Günter Radtke (press draftsman)

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Radtke in his studio

Günter Radtke (formerly Günther Radtke ; * 27. February 1920 in Insterburg ; † 3. January 2018 in Hamburg ) was a German newspaper cartoonist , illustrator , painter and co-founder of the Star .

biography

Charcoal pencil drawing, probably for the Illustrierte Post from the 1950s, private collection

Radtke attended a school in Berlin, where he also went to art college. Radtke completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter (1935–1937) in the central publishing house of the NSDAP and was allowed to work as a draftsman at the 1936 Summer Olympics . He also attended evening classes at the Charlottenburg School of Applied Arts and then the higher graphic arts institute. In 1937 he switched to the illustrator trade and worked at Eher-Verlag for the magazines NS-Funk , Volksfunk and Die HJ . There Radtke published his first graphics. He thought up lurid and lurid depictions of everyday topics and also designed propaganda papers.

Radtke worked as a press illustrator for the German Africa Corps . In June 1942 he was in a military hospital on Tempelhofer Ufer in Berlin and then served for reports until the end of the war.
How Radtke spent the first post-war years is not known.

In his studio in Uetze , Radtke draws the majority of his graphics on large-format cardboard from Schöllershammer .

Illustrator at the star

As in 1948, the license application for the star of Henri Nannen was found Radtke is listed in the complaint as a future newspaper cartoonist. Nannen and Radtke probably met in Hanover in the post-war years and remained close friends throughout their lives. Radtke remained the star's chief illustrator for over 50 years. He made drawings for situations in which no camera was present and thus became an important contemporary witness of the 20th century. His drawings of the Stammheim trials or the sinking of the last German windjammer, the Pamir , are part of German press history.

Other works

Radtke occasionally worked as a draftsman for mare and geo . He also edited a few books and worked as Art Director for Aldus Books London and Bertelsmann Books (idea and design).

Radtke also worked as a freelance artist. For example, he designed the poster for the opening of the Emden art gallery. In addition, the Mittweida University of Applied Sciences owns 6 commissioned works by Radtke, which were created between 1994 and 2007.

Honors

In 2003 Radtke became an honorary citizen of the city of Uetze . A large picture of Radtke adorns the foyer of the town hall. Furthermore, two large-format paintings depicting the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ clothe a cemetery chapel in Uetze.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Günter Radtke . Website of the Günter Radtke Collection, accessed on January 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Uetze in the Kröpcke clock: "illustrated world history". Illustrations by Günter Radtke. 06/19/2009 - 08/09/2009 . ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. LeineKunst.de, September 4, 2009, accessed January 6, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leinekunst.de
  3. ↑ a b Tim Tolsdorff: From the Stern-Schnuppe to the Fix-Stern: two German magazines and their common history before and after 1945 . von Halem, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86962-097-8 , pp. 289 .
  4. ^ Hermann Schreiber: Henri Nannen: three lives . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1999, ISBN 978-3-570-00196-7 , pp. 410 .
  5. ↑ Honorary Citizen . Municipality of Uetze, accessed on January 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ The oil paintings by the Uetz painter Günter Radtke in the cemetery chapel. Website of the Ev. Lutheran parish Uetze Katensen St. John the Baptist, March 22, 2016, accessed on June 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Radtke, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Radtke, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German press draftsman, illustrator, painter and co-founder of Stern
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Insterburg
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 2018
Place of death Hamburg