Henry Meyer-Brockmann
Henry Meyer-Brockmann (born December 24, 1912 in Berenbostel near Hanover , † December 23, 1968 in Munich ; also HM Brockmann and Henry Brockmann ) was a German draftsman , illustrator , press illustrator and caricaturist .
Henry, also Henri, Meyer-Brockmann completed an apprenticeship as a printer and then studied at the Hanover School of Applied Arts and Crafts , from which he was expelled in 1934 for political reasons. He then studied with Olaf Gulbransson at the Munich Academy from 1934 to 1939 . From 1946 was an employee of the newly founded Simpl and from 1954 of the Simplicissimus .
Publications
- Ivan the Terrible. Cartoons . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1969 (with a foreword by Heinz Friedrich).
- Poet and judge. Group 47 and their guests . Rheinsberg Verlag Lentz, Munich 1962 (drawn by HM-Brockmann).
- Forty-seven collected. 100 literary caricatures. Contemporaries . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1967 (texts by Henry M.-Brockmann and Jürgen von Hollander).
- The German miracle. An ABC in cartoons . Pranger Verlag, Munich 1955.
- People of today ... and yesterday. 99 portraits and many, many anecdotes . Pranger Verlag, Munich 1955.
- Satires. 50 drawings . Weismann, Munich 1949 (Vorw .: Erich Kästner).
literature
- Kurt Flemig : Caricaturists Lexicon, page 190
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry Meyer-Brockmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- SATIRE. Brutal ideas. In: Der Spiegel No. 29/1952 of July 16, 1952
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meyer-Brockmann, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman, illustrator, press illustrator and caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berenbostel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd December 1968 |
| Place of death | Munich |