Horst von Möllendorff
Horst von Möllendorff , actually Horst Heinrich Wichard von Möllendorff (born April 26, 1906 in Frankfurt (Oder) , † December 17, 1992 in Berlin ) was a German press illustrator and caricaturist .
life and work
Von Möllendorff was a son of the Prussian captain Kurt von Möllendorff and his wife Gertrud Bothe. From his marriage to Marita geb. Jakubzik have their son Roger (* 1940) and daughter Kerstin (* 1941). Möllendorff published caricatures and joke drawings in daily newspapers. Some of them have been published in book form.
He was in 1943 or 1944 as a supplier of ideas for cheerful under the Hitler regime cartoons used, which according to the will of Propaganda Minister Goebbels should be made. The short film The Snowman , made by Hans Fischerkoesen , is based on an idea by Möllendorffs.
In the 1950s Möllendorff again had a weekly column with joke drawings in the magazine Stern .
Fonts
- Own books
- The little smile book . Buchwarte-Verlag Lothar Blanvalet, Berlin 1939.
- Berlin without words . With an introduction by Aribert Wäscher . Pontes-Verlag, Berlin 1947.
- The Folk Book of Iolanthe . Drei-Masken-Verlag, Berlin 1935.
- Illustrations of other works
- Friedrich Böer: Sport is fun . Weidmann Verlag, Berlin 1938.
Web links
- Literature by and about Horst von Möllendorff in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Snowman in the Internet Movie Database , accessed on March 4, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Möllendorff, Horst von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Möllendorff, Horst Heinrich Wichard von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German press illustrator and caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt (Oder) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th December 1992 |
| Place of death | Berlin |