Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki

Friedrich Pruss (Pruss) von Zglinicki , also Friedrich v. Zglinicki (born April 11, 1895 in Berlin , † March 28, 1986 in West Berlin ) was a German artist , writer , illustrator and cartoonist .

origin

His parents were Lieutenant General William Georg Ernst Pruss von Zglinicki (* June 8, 1864 - July 6, 1922) and his wife Else Atzpodien (* October 13, 1868).

Life

Coming from the old Prussian nobility with Polish roots, Zglinicki initially pursued a military career in accordance with family tradition. At the age of eleven he began training as a cadet. Zglinicki became a page at the court of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1913 and served as Hindenburg's personal adjutant during the First World War . In the early 1920s he studied at the art school in Berlin-Charlottenburg . Then Zglinicki took up the job of a press draftsman and was best known for books for children and young people that he wrote and / or illustrated himself. He published temporarily under the pseudonyms Friedrich Pruss or -nicki . Zglinicki used the latter signet especially in the large number of comics that he produced for magazines and journals. Zglinicki also worked as a draftsman for mosaics and also made a name for himself as a creator of animal images.

Fonts (selection)

• Heinzpeter flies around the world. A diary in colorful pictures . Erich Klinghammer publisher, Berlin 1943.
• Spoonman and Mümmeline. A rabbit story . Alfred Holz Verlag, Berlin 1947.
• The story of the wooden horse . Alfred Holz Verlag, Berlin 1948.
• Bob the boletus. A picture book for mushroom lovers . A. Weichert Verlag, Berlin 1948.
• Ürps, the drake. A wild duck story . Alfred Holz Verlag, Berlin 1950.
• Rix and Rickchen. A deer story . Alfred Holz Verlag, Berlin 1952.
• The lion killer. Life and adventure in the Kilimanjaro area . New publishing house for young people, Hanover / Berlin 1953.
• World wonder - yesterday, today and tomorrow . New publishing house for young people, Hanover / Berlin 1956.
• Hubertus Schrotkorn, the hunter . J. Neumann-Neudamm publishing house, Melsungen 1956.
• The way of the film . Rembrandt-Verlag, Berlin, 1956
• Sharks, tuna and octopus. With the fish steamer to the Arabian Sea . Verlag A. Weichert, Hannover / Berlin 1957.
• Small cats - big cats. Listened quietly . Verlag A. Weichert, Hannover / Berlin 1957.
• The most beautiful dice games. A seducer to puzzle and spin . Falken Verlag, Wiesbaden 1963.
• Book of records . Verlag Lebendiges Wissen / Humboldt Taschenbuch, Munich o. J.
• Kallipygos and Aesculapius. The enema in the history of medicine, art and literature. (With a foreword by Wilhelm Katner) Publishing House for Applied Sciences, Baden-Baden 1972.
• Strange nurseries from old times , in: The marriage. Süddeutsche Hehammenzeitschrift, 1951, No. 9 and 10.
• Childbirth and Maternity Nursery in Art , in: German Midwife Journal, 1951, No. 9 and 10.
• The cradle. Regensburg 1979.
• Uroscopy in the fine arts. An art and medical historical study of the urine examination. GIT Verlag Ernst Giebler, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-921956-24-2 .
• Birth and childbed in the mirror of art and history . Unas Verlag U.Bayer 1990 Aachen

literature

• Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki: Life and Experiences . Private print, Berlin 1975.
• Gerd Lettkemann / Stefan Neuhaus : nicki - the German answer to Hergé. In: German comic research. Volume 4 (2008). comicplus + Verlag Sackmann and Hörndl, Hildesheim 2007, pp. 101–112.

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedrich Pruss von Zglinicki in the catalog of the German National Library