Gerhard Flügge

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Gerhard Flügge (born August 15, 1914 in Demmin , † October 7, 1972 in Berlin ) was a German writer. As editor and biographer, he played a decisive role in the dissemination of Heinrich Zille's works in the GDR .

Gerhard Flügge first worked as a bookseller, later as an office worker. In 1948 he became head of the city culture office in Demmin. Together with Zille's daughter Margarete Köhler-Zille, he set up a Heinrich Zille memorial in Demmin in 1950, organized exhibitions and lectures and published eight publications on Zille and his work. He initiated a major traveling exhibition organized by the Academy of the Arts in 1958 on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday.

From 1964 Gerd Flügge lived and worked in Berlin, where he died in 1972. His son, the art historian Matthias Flügge (* 1952), also publishes on Heinrich Zille.

Fonts

  • My father Heinrich Zille . Based on memories by Margarete Köhler-Zille for the young and old friends of the master, told by Gerhard Flügge. Berlin 1955.
  • Illustrated guide through the traveling exhibition "Det war seine Milljöh": On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Prof. Heinrich Zille. Berlin 1957.
  • Heinrich Zille - father of the street. An anniversary band. Selected and edited by Gerhard Flügge. Verlag Das Neue Berlin , Berlin 1958.
  • Zille pictures. Berlin 1959.
  • Heinrich Zille: Serious and cheerful things from his life. Rudolstadt 1960.
  • Heinrich Zille: Berlin Jören. Berlin 1961.
  • Heinrich Zille: Berlin from my picture portfolio. With verses by Heinz Kahlau. Rudolstadt 1969.
  • The thick Zillebuch. Berlin 1971.
  • Heinrich Zille. Pictorial biography. Leipzig 1972.

literature

  • Flügge, Gerhard . In: Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons . Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-282-9 , p. 133.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Renate Altner: Heinrich Zille (1858 to 1929). A few remarks on the 100th anniversary of the Berlin draftsman's death. In: Yearbook of the Märkisches Museum. Edition V / 1979, pp. 115–128 ( excerpt ; PDF : 5.6 MB).
  2. ↑ Michael Zajonz: Compassion can be so hard. In: Der Tagesspiegel . January 10, 2008, accessed February 15, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Flügge, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Demmin
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1972
Place of death Berlin