Irmela Schautz

Irmela Schautz (* 1973 in Ravensburg ) is a German graphic designer and illustrator . She illustrates books for children and young people, popular science non-fiction, biographies, books of poetry and gift and creative books.

Career

Irmela Schautz studied painting and graphics at the State Art Academy in Münster with Udo Scheel and stage and costume design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Jürgen Rose and Martin Zehetgruber . From 1996 to 1998 she worked as a scientific draftsman at the Westphalian State Museum for Archeology in Münster.

Schautz has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2005. Books illustrated by her made it onto the Spiegel bestseller list, the shortlist of the World Illustrators Award , the Global Illustrators Award and among the “Most Beautiful Books in Germany”. Irmela Schautz has been teaching at the Academy for Illustration and Design in Berlin since 2012. In 2012 she and three colleagues founded the first “Long Night of Illustration” in Berlin. She is a member of the Illustratoren Organization (IO), the professional association of German-speaking illustrators. Schautz lives and works in Berlin .

Works

• From coffee slippers, vendors and whalebones: professions from bygone times. Author: Michaela Vieser , illustration: Irmela Schautz. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann 2010. ISBN 978-3-570-55195-0 .
• Forever and now. How to celebrate love here and elsewhere. Together with Michaela Vieser. Kunstmann 2016. ISBN 978-3-95614-064-8
• My scribble and inspiration book. Catch the day! . Rheinfelden: Christophorus Verlag 2015. ISBN 978-3-86230-305-2 .
• My 365-day book . Velber 2014. ISBN 978-3-8411-0188-4
• Christian Nürnberger , Stephan Kaußen : Nelson Mandela . Irmela Schautz (illustrator). Stuttgart: Thienemann-Esslinger 2018. ISBN 978-3-522-30500-6
• Alois Prinz : Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Ways to freedom . Illustration by Irmela Schautz. Stuttgart: Thienemann-Esslinger Verlag 2017. ISBN 978-3-522-30455-9
• Mascha Kaléko : Verses for Contemporaries. Illustration by Irmela Schautz. Munich: dtv 2017. ISBN 978-3-423-28139-3
• Christian Nürnberger , Petra Gerster : The rebellious monk, the runaway nun and the greatest bestseller of all time, Martin Luther . Irmela Schautz (illustrator). Stuttgart: Thienemann-Esslinger 2016. ISBN 978-3-522-30419-1
• Adolph Knigge : About dealing with people . A selection. Illustration by Irmela Schautz. Afterword by Marion Poschmann Berlin: Suhrkamp 2016. ISBN 978-3-458-19416-3
• Mascha Kaléko: The lyrical shorthand book. Illustration by Irmela Schautz. Munich: dtv 2016. ISBN 978-3-423-28098-3

Web links

• Website by Irmela Schautz
• Irmela Schautz on the homepage of the illustrators' organization (professional association for illustrators)