Heinz Edelmann

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Heinz Edelmann's poster for the television series One must talk to one another ( Claus Spahn , WDR 1982).

Heinz Edelmann (born June 20, 1934 in Aussig , Czechoslovakia ; †  July 21, 2009 in Stuttgart ) was an illustrator and graphic designer who had a strong influence on international graphics in the 1960s and 1970s.

Life

After studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy as a student of Otto Coester , he worked as a freelance graphic designer from 1958. In his collaboration with Willy Fleckhaus , as an illustrator, he had a decisive influence on the face of the youth magazine twen for over ten years . He also worked as a graphic designer for Capital , Playboy , pardon and FAZ-Magazin .

He became known to a larger audience through the Beatles film Yellow Submarine , for whose production he was responsible as art director in 1967/1968. He also wrote the opening credits for the ZDF series The Fantastic Film . He designed numerous book covers for Klett-Cotta Verlag , among others together with his former fellow student Klaus Kammerichs . Edelmann designed the first German edition of The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien in a translation by Margaret Carroux from 1969/1970. His numerous illustrations for Kenneth Graham 's children's book The Wind in the Weiden are also known .

From 1972 to 1976, Heinz Edelmann taught commercial graphics in the design department at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences . Then he was a lecturer in art and design at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences ( Kölner Werkschulen ). In the winter semester of 1986/87 he was appointed professor and head of a class for graphic design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , an office he held until his retirement in 1999.

Heinz Edelmann died at the age of 75 in a Stuttgart hospital.

Heinz Edelmann's poster for the series Being against it is always easy ( Claus Spahn , WDR 1981).

Works

Fonts
Book illustrations
  • Fiona Andreanelli (Ed.), Charlie Gardner (Text): The Beatles - Yellow Submarine . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2004, ISBN 3-8067-5066-1 .
  • Nancy Arrowsmith: The World of Nature Spirits . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-8218-1027-0 .
  • Heinrich Böll : The black sheep . New edition for the award of the Nobel Prize in 1972. Middelhauve, Cologne 1972.
  • Uwe Brandner : Inner thoughts . Hanser, 1968.
  • Manuel Gasser : Manuel Gasser's Köchel directory. Culinary memories and experiences with many rare recipes . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1975; E-Book: Edition diá, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86034-560-3 (Epub), ISBN 978-3-86034-660-0 (Mobi)
  • Manuel Gasser : My aunt Mélanie's kitchen. French home cooking from yesteryear . Illustrations still under the pseudonym Boris von Borodine. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1977; E-Book: Edition diá, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86034-561-0 (Epub), ISBN 978-3-86034-661-7 (Mobi)
  • Kenneth Grahame : The wind in the willow or the badger sends his regards, but doesn’t want to be disturbed. A novel for children . Translated by Harry Rowohlt . Middelhauve, Cologne 1973 (later also as dtv 7212 / dtv-junior).
  • Peter Hacks : Kathrinchen went for a walk . Middelhauve, Cologne 1973
  • Peter Hacks : Meta Morfoss. A story . Middelhauve, Munich 1975
watch TV
  • "Schaumagazin", WDR 1966 Edelmann drew trick scenes
  • "Der phantastische Film", ZDF 1970–1993 TV series, Edelmann drew the opening sequence.
  • “The girl from Ipanema”, 1970/1971 Edelmann drew scenes of trickery that portrayed Astrud Gilberto .
Movies

literature

  • Wolfgang Kermer (Hrsg.): Between book art and book design: Book designer of the academy and former arts and crafts school in Stuttgart: examples of works and texts . Ostfildern-Ruit: Edition Cantz, 1996, ISBN 3-89322-893-4
  • Alain Weill: Encyclopédie de l'affiche . Paris: Editions Hazan, 2011, ISBN 978-2-7541-0582-8 , pp. 244–245 m. Fig.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pieritz, Rainer-Joachim; Spahn, Claus: You have to talk to each other - contact is the key to personal happiness ( companion book to the television series). Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf 1982, ISBN 3-430-17478-3
  2. ↑ The 51 most beautiful book covers by Heinz Edelmann. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-608-95030-3
  3. ^ Cover design and illustration for Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Volume I, The Companions , Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 1969/1970
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Kermer : Data and images on the history of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart . Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988 (= improved reprint from: Die Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart: a self-portrayal . Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988) o. P. [17]
  5. ↑ Director - graphic designer of the Beatles film "Yellow Submarine" is dead , ddp press release of July 21, 2009 on ad-hoc-news.de (accessed on July 22, 2009).
  6. ^ WDR (ed.): Direct Access - 165 ideas and 55 posters for the West German Broadcasting Corporation Cologne by Heinz Edelmann. H. Schmidt, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-87439-273-2
  7. ↑ Filmmaker, author and jazz musician in: Nordbayerischer Kurier, October 9, 2018, p. 13.
  8. ↑ Der Spiegel: On TV This Week , January 18, 1971
personal data
SURNAME Edelmann, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator and graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Ústí nad Labem
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 2009
Place of death Stuttgart