Klaus Bürgle

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Klaus Bürgle in his studio in Göppingen 2010

Klaus Bürgle (born June 4, 1926 in Stuttgart ; † June 30, 2015 in Göppingen ) was a German graphic artist . He drew pictures with modern objects.

Life

Klaus Bürgle attended the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1948 to 1951 and was taught by Professors Rössing and Schneidler . Since 1953 he worked as a freelance graphic artist. He specialized in technical and scientific topics, illustrated a large number of popular science books and magazines, and worked for scientific television series. In particular, he designed visionary illustrations on the following topics, among others: The operation of cars with nuclear engines and wirelessly transmitted electrical energy, as well as commercial aircraft with supersonic technology for transporting loads and people, and orbital missiles for space tourism, and Bürgle also created representations of novel solutions for rail and shipping and presented unconventional ideas for handling everyday business. He was best known for the large-format fold-outs in the youth book series Das Neue Universum .

In 2010, works by Bürgle were shown in an exhibition organized by the Kunsthalle Göppingen at Filseck Castle near Göppingen. His illustrations of the “striving for more, ever further, ever higher, ever faster”, characterized by friendly and positive colors, appear uncritical and naive in view of the threats to the ecosphere known today, but are understandable against the background of the consciousness of the fifties and sixties Years when the economic miracle fired technical fantasies.

literature

  • Werner Meyer (ed.): Klaus Bürgle. Back to the Future. Technical fantasies and visions. Göppingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-927791-70-1 .
  • Tommy Laeng: Future dreams from yesterday, today, the day after tomorrow. (= Exhibition catalogs. Volume 3). Lit Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10675-9 .
  • Tommy Laeng: Future flops from the day before yesterday. A walk through the storage basket of visions - Part 3. In: Sascha Mamczak , Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Science Fiction Year 2007. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-52261-9 , p. 579 -592.
  • Tommy Laeng: Future flops from the day before yesterday. A stroll through the storage basket of visions - Part 2. In: Sascha Mamczak, Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Science Fiction Year 2006. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-52183-8 , pp. 927-940 .
  • Tommy Laeng, Alexander Seibold: Happy new times. Grandfather's predictions for our present. In: Klaus Bollhöfener (Ed.): Fantastic! # 18, Verlag Achim Havemann, Detmold 2005, ISSN  1616-8437 , pp. 35-37.
  • Tommy Laeng, Alexander Seibold: From grandfather's future workshop. A stroll through the filing basket of visions. In: Sascha Mamczak, Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Science Fiction Year 2005. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-453-52068-8 , pp. 607-642.

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Klaus Bürgle has died. The artist of the world of vision. on: faz.net , July 3, 2015, accessed July 3, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Cf. Tommy Laeng: Future dreams from yesterday, today, the day after tomorrow. (= Exhibition catalogs. Volume 3). Lit Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10675-9 , p. 47.
  3. ↑ Tommy Laeng, Alexander Seibold: Beautiful new time. Grandfather's predictions for our present. In: Klaus Bollhöfener (Ed.): Fantastic! # 18, Verlag Achim Havemann, Detmold 2005, p. 36, ISSN  1616-8437 .
personal data
SURNAME Bürgle, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 2015
Place of death Goeppingen