Gottfried Leonhardt

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Gottfried Leonhardt (born May 24, 1919 in Johanngeorgenstadt ; † January 8, 2018 in Leipzig ) was a German graphic artist and illustrator .

Live and act

Gottfried Leonhardt attended elementary school and then completed an apprenticeship at a commercial school. After the Second World War, he attended the painting and drawing school in Zwickau (MuZ) from 1950 to 1952 and studied at the Berlin School of Applied Arts from 1954 to 1958.

From 1960 he worked as a magazine and book designer at the specialist book publisher Leipzig . During this time, he completed an external degree in typography at the Leipzig University of Graphic Art and Book Art from 1963 , which he graduated with a diploma in 1967. From 1975 to 1990 he was artistic director of the German publishing house for basic industry in Leipzig. The books illustrated and designed by Gottfried Leonhardt were shown at exhibitions such as the International Book Art Exhibition , Most Beautiful Books from All Over the World , Most Beautiful Books of the GDR and the Art Exhibition of the GDR . The children's books he illustrated, Family Star and Grandpa Paul, and Dragon Flying , appeared in several languages.

In his retirement, he mainly created graphics that, through his personal experiences, deal with the suffering of Christ on the one hand and the Second World War on the other. The works were shown in churches such as the Friedenskirche and the Gnadenkirche in Leipzig as well as in several barracks. In 2016, the Lehmhaus-Galerie in Zwenkau showed a cross-section of his work with 40 watercolors, graphics and collages by Gottfried Leonhardt.

Gottfried Leonhardt died in Leipzig in January 2018 at the age of 98.

Works

Books

  • Family Star and Grandpa Paul. Text Fred Reinke. Postreiter, Halle 1978.
    Polish edition: Nasz dziadek i szpaki. Postreiter, Halle 1979.
    Spanish edition: La familia estornino y el abuelito Pablo. Editorial Gente Nueva, Havana 1980.
    Romanian edition: Familia Graur si mos Paul. Editura Ion Creangă, Bucharest 1983.
  • Kite flying. Text by Peter Tille. Postreiter, Halle 1979.
    Polish edition: Latawce. Postreiter, Halle 1981.

Book design

  • Lothar Prengel: color film in the camera. Design by Gottfried Leonhardt. Fotokinoverlag, Leipzig 1975.
  • Horst Ihde : From the plantation to the black ghetto. History and culture of African American people in the United States. Binding and dust jacket Gottfried Leonhardt. Urania, Leipzig 1975.
  • Friedrich Schlette: Celts between Alesia and Pergamon. A cultural history of the Celts. Dust jacket and binding Gottfried Leonhardt. Urania, Leipzig, Jena, Berlin 1976.
  • NN Tscheboksarow, IA Tscheboksarowa: peoples, races, cultures. Dust jacket Gottfried Leonhardt. Urania, Leipzig 1979.
  • Heinz Glade : From Altmark, Börde and Harz foreland. Illustrator Gottfried Leonhardt. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1979.
  • Harry Beccard: In Visegrad and elsewhere. Out and about in the Hungarian Danube Bend. Dust jacket and binding Gottfried Leonhardt. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1981.
  • Heiner Vollstädt, Rolf Baumgärtel: Gemstones. Overall design by Gottfried Leonhardt. German publishing house for basic industry, Leipzig 1982.
  • Pocket catechism. Luther's Little Catechism, Barmer theological explanation, prayers, proverbs, books of the Bible, songs, church year, timetable. Overall design by Gottfried Leonhardt. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1983.
  • Karl Hans Pollmer : The years of the Schindler in Schneeberg. History and stories from the time of the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War. Cover and text drawings Gottfried Leonhardt. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-374-00125-4 .
  • Peter Drescher : The wish mailbox. Cover and illustrations Gottfried Leonhardt. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-374-00810-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . January 27, 2018, accessed January 31, 2018
  2. ↑ Ulrike Witt: Exhibition in Zwenkauer Lehmhaus-Galerie. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. February 22, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Leonhardt, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Johanngeorgenstadt
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2018
Place of death Leipzig