John Dähmcke
John Dähmcke ([joːn]), also Johann (born November 21, 1887 in Ottensen , † March 31, 1969 in Berlin ) was a German painter, graphic artist and illustrator.
Live and act
Dähmcke studied from 1907 to 1910 at the art school in Breslau and then with Lothar von Kunowski at the state drawing teacher seminar in Düsseldorf ( Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts ).
Later he had a studio in Berlin, where he mainly worked as a portrait painter. Since the 1930s he has also illustrated books and created title pages. After 1945 he worked as an illustrator for the Aufbau-Verlag . From 1946 to 1980 he was a member of the professional association of visual artists in Berlin.
Works
- Oberon. Nine etchings, Berlin: Amsler & Ruthardt around 1920
- Portrait of Paul von Hedemann-Heespen , Deutsch Nienhof (1932)
- Portrait of Anton Scheuritzel (lithograph)
Illustrations
- Heinrich Lhotzky : The planet and me. Haus Lhotzky Verlag, Ludwigshafen 1925.
- Wilhelm Platz : Frithjof. Haus Lhotzky Verlag, Ludwigshafen 1925.
- C. Bechstein Pianoforte-Aktiengesellschaft (Hrsg.): The Bechstein picture book. Bechstein Picture Book. Bechstein illustrious. Berlin, C. Bechstein Pianoforte-Aktiengesellschaft 1927 (vignettes)
- Hans in hapiness. Meissner 1933.
- Fritz Binder: You and your harmonica: a collection of beautiful soldier songs with practical instructions for playing the harmonica. Matth. Hohner 1942
- Willi Bredel : The Commissioner on the Rhine and other historical stories. The Youngest Gold Digger of Calaveras and Other Tales /
- Nicolai Gogol : Fantastic Stories. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1946.
- Bret Harte : The Youngest Gold Digger from Calaveras and Other Tales. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1946.
- Heinrich Mann : The subject. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1946.
- Konstantin Paustowski : The Colchis. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1946.
- Alexander Pushkin : Dubrowski: Novelle. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1946.
- Leo Tolstoy : Haji Murat. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1946
- Hans Christian Andersen : The nightingale - a fairy tale. Berlin: Erich Blaschker 1947
- Bewag (Berlin) : Reconstruction of the West Power Plant in the years 1948-1950. Portfolio with nine watercolors and lithographs,
- Mark Twain : Tom Sawyer's Adventures and Pranks. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1953,
- One hundred recipes for the modern kitchen for serving, stewing, steaming, braising, baking and roasting with Olio Sasso, o. O .: Olio Sasso, o. J.
Posters
- Good light is easy on the eyes , 1935
literature
- Dähmcke, John . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . tape 6 : Second addendum with corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1922, p. 59 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Dähmcke, John . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples . tape 23 : Cuccioni-Dambsman . KG Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-22740-X , p. 367 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Kaupert: International art address book . Kaupterverlag, 1958.
- ↑ list-of-important-artists.de , accessed on March 8, 2012.
- ↑ Figure in Nordelbingen 10, 1934, p. VII.
- ^ Hans W. Singer: The graphic work of the painter-etcher Anton Scheuritzel. Scherl, Berlin 1920, frontispiece
- ↑ Good light is easy on the eyes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dähmcke, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dähmcke, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottensen |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: 1980 |
| Place of death | unsure: Berlin |