Hans Held (animator)

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Hans Held (born May 23, 1914 in Holzminden ; † March 15, 1995 in Wessobrunn ) was a German graphic artist .

Life

Picture panels designed by Hans Held on the fountain house of the Wessobrunn monastery

After his school days in Munich, Held studied stage art and theater studies . Over time, the subjects painting, graphics and printing techniques were added by Emil Preetorius , as well as dance training by Senta Maria Schmid . After completing his training, he worked for Bavaria , whose animation production he was in charge of until 1945. In 1940, during the Third Reich , Held directed the militaristic propaganda cartoon The Troublemaker . In 1944 he was the director of the animated film Adventure of Baron von Münchhausen - A Winter Journey .

After the end of the Second World War he moved to Hamburg, where he created the cartoon Kalif Storch with Hans Georg Dammann . Many drawing films were made in the Held Studio. In addition, he worked as a graphic designer for various commercial companies. From 1948 to 1967 he worked as a freelancer at Axel Springer Verlag, including the entire advertising with the HÖRZU mascot Mecki. This also included the only 13 drawing films with Mecki in advertising. At HÖRZU he only worked for advertising, never for the Meckicomics.

In addition to this work, he was best known for his picture stories for Darbovens Kaffee ("Darbohne") produced in the 1950s . In the 1960s he created, among other things, the picture story “Susi” in the Neue Revue . For the youth magazine Bravo he designed the Bravo Indian, which was awarded in the form of the " Golden, Silver and Bronze Otto " to artists by the readers of Bravo.

He also illustrated a large number of books for young people and non-fiction.

In addition, Hans Held dealt with aviation technology and rocket propulsion in the private sector. He became famous here for the "Held 1000" drive, which he invented in 1948 and which has been used in model making for decades.

literature

  • Buxtehude-Museum (Ed.) (2002): Mecki comes to Buxtehude, pictures and texts from the exhibition , Buxtehude.
  • Held, Erika and Schubert, Alfred (2009): Hans Held-Haid. Life mosaic of a genius , Munich: Kedzierski-Beber, Irena. ISBN 978-3-9813089-0-7

swell

  1. ↑ Der Spiegel 1/1949: " Miss Mabel falls out of the ordinary "

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personal data
SURNAME Hero, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Holzminden
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1995
Place of death Wessobrunn