Helmar Becker-Berke

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Helmar Becker-Berke (born August 4, 1906 in Bonn ; † January 6, 1980 in Stuttgart ; actually Helmar Heinrich Manfred Becker ) was a German painter, draftsman, graphic artist and illustrator.

Life

Becker-Berke came from the Becker family of painters . He was the son of the painter Hans-Josef Becker-Leber and the painter Sophia Becker-Leber . His grandfather was the painter and engraver Carl Leonhard Becker . His cousin was the federal judge Maria Elisabeth Geyser .

Becker-Berke received his training at the Berlin-Charlottenburg School of Arts and Crafts. From 1925 he worked as a freelance painter and draftsman in Berlin, and in 1928 worked for Ullstein Verlag . Born Helmar Becker, he adopted the stage name Becker-Berke using the maiden name of his grandmother Franziska Berke. During the Second World War he was a war draftsman for propaganda, after he had previously designed some propaganda posters and made illustrations for the German Labor Front . After 1945 he was a press illustrator in Stuttgart and picture editor.

Becker-Berke created animal drawings, posters and numerous books.

Works

Drawings in books

  • Ilse Friedrich, Anja in Africa , Stuttgart 1953
  • Theodor Storm , On the gray beach by the gray sea , Berlin 1936
  • Arthur Berger, Simba the King of the Steppe , Stuttgart 1953
  • Richard Katz , From dog to dog , Rüschlikon 1956
  • Richard Katz, Fun with Dogs Colorful dog customer , 1957
  • Harry Bär, sensation from Menlopark: The life of Thomas Alva Edison , Stuttgart 1953
  • Erich Kloss , Secrets of the Forest , 1950
  • Julius Stinde , The Buchholz Family , Hamburg 1962 edition
  • Günther Schwab , heart on four legs. A cheerful and serious dog book. , Zurich, Stuttgart 1954
  • Heribert Horneck, who live with us. Encounters with people and animals. , Graz, Stuttgart 1963
  • Lewis Carroll , Alice in Wonderland , Stuttgart, Hamburg 1966
  • Hans-Wilhelm Smolik , animal lover in need , Düsseldorf 1955
  • Senta Dinglreiter, Petzi the Bear , Darmstadt o. J.
  • Heinz Sponsel, the guardian of the wild bulls. Novel by a boy from the south of France. , Stuttgart 1953
  • C. Berger, Queen Luise. an example of true femininity. , Reutlingen undated
  • Wilhelm Fronemann , Reineke the Fox - Narrated from the Low German edition of "Reinke de Vos" from 1498 , Hoch-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1953
  • Albert P. Terhunde, Mein Hund Lad , Stuttgart: Hans E. Günther Verl., 1967

Posters

  • Berlin Zoo from 1929

literature

  • AKL, Vol. 8, 1994, p. 177
  • Weigelt, 44, no.124
  • Kürschner 1967, 20

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See poster "German Labor Front" from 1933, object 04041141 Museum for Art and Commerce Hamburg
  2. ↑ See illustrations in: Schaffendes Volk: Places of German Work in 83 Pictures: From the journey of the Führer of the German Labor Front, Councilor of State Robert Ley , Berlin 1934.
personal data
SURNAME Becker-Berke, Helmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman, graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1980
Place of death Stuttgart