Hans-Joachim Behrendt (illustrator)

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Hans-Joachim Behrendt (born January 3, 1937 in Magdeburg ) is a German wood engraver and children's book illustrator .

life and work

Hans-Joachim Behrendt was born in Magdeburg in 1937. After graduating from high school in 1954 and working as an auxiliary lighting technician at the Magdeburg Theater , he studied graphics from 1955 to 1960 at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art . There he attended seminars by Werner Klemke , Arno Mohr , Paul Rosié and Klaus Wittkugel, among others . He then lived and worked as a freelance artist in and around Berlin . He has lived in Zingst since 1995 .

Behrend is one of the most prominent German wood engravers. Typical of him is the elaborate work with numerous finest Details.Behrendt illustrated children's books in addition to the opportunity graphics, bookplates and owners temple.

Work (selection)

Illustrations

  • Ira Joswiakowski: Why the hedgehog got stuck in the throat of the Tompoko . Alfred Holz Verlag, Berlin 1971.
  • Helga Meyer: A cat goes on board. Young World Publishing House, Berlin 1974.
  • Werner W. Wallroth: Animal children, hello! Children's book publisher, Berlin 1977.
  • Uwe Berger: The conversation of the dolphins. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1989, ISBN 978-3-35800-616-0 .
  • Hans-Joachim Behrendt: What drives and flies there. Parabel-Verlag, 1992, ISBN 978-3-78980-955-2 .

Wood engravings

  • New year greeting. Garden with Aesculapian Snake, 1962
  • New Year's Greetings from Dt. State Library, 1966
  • Composer portraits. Four signed original wood engravings on four folding cards, 1967
  • Children playing puppets in a tree, 1978
  • Rendezvous, 1991

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017 Frankfurt, Büchergilde Buchhandlung & Galerie (five important Klemke students)
  • 2017 Berlin, graphic design studio Tra-Dung

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcements of the German Exlibris Society, founded in 1891 , edition 2010/2 ( online ), p. 40f.
  2. ↑ a b Announcements of the German Exlibris Society, founded in 1891 , edition 2010/3 ( online ), p. 85.
  3. ↑ Pirckheimer Blog, August 23, 2017
  4. ↑ Pirckheimer Blog, July 27, 2017
  5. ↑ Pirckheimer Blog, February 25, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Behrendt, Hans-Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wood engraver and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg