Fermin rocker

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Fermin Rocker (born December 22, 1907 in London , † October 18, 2004 ibid) was an English painter and a son of the well-known anarcho-syndicalists Rudolf Rocker and Milly Witkop .

life and work

Rocker was born in London in 1907 and grew up in the East End there , in the Stepney district , until the end of 1918 . From the beginning of 1919 to 1928 he lived with his family in Berlin . As a child he got to know personalities of international anarchism, such as Prince Kropotkin (the founder of communist anarchism ), Errico Malatesta , Augustin Souchy , Emma Goldman , Alexander Berkman , Franz Pfemfert , Agnes Smedley , Erich and Zenzl Mühsam , Nestor Machno , Max Nettlau and Buenaventura Durruti . In 1929 he emigrated to the USA and worked as a graphic artist . In 1938 he started his own business and illustrated numerous children's books. His painting is counted to the school of American realism , although Fermin Rocker never felt obliged to any particular art direction. In 1972 he returned to London, where he was active as a visual artist until his death .

Works

  • Emile Pataud / Emile Pouget: The last battle (translated by Rudolf Rocker, illustrated by Fermin Rocker), Berlin 1930.
  • Natalie Savage Carlson: A pet for the Orphelines (in Braille, the print version was illustrated by Fermin Rocker), Cincinnati 1964.
  • Betty Horvath: Hoory for Jasper (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), New York 1966 ( ISBN 0531016889 ).
  • William Sydney Porter (pseudonym: O. Henry): The gift of the magi, and five other stories (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), New York 1967.
  • Carol Ryrie Brink: Winter cottage (Drawings by Fermin Rocker), New York 1968.
  • Carol Ryrie Brink: Two are better than one (Drawings by Fermin Rocker), New York 1968.
  • Karin Anckarsvard: Struggle at Soltuna (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), New York 1968.
  • Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth: Indian mound farm (Drawings by Fermin Rocker), New York 1969.
  • Jean Bothwell: The Mystery Candlestick (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), New York, 1970.
  • Lorraine Henriod: Marie Curie (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), New York 1970,
  • Patricia Miles Martin: Thomas Alva Edison (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), New York 1971.
  • Charles P. Graves: The Wright brothers (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), New York 1973.
  • Winifred Cawley: Gran at Coalgate (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), Oxford 1974 ( ISBN 0192713663 ).
  • Peter Carter: The Gates of Paradise (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker), Oxford 1974 ( ISBN 0192713671 ).
  • Johanna Reiss: The Journey Back (Illustration by Fermin Rocker), Oxford 1977 ( ISBN 0192714031 ).
  • Johanna Reiss: The Upstairs Room (Illustrated by Fermin Rocker, Cover by Sarah Simpson), London 1979.
  • Bernard Ashley: The Trouble with Donovan Croft , (Illustration by Fermin Rocker), Oxford 1980 ( ISBN 0192771019 )

literature

Literature by and about Fermin Rocker:

  • Fermin Rocker: East End. A childhood in London , from d. Engl. V. Heiner Becker. With 23 drawings by Fermin Rocker. Library Thélème, Münster u. Wetzlar 1993 ( ISBN 3-927982-21-0 ), (English edition: The East End Years: A Stepney Childhood Freedom Press, London 1998, ISBN 0-900384-92-1 ).
  • Peter Wienand: The 'born' rebel: Rudolf Rocker. Life and work . With a foreword by Fermin Rocker. Karin Kramer Verlag, Berlin (West) 1981 ( ISBN 3-87956-106-0 ).
  • William J. Fishman: East End Jewish Radicals , 1975,
  • Ralf Sotscheck: Providence was gracious on me . Portrait of Fermin Rockers in the taz, March 22, 2003
  • Anthony Rudolf: Fermin Rocker. Anarchist's artist son likened to Edward Hopper , The Independent (October 20, 2004).
  • Andrew Whitehead: Fermin Rocker. Painter from a family of London anarchists , The Guardian (October 26, 2004).

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personal data
SURNAME Rocker, Fermin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 2004
Place of death London