Ida Bohatta

Ida Bohatta (born April 15, 1900 in Vienna ; † November 14, 1992 there ), also Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo , was an Austrian children's book illustrator and author .

Life

Ida Bohatta attended the arts and crafts school in Vienna . She began to illustrate children's books at an early age and also to write her own texts. After she achieved initial success with it, she met Josef Müller in 1927. He commissioned her with a series of pictures and postcards ( diligent pictures ) for his publishing house Ars sacra , in which those typical Ida Bohatta books appeared from 1929, which contained eight to twelve color illustrations and texts by the artist in a small format. The publisher's collaboration with Ida Bohatta lasted until her death.

In 1938 the artist was accepted into the Reichsschrifttumskammer , her books continued to appear during the National Socialist period and were even recommended. But there is no evidence that the Catholic author is politically active in this regard.

In 2008, Ida-Bohatta-Platz in Vienna- Landstrasse was named after the artist. This name only existed until December 2019, then the square was renamed "Platz der Soziale Sicherheit" (Social Security Square) because it is located in front of the completely renovated building of the umbrella association of social insurance institutions .

meaning

In addition to children's books by well-known authors such as Anneliese Umlauf-Lamatsch and Margarete Seemann , Ida Bohatta illustrated her own more than 70 books, which have a total circulation of more than 5 million copies and have been translated into 13 languages (including Japanese). They appear to this day with unbroken success.

Bohatta depicted religious themes, but she became famous with depictions of elves and goblins as well as flower children. Based on a religious attitude, she created a harmonious world, which, however , is often seen as kitsch by critics . At the same time, however, there are witty and witty stories from her in text and images that do not support this one-sided judgment at all. B. Mausi from 1938.

literature

Manfred Berger : Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo , in: Children's and youth literature. Ein Lexikon, 1998 (6th edition), pp. 1–11
Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo. Life and work of a children's book illustrator with a complete bibliography . ars Edition , Munich 1988
100 years of Ida Bohatta. Life and work. Exhibition catalog . Ed. Welzel, Birgit. ars Edition, Munich 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Platz der Soziale Sicherheit, City Council Committee of the City of Vienna for Culture and Science, December 3, 2019 (accessed December 25, 2019).

personal data
SURNAME	Bohatta, Ida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bohatta-Morpurgo, Ida
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian children's book illustrator and author
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	November 14, 1992
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Platz der Soziale Sicherheit, City Council Committee of the City of Vienna for Culture and Science, December 3, 2019 (accessed December 25, 2019).