Günter Henrich (cartoonist)

Günter Henrich (born July 6, 1937 in Wetzlar ; † October 20, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German caricaturist and cartoonist .

Live and act

Günter Henrich was a trained architect . He was an art commissioner and for many years director of the gallery in the tower of the Offenbach energy supply .

Since the 1970s, he was mainly concerned with drawing caricatures and cartoons. He illustrated mainly works by Hessian authors as well as on topics of ecology. He published his works in several cartoon books, in books by other authors and in newspapers such as the Frankfurter Rundschau .

Günter Henrich was also active as a curator . His initiative resulted in the “ApfelWeinKunst” exhibition with works by six Hessian artists, one of which each forms a row of labels on cider bottles. The book ApfelWeinKunst , published by the wine press Jörg Stier, was awarded a special prize by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels at the 2008 Hessenbuch Prize. In 2009 he curated the exhibition "Komische Kunst" in Seligenstadt.

Günter Henrich lived in Seligenstadt .

Works

• How? Eh, Hessian! Naumann, Nidderau.
  • Part 1: 1999, ISBN 3-933575-11-7 .
  • Part 2: One, two! . 2001, ISBN 3-933575-44-3 .
• Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! Translated from the English by Walter Sauer. Naumann, Nidderau 1999, ISBN 3-933575-23-0 .
  • Latin edition: Vere, Virginia, Sanctus Nicolaus est! Naumann, Nidderau 2000, ISBN 3-933575-35-4 .
  • Swabian edition: Yes, Virginia, there's Santa Claus! . Translated from the English by Manfred Mergel. Naumann, Nidderau 2003, ISBN 3-936622-25-6 .
• The Äppelwei cartoon book. Naumann, Nidderau 2002, ISBN 3-933575-89-3 .
• The Kölsch cartoon book. With texts by Volker Gröbe . Naumann, Nidderau 2003, ISBN 3-936622-04-3 .
• The wheat beer cartoon book. With texts by Gerald Drews . Naumann, Nidderau 2003, ISBN 3-936622-09-4 .
• The Bocksbeutel cartoon book. Franconian by Hermann Hehn . Naumann, Nidderau 2003, ISBN 3-936622-08-6 .
• Sybille Milde , Ludwig Hessler: The asparagus cartoon cookbook. Naumann, Nidderau 2005, ISBN 3-936622-59-0 . ( Short review )
• Rainer Weisbecker: Schoppepetzer's lament. Naumann, Nidderau 2005, ISBN 3-936622-65-5 .
• Rainer Weisbecker: Gude Petrus. Naumann, Nidderau 2007, ISBN 978-3-940168-03-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Günter Henrich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Günter Henrich's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Idea provider and a paternal sponsor Günter Henrich has died , op-online , October 25, 2011
2. ^ Message from EVO Offenbach from July 22, 2004
3. ↑ Painting on the Äppelwoi label  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , hr-online from August 9, 2008  
4. ↑ ApfelWeinKunst , information on the exhibition and the book
5. ↑ Cheerful, satirical, cheeky and frivolous , op-online, July 21, 2009