Gerhard Mester

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Gerhard Mester (2016)

Gerhard Mester (born January 28, 1956 in Betzdorf ) is a German cartoonist .

Life

Caricature by Gerhard Mester on climate and the future (2009)

After his community service , Mester studied graphic design from 1978 to 1984 at the University of Kassel . Since 1985 he has been working as a freelance caricaturist and draws political caricatures for various daily newspapers and magazines, including: Aachener Nachrichten , Deutsches Allgemeine Sonntagsblatt , Die Rheinpfalz , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , Mittelbayerische Zeitung , Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , Solarbrief (association journal of the SFV ), Thuringian General , Publik Forum , Westfälische Rundschau , Wiesbadener Kurier ( Rhein-Main publishing group ).

In 2020, 34 caricatures by the draftsman Gerhard Mester will be a central component of the walking interactive information exhibition Climate Change Understandable from the Center for Climate Change and Adaptation of the Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG), which will take place from 11 to 21 July 2020 in the South Hessian City of Lampertheim guest.

Books

Caricature by Gerhard Mester on the subject of wind turbines (2012)

His caricatures were part of numerous compilations, for example:

  • the seven volumes of caricatures from 1990-1998 , summarized by Klaus Bresser .
  • Welcome: Caricatures by Gerhard Mester, Thomas Plaßmann, Klaus Stuttmann , Nest-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2002

and among other things, the following books have been published with Mester's own works:

  • Life is like the wide sea ... Cartoons from the everyday life of the "New Man" , J. Kamphausen Verlag, Bielefeld 1991
  • Thank you, doctor! I'm already feeling better! The ailments of the health system , J. Kamphausen Verlag, Bielefeld 1998
  • Cartoons , Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1999
  • That can only get better , Publik-Forum-Verlag, Oberursel 2008
  • Mensch, Franziskus , St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 2014
  • Brother Franz , St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 2015

Awards

Caricature by Gerhard Mester on the subject of electricity storage (2017)

literature

  • Klaus Bresser: "The caricatures of the year 1992/93", Verlag Walter Podszun, Brilon 1993, ISBN 3-86133-114-4 .

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Mester  - Collection of Images

  • There is no climate change

  • Homicide jobs

  • Keep it up

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Gerhard Mester. 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Gerhard Mester. Cartoonists. www.mitspitzerfeder.de, February 18, 2015, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Nast and his heirs. Culture on site: Workshop with Gerhard Mester in the Maria Ward School in Landau. www.rheinpfalz.de, February 19, 2016, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Honor for MZ draftsman Mester. The Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers awarded the artist, who has been drawing for the Mittelbayerische Zeitung for 20 years, the Caricature Prize. www.mittelbayerische.de, January 24, 2013, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  5. ^ Jean-Charles Fays: Mayors argue about comprehensive schools in the district of Osnabrück. Planned school district criticized. www.noz.de, February 25, 2014, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Caricatures on the energy transition. www.sfv.de, June 27, 2016, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b www.bdzv.de: Caricature Award of the German newspapers to Reiner Schwalme. Press releases. January 18, 2005, accessed August 13, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Exhibition “Climate Change Tangible”. In: www.hlnug.de. Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG) , 2019, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Making climate change tangible. An exhibition in the town hall of the city of Maintal provides information on the effects of climate change: Climate change is barely noticeable in everyday life - except for the heat waves in summer - so that many people find it difficult to deal with it. The hands-on exhibition "Climatic Change tangible" makes scientific data and facts tangible and understandable on the basis of six exhibits. The exhibition can be seen from December 3rd to 19th in the town hall of Maintal. In: www.maintal.de. Maintal , 2019, accessed July 12, 2020 .
  10. ↑ exhibition "climate change understandable". The Energy and Sustainability Working Group and the Lampertheim Adult Education Center are showing an exhibition by the Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology. In: www.lampertheim.de. Lampertheim , June 29, 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Rückblende 2015. www.rueckblende.rlp.de, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Caricature Prize of the German Newspapers to Gerhard Mester. Press releases. www.bdzv.de, January 23, 2013, accessed on August 13, 2016 .
  13. ↑ German Solar Prize 2016 - Announcement of the winners. Press releases. (No longer available online.) Www.eurosolar.de, September 28, 2016, archived from the original on October 4, 2016 ; Retrieved October 4, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Mester, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Betzdorf