Harald Meschendörfer
Harald Meschendörfer (born June 14, 1909 in Kronstadt , Transylvania , Kingdom of Hungary ; † September 23, 1984 in Brașov , Romania ) was a Transylvanian-Saxon painter and graphic artist .
Short biography
He was the son of the writer Adolf Meschendörfer . After studying in Munich , Berlin and Paris from 1927 to 1932 , he returned to Kronstadt and worked there from 1932 as a painter and graphic artist - at times with his own studio. From 1953 to 1969 he taught there as a teacher at the Volks-Kunstschule. Between 1955 and 1968, Meschendörfer designed a total of 152 postage stamps that were issued by the Romanian post office Poșta Română .
literature
- Juliana Fabritius-Dancu : Harald Meschendörfer . Kriterion Publishing House, Bucharest, 1984.
- Juliana Fabritius-Dancu: Writing as an artistic means of expression. To Harald Meschendörfer's graphic exhibition in the Schiller House. In: Brigitte Stephani (ed.): They shaped our art. Studies and essays. Dacia Verlag, Cluj-Napoca, 1985, pp. 74-77.
- Claus Stephani : "I will not move from here" . Harald Meschendörfer was born 100 years ago in Kronstadt. In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung (Munich), Vol. 59, No. 10, June 30, 2009, p. 9.
- Uwe Konst: “One of the best brand graphic artists in Romania” In: Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania , March 5, 2009.
- Gabriel Badea-Păun: Pictori români în Franța, 1834–1839. Noi Media Print: București, 2012, p. 175. ISBN 978-606-572-014-5 .
- Claus Stephani: Once a day to the Palais du Louvre. Romanian artists in France / On a book by Gabriel Badea-Păun. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania (Bucharest), December 30, 2015, p. 11.
Web links
- Literature by and about Harald Meschendörfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Memorial page with works by Harald Meschendörfer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Konst: "One of the best brand graphic artists in Romania", Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania , March 5, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meschendörfer, Harald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Transylvanian-Saxon painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brassó , Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1984 |
| Place of death | Brașov , Romania |