Karl Holtz
Karl Holtz (born January 14, 1899 in Berlin , † April 18, 1978 in Rehbrücke ) was a German graphic artist , draftsman and caricaturist .
Life
Karl Holtz attended a grammar school in Gdansk from 1909 to 1913 and the teaching establishment of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin from 1914 to 1919 , where he received his artistic training from the painter Emil Orlik and the graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin . His first works appeared as early as 1916: a caricature in Ulk and drawings in Wieland and in Funny Leaves . During the First World War he did his military service in Zabern and Strasbourg in 1918 .
During the November Revolution, his cartoons appeared in the newspaper Die Rote Fahne , and Holtz took part in the fighting in Berlin in 1919. From 1920 to 1923 he was traveling through Germany, Italy , France and Tunisia . After his return in 1924 he became a draftsman for the social democratic papers Der Wahre Jacob and Lachen Links , where Friedrich Wendel also worked as an editor. In 1928 he started working for Eulenspiegel and in 1931 for Die Ente . During this time, Karl Holtz also worked for the book club Der Bücherkreis .
In 1932 he moved to Rehbrücke near Potsdam and moved into his own house there in 1936. As a result of the takeover of power in 1933, he was banned from working as a press illustrator and he took on activities as a draftsman and commercial artist. After serving as a soldier from 1939 to 1945, Karl Holtz returned to Rehbrücke near Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone and worked for Ulenspiegel , Neue Berliner Illustrierte , Freie Welt , Schleswig-Holsteinische Volkszeitung , Leipziger Zeitung , Observer and Nebelspalter .
Karl Holtz was arrested because the Swiss satirical magazine Nebelspalter had published a Stalin cartoon in its number 21/1949 . A Soviet military tribunal sentenced Holtz 1949 to a prison term of 25 years, in prison Bautzen enforced was. On July 25, 1956, he was released early on a pardon , but without rehabilitation . After his dismissal, Karl Holtz was able to work again for previous clients in Rehbrücke.
Publications
- The Noske system . A political and satyrical reckoning . Together with Felix Stössinger . Freedom, Berlin 1920.
- The upside-down world depicted in Knüttelversen by Kaspar Hauser. Together with Jörg Mager or Kurt Tucholsky . Freedom, Berlin 1922.
- The Castle of Truth - A book of fairy tales . Together with Hermynia zur Mühlen . Verlag der Jugendinternationale, Berlin 1924. (Facsimile edition: Verlag Tribüne, Berlin 1983. Afterword by Horst Kunze .)
- New Saxon miniatures . Together with Hans Reimann . Reissner, Dresden 1928.
- Illustrations for Rudolf Arnheim : Voice from the gallery. 25 small essays on the culture of time . Dr. Wilhelm Benary, Berlin-Schlachtensee 1928.
- Good Holtz! Compiled by Karlheinz Dieter. Tascheneulenspiegel No. 33. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1962.
- Wood auction. Compiled by Sonja Lufer. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1964.
- From the wooden box. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1971.
- Karl Holtz. Edited by Wolfgang U. Schütte (= classic caricature; 21), Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1983.
Exhibitions
- 1925: Participation in the First General German Art Exhibition in Moscow , Saratov and Leningrad
- 1974: Complete work show in East Berlin , Potsdam, Leipzig and Greiz .
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ^ Edmund Schulz: Kaspar Hauser - 17/2010 - Ossietzky - two-week publication for politics / culture / economy. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Holtz, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist, draftsman and caricaturist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1978 |
Place of death | Deer Bridge |