Johannes Breitmeier

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Johannes Breitmeier (* 1913 in Bernau near Berlin ; † 2002 ibid) was a German animal and landscape painter and book illustrator , who was particularly known for his precise powers of observation and his finely executed (colored) drawings.

During his time in Frankfurt (Oder) in the 1960s, he kept in close contact with the ornithologist Otto Fehringer , who was one of the managing directors of the then newly founded, non-profit Heidelberger Tiergarten GmbH from 1933 to 1938. Breitmeier mainly devoted himself to the detailed illustration of many well-known animal books for various publishers in the GDR and later also in the Federal Republic of Germany .

Breitmeier also gave lessons to other artists, including a. the painter Elisabeth Zander from the age of eight to fourteen.

Publications

  • Our housebirds, keeping / care / breeding, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Deutscher Bauernverlag, 1955
  • Beaver swan and water flea, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, 1960 and 1974
  • Angling manual, illustrations by Willy Schulz-Kabbe and Johannes Breitmeier, Sportverlag Berlin, 1964
  • I know something. Animal observations in the house, yard and garden, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Jugendland Verlag, 1966
  • Animals around us. A visit to the zoological gardens and animal parks of the GDR, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, 1966
  • Angle right !, illustrations by Willy Schulz-Kabbe and Johannes Breitmeier, Sportverlag Berlin, 1966 and 1981
  • Fish studies for anglers, color tables by Johannes Breitmeier, Sportverlag Berlin, 1967 and 1981
  • On bird stalk, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1968
  • Foreign housebirds, 24 color plates by Johannes Breitmeier, Urania Verlag Leipzig Jena Berlin, 1969
  • Between the dune and the seabed: animals and plants of the Baltic Sea area, 80 colored and black and white panels by Johannes Breitmeier and Heinz Dost, Urania Verlag Leipzig Jena Berlin, 1969
  • Traces in the reeds, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Sportverlag Berlin, 1970
  • Swans, geese and ducks, 24 plates by Johannes Breitmeier, Urania Verlag Leipzig Jena Berlin, 1972
  • Parakeets and other parrots, 24 plates by Johannes Breitmeier, Urania Verlag Leipzig Jena Berlin, 1973
  • Protected and huntable birds, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Urania Verlag Leipzig Jena Berlin, 1973 and 1980
  • We identify animals, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Aulis Verlag Deubner + Co, 1975
  • Abducted from the wild: Animal and plant breeding yesterday, today and tomorrow, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1975
  • All about biology, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1977
  • A year in nature: plants and animals from our homeland, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, 1978
  • Plants and animals - a nature guide, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, 1979
  • Animals from all over the world, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1980
  • Birch, deer and swallowtail, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1980
  • Small holiday primer, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1981
  • Fish and water science. A reference work for anglers, illustrations by Reiner Zieger, Wolfgang Hornuff, Roland Jäger, Johannes Breitmeier, Sportverlag Berlin, 1982
  • Birds in a cage, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1982
  • Blackbird Drossel Fink and Star, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1983 and 1991
  • Mole, whale and bat, colored illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1984
  • I know something, animal observation in forests and fields, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1986
  • We identify plants, illustrations by Hille Blumfeldt, Johannes Breitmeier, Peter Gröbner, Wolfgang Heinrich, Hella Helk and others. v. a., 1987
  • Fig tree and silk moth, plants and animals from distant countries, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Children's Book Publishing Berlin, 1989
  • Adler, Kiebitz, Storch und Schwan, Hardcover illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1998
  • Jonny Jet der Eisvogel, illustrations by Johannes Breitmeier, Verlag Fischer Munich, 2006

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Where summer is still a summer
personal data
SURNAME Breitmeier, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German animal painter, landscape painter and book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Bernau near Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 2002
Place of death Bernau near Berlin