Hermann Pfeiffer (artist)

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Hermann Pfeiffer (born December 28, 1883 in Darmstadt ; † November 3, 1964 in Lützelbach ) was a German graphic artist and author .

Life

Pfeiffer studied graphics with Peter von Halm at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 1907 he came into contact with the Wandervogel movement in Darmstadt and met Hans Breuer . From his first wandering bird journey, stimulated by the observation of herons , he brought the idea of ​​the federal symbol of the wandering bird, the German Confederation, with him, the so-called wandering bird griffin. In 1910 he became 2nd newspaper manager at the Wandervogel DB.

Pfeiffer was best known for his silhouette- like illustrations (silhouettes) for the Zupfgeigenhansl published in 1909 , the most important songbook of the Wandering Bird Movement; Pfeiffer also applies the dedication of the publisher Hans Breuer, as he played a key role in the publication of the songbook (he made contact with the printer Hohmann, with whose son he was friends). Above all in the Darmstadt area (southern Hesse) he is also known for an edition of the local posse Datterich which he illustrated and which appeared in several editions.

In 1958 Pfeiffer was honored with the bronze plaque of the city of Darmstadt and the Goethe plaque of the state of Hesse for his achievements .

Works

Own works

  • Wrestling boys in 12 silhouettes. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1909.
  • Odenwald and Bergstrasse: pen drawings. NG Elwert'sche Verlagshandlung, Marburg 1921.
  • Gloria in excelsis deo!
    • Book 1. Prelude and Song of Songs. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1922.
    • Book 2. With 36 sayings by Angelus Silesius. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1925.
  • Goethe and Merck in the Darmstadt Circle of Friends: A memorial book. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1932.
  • Jung Siegfried: A shadow play. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1935.
  • Siegfried's death: a tragedy. For the use of shadow theater. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1938.
  • Judith: Dramatic poetry. Self-published, Würzburg 1959.
  • Goethe and Merck in silhouettes. Roether, Darmstadt 1984, ISBN 3-7929-0141-2 .

Illustrated books (selection)

  • Hans Breuer (Ed.): The Zupfgeigenhansl. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1909 (and all later editions).
  • Paul Wislicenus : Shakespeare's death mask. Heinrich Hohmann, Darmstadt 1910.
  • Fritz Grebenstein (Ed.): A little book from the Wandervogel: From the literature of the movement. Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main 1925.
  • Ernst Elias Niebergall : Datterich. Local posse in 6 pictures in the dialect of the Darmstadt people. With 40 silhouettes by Hermann Pfeiffer. Society of Hessian Book Friends, Darmstadt 1930. (reprinted by: Justus von Liebig Verlag, Darmstadt 2007, ISBN 978-3-87390-239-8 ).

literature

  • Karl Balser: Hermann Pfeiffer on his 80th birthday: man and work with a selection of his graphics. o. V., OO 1963.
  • Ortrud Wörner-Heil: From utopia to social reform - youth settlement Frankenfeld in the Hessian Ried and women's settlement black earth in the Rhön 1915 to 1933. ISBN 3-88443-196-X NE: GT 1996: Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt
  • Yearbook of the Archives of the German Youth Movement Volume 19 / 1999–2004 - Stiftung Jugendburg Ludwigstein and Archive of the German Youth Movement. ISBN 3-87920-176-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Ziemer, Hans Wolf (ed.): Wandervogel and free German youth . Voggenreiter Verlag, Bad Godesberg 1961, p. 206-210 .
personal data
SURNAME Pfeiffer, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 1964
Place of death Lützelbach