Klaus Dill
Klaus Dill (born October 6, 1922 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ; † February 19, 2000 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German painter .
Life
Klaus Dill was a nephew of the impressionist Otto Dill , who did not support him. Klaus Dill made a name for himself as a painter of film posters and book illustrations . Best known are his illustrations in Karl May's books and the covers of the youth magazine Pete and the comic book Bessy . In addition, he drew covers for the comic series Lasso Western , FBI - G-man Bruce Cabot and Mark Strong - Der Mann von MATT , as well as for the paperback series Young Readers and the book series Tom Prox . In 1997 he became a film award winner (gold). In 1999 the Landesbildstelle Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart dedicated an extensive solo exhibition to him, in which, among other things, a 12-part Tecumseh cycle was shown.
Movie posters
In addition to numerous film posters for western strips , he created the posters
- Dance of the Vampires by Roman Polański ;
- Bus stop ;
- Twelve noon
Literature / editions of works
- Klaus Dill, Eberhard Urban et al .: WesternArt . Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 1997, ISBN 3-87314-315-1
- Klaus Dill, Peter Bischoff et al .: Movie posters . One-time, limited edition. Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 1997, ISBN 3-87314-323-2
- Klaus Dill: Tecumseh. 1768-1813 . (12 ArtPrints.) Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 2000, ISBN 3-87314-349-6
- Klaus Dill: Tomahawk and peace pipe. Pictures for Karl May . Edited by Hans-Martin Heider and Eberhard Urban. Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg and Radebeul 2001, ISBN 3-7802-3010-0
- Hans-Martin Heider and Eberhard Urban (eds.): Art for the cinema. The posters of the film award winner Klaus Dill . Henschel, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89487-441-4
- Klaus Dill: An artist's life for literature and film . Edited by Hans-Martin Heider and Eberhard Urban. Bergisch Gladbach and Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-7973-0919-8 (Societäts-Verlag) or ISBN 3-87314-402-6 (Heider-Verlag)
- Klaus Dill: Cover Art . So far ten picture portfolio editions. Heider, Bergisch Gladbach 2000-2004
- Klaus Dill: 'Bastei Freunde Klubzeitung' Nos. 4,7,10,14. Published by Martin Hilland, 2003, 2004, 2005. www.bastei-freunde.de
Web links
- Klaus Dill in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Klaus Dill in the archive for film posters
- Literature by and about Klaus Dill in the catalog of the German National Library
- Klaus Dill ( Memento from April 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
- Part of Klaus Dill's estate in the German Film Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ Comic Guide: Lasso. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Comic Guide: FBI. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Ralf H. - Author and collector - The Comics Collection - Mark Strong. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Comic Guide: Mark Strong. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ notebooks. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dill, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 2000 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |