. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1983.
  • Patrick Graetz (ed.): The thick Elizabeth Shaw book for the whole family. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-359-00968-1 .

Autobiographical:

literature

  • Guenter Roese (Ed.): Elizabeth Shaw: Traces of Memory. The stays on the Baltic Sea in pictures, texts and documents. Exhibition catalog. MCM-Art, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-9807734-0-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Derek Scally: Elizabeth Shaw: unknown in Ireland but fondly remembered in Germany. Irish Times on irishtimes.com, January 3, 2015, accessed July 8, 2018 .
  2. ^ Fergal Lenehan: Back in the GDR. Dublin Review of Books on drb.ie, December 16, 2013, accessed July 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Elizabeth Shaw , biography on fembio.org , last accessed March 2, 2019.
  4. ^ School program 2006. Accessed March 19, 2018 .
  5. ↑ https://www.obrien.ie/book707.cfm
personal data
SURNAME Shaw, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish-German author and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1992
Place of death Berlin