Irmhild Warweg

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Irmhild Warweg (born February 9, 1905 in Hanover ; † May 6, 1983 there ) was a German illustrator and graphic artist .

Life

After graduating from high school, she studied figurative drawing and commercial graphics at the Werkkunstschule Hannover . Then Irmhild Warweg worked in a graphics company. Here she met her husband, the painter and graphic artist Erich Warweg . In 1936 both started their own business in Hanover-Bemerode .

The focus of Irmhild Warweg's work was on illustrations for various publications and printed matter. After the Second World War she took over the illustration of reading books in the British occupation zone with stories about Willi and Dora ( Dohrmann - primer ). Today the Irmhild-Warweg-Straße in Hanover-Bemerode is a reminder of the draftsman and illustrator.

Works

  • New primer, part 1 and 2 (title and content illustrations),
  • New primer, part 2 (title drawing),
  • New Primer, Part 3 (title and content illustrations),
  • Low German reading book (title and content illustrations). All in the Hahnsche Buchhandlung Verlag, Hanover, appeared in the post-war years.
  • To the zoo, picture book for children.
  • Design of the reception area with wall drawings in the Cecilienstift Children's Hospital, Hanover.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Printed matter no. 0391/2004 Street names in the Bemerode district ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 25, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / e-government.hannover-stadt.de
personal data
SURNAME Warweg, Irmhild
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator and graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1983
Place of death Hanover