Günter Kiefer-Lerch

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Günter Kiefer-Lerch (born December 19, 1937 in Danzig ; † October 20, 2014 in Berlin ; also Günter Lerch ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

life and work

Pine lark in his garden studio

Kiefer-Lerch grew up in Danzig-West Prussia . At the end of the Second World War , his mother fled to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with him and his older brother . In 1945 the family settled in Ribnitz-Damgarten , where he graduated from high school in 1956. Later he attended the college for applied arts in Heiligendamm . In 1960 he graduated as a commercial artist , moved in 1964 to Berlin and entered 1965 in the Association of Artists of the GDR one. He illustrated for advertising and as a book illustrator for Aufbau-Verlag , Rütten & Loening and Eulenspiegel-Verlag . From 1989 he worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Berlin. He traveled regularly to work in the Ahrenshoop artists' colony .

Kiefer-Lerch mainly drew pastels , watercolors and acrylic paintings , whereby numerous Nordic landscape motifs were created in addition to abstract works. At the same time, he repeatedly caricaturedly dealt with socio-political issues. Kiefer-Lerch co-founded the cartoon factory in Berlin in 1991 .

Until his death in 2014, Kiefer-Lerch lived and worked in his living and working studio in Berlin-Friedrichshagen . His grave is in the FriedWald Bernau near Berlin .

Book illustrations (selection)

  • Mikhail Sostschenko: Werther's suffering or the future vision of a cyclist. Rütten & Loening, Berlin, 1968
  • Vladislav Vancura: prostitutes, jugglers, lawyers . Rütten & Loening, Berlin, 1975
  • The pact with the devil. Rütten & Loening, Berlin, 1982
  • Edward Redlinksi: Upswing or Das Pasradies . Rütten & Loening, Berlin, 1978
  • Ivan Turgenev. Five stories. Diary of a superfluous person. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin and Weimar, 1983
  • Karel Capek : As in the old days. The Book of Apocrypha. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin and Weimar, 1986
  • Bogdan Madej : rat ointment. Rütten & Loening, Berlin, 1987
  • Waldemar Dege: Praise the weeds. Poems. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin, 1984
  • Jürgen Köditz: Great salad. Aphorisms. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin, 1989

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Antje Schulz: Home. November 14, 2016, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Ralf Drescher: Popular artist died at the age of 76. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kiefer-Lerch, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lerch, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 2014
Place of death Berlin