Erich Neubert

Erich Neubert (born January 26, 1896 in Chemnitz , † March 20, 1970 in Munich ) was a German illustrator of children's, fairy tale and picture books, caricaturist , draftsman and painter .

Life

Erich Neubert was born in Chemnitz as the son of Johann Gottlieb Neubert (born 1811), Müller in the Sternmühltal. Erich Neubert became a teacher. He was married to Margarete Eisold. The couple had a daughter. Until 1945 Neubert worked as a teacher at the orphanage school in Chemnitz.

At the beginning of the 1920s he was published by H. Thümmlers Verlag in Chemnitz, who u. a. Thümmlers Erzgebirgs-Bücher published, commissioned with the illustration of numerous classic editions and selected volumes. The Erzgebirge books are z. T. illustrated by Erich Neubert. Neubert also created numerous works of his own, especially fairy tale books, and designed calendars and games. His tear-off advent calendars are still being printed today, each with a Christmas story in 24 pictures. He also designed other advent calendars, e.g. B. an advent calendar with wish list. Until 1945 he also drew caricatures and milieu pictures for the Sunday supplement of the Chemnitzer Tageblatt.

After the Second World War, Chemnitz was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt. At that time Erich Neubert painted for the “Verlag Erhard Neubert in Karl Marx Stadt”, Lindenstrasse 2, among other things fairy tale calendars and quartet plays. Numerous postcards were created during this time, e. B. with the figure of Mecki . His tear-off Advent calendars, however, were a thorn in the side of the GDR authorities: “Erich Neubert's calendars, such as 'Christmas Workshop' (1958), 'Snowflake Christmas Journey' (1959) or 'Teddy's Christmas Journey' (1960) did not correspond to the ideas of the modern socialist children's calendar. "

In 1961 Erich Neubert moved to Munich, where he died on March 20, 1970.

Research situation, work and meaning

Erich Neubert left behind an extensive graphic work. With the pencil he held u. a. the peculiarities and characters of his fellow men. The estate contains numerous milieu studies from the war and the post-war period as well as his diaries. In addition to commissioned work, Neubert also designed books and topics on his own initiative. These include fairy tales, which he designed entirely by hand, from full-page tables to text and text illustrations. Some of his Advent calendars are still being published by Korsch Verlag today . The rights to his works are now administered by his grandson.

Works (selection)

Advent tear-off calendar "Snowflake's Christmas Journey". Korsch publishing house. ISBN 978-3-7827-5772-0 .
Advent tear-off calendar "Teddy's Christmas Journey". Korsch publishing house. ISBN 978-3-7827-3846-0 .
Advent tear-off calendar "Christmas workshop" (1957). Korsch publishing house. ISBN 978-3-7827-0560-8 .
A green leaf: A selection of the most beautiful poems / Theodor Storm (1920)
A winter idyll and songs by a traveling schoolboy (1920)
Spring and love: the most beautiful poems / by Freiherr v. Eichendorff (1921)
Schwenzelenz at iech early! : This u. that from the Ore Mountains (1921)
In St Jürgen: A Story / Theodor Storm (1921)
To happiness: A selection / Friedrich Hebbel (1922)
Mountain Spring: A Selection of the Most Beautiful Poems / Gottfried Keller (1922)
The bouquet of flowers: a selection of the most beautiful poems / Ludwig Uhland (1922)
Over at the market and a green leaf: 2 novellas / Theodor Storm (1922)
A quiet musician in the hall [among others]. 3 stories / Theodor Storm (1922)
Veronika and Viola tricolor: 2 novellas / Theodor Storm (1922)
Spring and Love: The Most Beautiful Poems / Frh. Von Eichendorff (1922)
Hannchen and the Cakes: A Family Idyll (1922)
Romeo and Juliet in the village: An ore / Gottfried Keller (1922)
Young love: A selection d. most beautiful poems / Annette Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff (1922)
The Flag of the Seven Upright ... A Novella (1924)
UImensee. Late roses. Two stories by Theodor Storm (1925)
Kempnitz, the firm (1928)
Ä Faßl Freibier: A cheerful game in the Ore Mountains dialect in 1 act (1934)
A walk through the Magdeburg dialect (1937)
Mozart on the trip to Prague (no year)
The curious angel: a fairy tale f. big u. small (1948) ISBN
The Root Dwarf and the Bluebell Elf and The Christmas Angel: Two Little Plays for "Children's Stage" (1948)
Dummerchen: A Picture Book for Little People (1950)
Little helpers: colorful pictures of hard-working people (1950)
We place figures: An activity game for entertainment and instruction for young and old. old (1951)
Records in the Animal Kingdom: Quartet Game and Black Peter (1962)

literature

Tina Peschel : Advent calendar. History and stories from 100 years. Dresden / Berlin 2009.
Esther Gajek : Advent calendar from the beginning to the present. Munich undated

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Peschel 2009, p. 58.
↑ Peschel 2009, p. 73.

personal data
SURNAME	Neubert, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German children's book illustrator and picture book artist, lithographer, draftsman and painter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH	March 20, 1970
Place of death	Munich

[1] Peschel 2009, p. 58.

[2] Peschel 2009, p. 73.