Johannes Grüger

Johannes Grüger (born February 12, 1906 in Breslau ; † April 9, 1992 ) was a German illustrator .

Life

Johannes Grüger was the son of the calligrapher and urban geometer Max Grüger. From 1926 to 1929 Johannes Grüger attended the theater class at the Wroclaw Applied Arts Academy, where the set designer Hans Wildermann was his teacher. From 1929 to 1931 Grüger worked as a set designer, from 1935 to 1939 he worked as a restorer for the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. In 1934 he married the actress Erika Fricke; the marriage had three children. From 1939 to 1945 Grüger participated as a soldier of the Wehrmacht at the World War II in part; All of his graphic work, which had been created up to that point, was destroyed in Breslau by the effects of the war. After the end of the war and his return from captivity , Johannes Grüger initially lived with his family in Aiterhofen near Straubing . From 1951 he was based in Düsseldorf . There he initially worked as a commercial artist , later as a freelance illustrator.

Act

Johannes Grüger first appeared in 1927 with the new musical notation for a "song primer" that his brother, the music teacher Heribert Grüger , had written. The work and its two successor volumes were a great sales success. In the thirties, Johannes Grüger also began to illustrate novels and short stories . After 1945, he was the publisher of the Brentano friendly publisher Viktor Kubczak worked, and later mainly for the publishers Schwann and Patmos-Verlag . In particular , Grüger illustrated editions of the Bible , catechisms , stories of saints , narrative children's books for a Catholic reading audience and other song books for children. The works of the author Josef Quadflieg that he illustrated were particularly successful . For his illustrations, Grüger used a folk, colored painting style that was based on traditional models (antique mosaics , medieval panel and wall painting ). With several million copies of the works he illustrated sold, Grüger is considered one of the most successful German book illustrators of the post-war period. In addition, Grüger designed a series of Bible murals for religious instruction and was involved in the interior design of churches in the first post-war years .

Awards

• 1957 Austrian State Prize
• 1957 Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna
• 1958 in the shortlist for the German Youth Book Prize : Die Heinzelmännchen together with its author August Kopisch
• 1959 One of the most beautiful books in Austria : Die Sternenmühle together with its author Christine Busta
• 1967 in the shortlist for the German Youth Book Prize: The Pumpkin Children together with its author Kathleen Arnott

bibliography

Standalone book editions

• Graphics , Düsseldorf 1981
• The big colorful song primer , Düsseldorf 1989 ISBN 3-491-39002-8

