Felix Scheinberger
Felix Scheinberger (* 1969 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German draftsman and illustrator . In addition to children's books, magazines and games, he has also illustrated various books for adults and authored textbooks.
Career
Felix Scheinberger studied communication design in Hamburg with a focus on illustration with Klaus Ensikat and Erhard Göttlicher and later published for the Gutenberg book guild and the Hermann Schmidt publishing house in Mainz. He became famous as an illustrator of books, for example through the illustration of Paul Auster's In the Land of Last Things (2001) or Thomas Mann's Death in Venice (2005). In 2011 Max Frisch's Homo Faber was published in the Gutenberg Book Guild . He has also written various textbooks on drawing and illustration, such as Courage to Sketchbook , Watercolor for Designers and "Illustration", all published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz. In 2007 he worked as a lecturer in drawing and illustration at the HAW Hamburg and the Mainz University of Applied Sciences . In 2008 he was visiting professor for drawing and illustration at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem. Since September 2010 he has been teaching drawing and illustration in the design department of the Münster University of Applied Sciences ; initially as a substitute professor and since September 2012 as professor.
Felix Scheinberger has been a member of the board of trustees of the literary magazine Belletristik since 2008 . From 2010 to 2012 he was deputy chairman of the Illustratoren Organization (IO), the professional association of German-speaking illustrators. Scheinberger lives in Berlin .
Works
- Courage for a sketchbook. Draw & sketch on the go. Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2009, ISBN 978-3-87439-782-7 .
- Watercolor for designers. Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2011, ISBN 978-3-87439-824-4 .
- Illustration - 100 ways to paint a bird. Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-87439-833-6 .
- Drainting - The art of combining painting and drawing . Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2018, ISBN 978-3-87439897-8 .
Illustrated books
- In the bleak forest . Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1999.
- In the land of the last things . Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt a. M. 2001.
- The cold heart . Speer Verlag, Zurich 2002.
- Toddel, the bravest rabbit in the world . Nord Süd Verlag, Zurich 2003.
- Loreley on the young Rhine . Alpenland Verlag, Vaduz 2003.
- Death in Venice . Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt a. M. 2005.
- From the life of Manuel Zorn . Ventil Verlag, Mainz 2006.
- Of scandals in journals . Wolf Schwartz Verlag, Heidelberg 2007.
- The house of fortune tellers . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2008.
- Homo Faber . Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt a. M. 2011.
- Stupid August and Columbine . Fixpoetry Verlag, Hamburg 2012.
- Memories of copper cream . Fixpoetry Verlag, Hamburg 2012.
- Seascape with Pocahontas . Officina Ludi Publishing House, Hamburg 2012.
- Hamburg sketchbook . Christophorus Verlag, Freiburg, 2015.
- Hedo Berlin . Sketches from the Berlin nightlife Jaja Verlag, Berlin 2016.
Book cover Death in Venice
Illustration about computer games
Web links
- Web presence
- Literature by and about Felix Scheinberger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Scheinberger and selection of his graphics (2007)
- Interview with Scheinberger at the Leipzig Book Fair 2010
- Profile at Münster University of Applied Sciences.
- Felix Scheinberger on the fear of sketches and working as an illustrator , interview on designmadeingermany.de, accessed on November 25, 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of references on the website of the illustrator organization
- ↑ cecilie-dressler.de
- ↑ Illustrator Felix Scheinberger on German television (YouTube April 28, 2009)
- ↑ Vita entry at IO e. V.
- ^ Board of the IO ( Memento from October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheinberger, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German games and book illustrator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |