Gudrun Keussen

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Gudrun Keussen (* 1920 ; † January 1, 2006 ) was a German children's book illustrator .

biography

Gudrun Keussen was born in Germany in 1920 and died on January 1, 2006, also in Germany. However, she is buried at Round Lake Cemetery in Aitkin County Minnesota . From around 1950 she illustrated several small-format children's books. The cardboard volume - children's books in the So leben wir ... series , published by the Munich Ars Sacra Verlag Josef Müller from 1961 onwards, became well known . In addition, she designed around 30 lovingly and detailed Advent calendars, which were published by Ars Sacra Verlag between 1953 and 1976.

Publications (selection)

  • Leprechaun cunning. Vienna 1951 (text by Helene Weilen )
  • In the garden of Puk and Pat. Josef Müller, Munich 1959.
  • Puk and Pat return home. Ars Sacra Verlag Josef Müller, Munich 1961.
  • That's how we live in the city. Ars Sacra Verlag Josef Müller, Munich 1961. Reprint 1996, ISBN 978-3-760770840 .
  • That's how we live in the country. Ars Sacra Verlag Josef Müller, Munich 1962. Reprint ISBN 978-3-760772059 .
  • That's how we live in distant lands. Ars Sacra Verlag Josef Müller, Munich 1964.
  • Animals in forest and field. Ars Sacra Verlag Josef Müller, Munich 1966.
  • The wild animals. Ars Sacra Verlag Josef Müller, Munich 1966.
  • This is how we live from morning to evening. Ars Edition, Munich 1964. ISBN 978-3-760772097 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b findagrave.com: Gudrun Keussen ; accessed on December 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ welt.de of December 3, 2006: 24 doors until Christmas Eve ; accessed on December 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ DNB info ; accessed on December 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ Graz City Library: This is how we live in the city ; accessed on December 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Keussen, Gudrun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German children's book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2006
Place of death Germany