Illustrated book editions

Novels and short stories

• Sophie Reinheimer: The silent zoo , Berlin [u. a.] 1938

Children's and young people's literature

• Heribert Grüger : Liederfibel , Breslau 1927 (2nd edition 1930; 3rd edition 1933)
• Heribert Grüger: Magician Klumpedump , Breslau 1928
• Sophie Reinheimer : Funny gifts for girls and boys , Leipzig 1928
• The motley Easter book , Leipzig 1929
• Sophie Reinheimer: All kinds of domestic servants , Leipzig 1930
• Sophie Reinheimer: In the Rainbow , Leipzig 1930
• Sophie Reinheimer: Kleines Wiesenvolk , Leipzig 1930
• Sophie Reinheimer: Tannenkinder , Leipzig 1930
• Minni Grosch : Kunterbunt , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1931
• Heribert Grüger : Children's musical instruments , Dresden 1932
• Adelheid Stier : Quirlefitsch and other stories , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1933
• Anni Geiger-Hof : Marli , Stuttgart 1934
• Friedl Hohenstatt : In a happy crowd throughout the year , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1934
• Anni Geiger-Hof: Christmas Night in the Snow , Stuttgart 1935
• Hertha Grudde : Old fairy tales and stories from the spinning room , Königsberg Pr. 1935
• Hertha Grudde: Once upon a time ... , Königsberg 1935
• Hertha Grudde: About amber and other old fairy tales and stories from the spinning room , Königsberg 1935
• Anni Geiger-Hof: Schlamper , Stuttgart 1936
• Gertrud Bohnhof : The Sunday children in the woods , Stuttgart 1936
• Paula Knüpffer : The motley book for the very little ones and their mothers , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1936
• Gertrud Bohnhof: The Sunday children in the small town , Stuttgart 1937
• Paula Knüpffer: The children from Buschmühlenweg , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1937
• Gertrud Bohnhof: The Sunday children in the village , Stuttgart 1938
• Heribert Grüger: A little melody experiences adventure , Stuttgart 1938
• Ludwig Bechstein : Fairy Tales , Stuttgart 1937
• Maria Batzer : The first snow , Stuttgart 1939
• Paula Knüpffer: Rudi and his siblings , Stuttgart 1939
• Josef Pietsch : Two boys experience Germany , Breslau 1940
• Martha Fromme : Anita, the circus rider , Stuttgart 1950
• Anni Geiger-Hof : The Maidi vom Brunnenhof , Stuttgart 1951
• Josef Bey : Ährenfibel , Düsseldorf 1952
• Dina Schaefer : My measuring booklet , Essen 1952
• Hilde Roth : Fidelius and the vagabond , Stuttgart 1953
• Silesian fairy tales for children and households , Stuttgart 1953
• Peter Louis : Christ in the Primeval Forest , Kevelaer 1954
• Jean Plaquevent : Children following Jesus Christ , Einsiedeln [u. a.] 1954
• Josef Quadflieg : The book of the holy patrons , Düsseldorf 1954
• August Kopisch : The Heinzelmännchen , Honnef / Rhein 1955
• Felix Krajewski : The road of miracles , Kevelaer 1955
• Josef Quadflieg: Religious Stories for Little People , Düsseldorf 1956
• The Bremen Town Musicians , Honnef / Rh. 1956
• Elsa Steinmann : The Gondolier's Son , Freiburg 1956
• Rudolf Söllner : Maria, our mother , Nuremberg 1957
• Josef Quadflieg: The Book of the Twelve Apostles , Düsseldorf 1957
• Josef Bey: Ährenlese , Düsseldorf 1957
• The Child of God , Düsseldorf 1957
• Jakob Ecker : Small Catholic School Bible , Düsseldorf 1957
• Sing along , upper level , Munich 1957
• Fritz Steuben : And God created heaven and earth , Freiburg 1958
• Elsa Steinmann: Lia and the red carnations , Freiburg i.Br. 1958
• Marielis Robert : Peter and Francesca and the great city of Rome , Freiburg i.Br. 1958
• Picture Bible , Düsseldorf 1958
• Heribert Grüger: The mysterious egg , Honnef / Rh. 1959
• Christine Busta : The Star Mill , Salzburg [u. a.] 1959
• Felix Krajewski: The life of Jesus , Kevelaer 1959
• Hans Hümmeler : The children's book from the church year , Düsseldorf 1959
• Jesus I am yours , Düsseldorf 1960
• Bernhard Niklas : The holy God in the golden chalice , Kevelaer 1960
• Paula Walendy : The song tree , Gütersloh 1960
• How Jesus came into the world , Düsseldorf 1961
• Josef Quadflieg: New Pious Stories, Düsseldorf 1961
• Josef Quadflieg: The big book of the holy patrons , Düsseldorf 1962
• Elsa Steinmann: Remo and the Steppe Shepherds , Freiburg i.Br. [u. a.] 1962
• Faith booklet for the 2nd school year , Munich 1962
• Lene Hille-Brandts : Das Geigerlein , Munich 1962
• Käthe Hirsch : The story of the foal that went backwards , Hanover 1962
• Good news , Freiburg i.Br. 1963
• Karl Rauch: The Journey to Sister Sun , Freiburg i.Br. [u. a.] 1964
• Seumas MacManus : The Queen of the Tinkerers , Freiburg i.Br. [u. a.] 1965
• Walter Wiese : Pictures for the Bible for Children, New Testament , Lahr 1966
• Kathleen Arnott : The Pumpkin Children , Freiburg i.Br. [u. a.] 1966
• Hans Hoffmann: Pictures for children from the life of Jesus , Düsseldorf 1966
• Visit to Rome and other stories , Düsseldorf 1966
• The singing shell , Freiburg i.Br. [u. a.] 1967
• Georg Opitz : Remember them , Munich 1968
• Evelyn Sibley Lampman : Do magic, Ms. Hopdaisy , Stuttgart 1969
• Käthe Recheis : Mia Maria and the painter , Vienna [u. a.] 1970
• Inge Ott : Off to Homuleila , Stuttgart 1970
• Alfons Hayduk : Heaven of Merriment , Munich 1971
• Gudrun Pausewang : Behind the Wassermann House , Düsseldorf 1972
• Josef Guggenmos : On a star called Moritz , Freiburg im Breisgau [u. a.] 1972
• Do you know how many stars are there? , Freiburg im Breisgau [u. a.] 1972
• Heribert Grüger: Europafibel , Düsseldorf 1973
• Traud Gravenhorst : Homesickness of the Heart. Trip to Sagan. Beloved Valley , Munich 1974
• God's word for our children , Munich 1975
• Heribert Grüger: Christmas carol primer , Düsseldorf 1976
• Heribert Grüger: The golden song primer , Düsseldorf 1977
• Heribert Grüger: The Good Night Song Primer , Düsseldorf 1978
• Heribert Grüger: Let's sing, dance and jump , Düsseldorf 1980
• Heribert Grüger: Be funny, be happy, tralalala! , Düsseldorf 1979
• Heribert Grüger: The Animal Song Primer , Düsseldorf 1979
• Hänschen klein , Freiburg im Breisgau [u. a.] 1981
• The new song primer , Düsseldorf 1982
• The song primer motley , Düsseldorf 1983
• The song primer “Sing with us” , Düsseldorf 1987
• Josef Quadflieg: The little book of the holy patrons , Düsseldorf 1997

literature

• Pictures and books by Johannes Grüger , Troisdorf 1986

Web links

• Article on the 85th birthday of Johannes Grüger