Henry Büttner

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Henry Büttner (born November 12, 1928 in Wittgensdorf near Chemnitz) is a German cartoonist .

Büttner became particularly popular in the GDR through his work for the magazine " Eulenspiegel " . He wanted to be a singer, farmer, forester or painter. After training as a poster painter and shop window designer, he worked as a decorator and sign painter. In 1954, the first printed caricature of him appeared in the New Year's Eve issue of “ Eulenspiegel ”. Between 1958 and the mid-1990s he worked as a freelance caricaturist and press illustrator. According to his own statements, he created a good 21,000 drawings.

style

Büttner's caricatures are kept extremely simple, reduced to the core statements. The pen stroke consists of lines and strokes, almost sketchy . The artistic value of the representations results from their interpersonal expressiveness, which is achieved with minimal drawing effort. Büttner mostly caricatured the petty bourgeois, overly cautious, suspicious or strangely cumbersome contemporaries. With a few exceptions - including drawings on biblical subjects - domestic and private scenes of human coexistence are shown, which can, however, contain satirical allusions to social contexts. Heinz Knobloch said that one should stick to Büttner's drawings if one wishes to receive information about ours in the next century. According to his own statement, his concern was never fun, but thoughtfulness.

Private

Henry Büttner lives very secluded in Chemnitz-Wittgensdorf, is married and has a daughter.

One of the few known facts is his appreciation for Schopenhauer's philosophy. Büttner has not been drawing since the mid-1990s. The editor-in-chief of Eulenspiegel informed him at the time that his caricatures were no longer up to date.

That he stayed out to be a person from the public, the publisher caused in the preface of board games (1980) to the conjecture that it may not give Henry Büttner, this is just a stage name or behind Henry Büttner a cooperative with state participation to meet the domestic need for humor . Or a caricature computer that is programmed by some unspecified institutions to create a social and moral balance . The preface itself thus reveals itself as a satire on the then all-encompassing centrally planned economy and that insufficiently developed understanding of privacy.

In 2015, Henry Büttner refused to receive the German Caricature Award for his life's work on the grounds that only the award winner wanted to honor himself with awards and that he already had everything.

Works

  • Left-hand humor , 1958
  • Scherzo curioso , 1965
  • Pardon for laid paper by Heinz Knobloch , illustrations, 1965
  • The Man in the Round Hat , 1973
  • Bravo, da capo , Berlin 1978
  • enjoy the meal! , 1979
  • Board games , Berlin 1980
  • Our people in Protzendorf , 1981
  • Capriccio curioso , 1983
  • Bright voices and top dance - anecdotes and episodes from operas, operettas, musicals, ballet by Hans-Peter Müller with 50 illustrations by Herny Büttner, 1983
  • Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, Aunt, Mom, Dad, Cat, Dog and Other Useful People , 1984
  • Our hosts of tomorrow , 1985
  • Patents + Talents , 1986 (with Hansgeorg Stengel )
  • The good example , Berlin 1988
  • Always celebrate , Berlin 1989
  • The next round without cramps , Berlin 1990
  • The thick Büttner book , Berlin 1995
  • Men are people too , 2001

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Henry Büttner: "Anniversary speech on Büttner paper". In: Eulenspiegel . Volume 40, No. 11/93, p. 56.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Peter Ufer : HB as Henry Büttner . In: Saxon newspaper . November 12, 2015 ( paid online [accessed November 13, 2015]).
  3. ^ Henry Büttner: Board games . Eulenspiegel Verlag Berlin, 1980, 2nd edition 1986, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Buttner, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittgensdorf