Kurt Tessmann

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Kurt Wilhelm Emil Tessmann (born September 10, 1909 in Leipzig , † 1962 in Munich ) was a German painter and illustrator of children's books from the 1950s and 1960s. Among the best known works include his illustrations to the Lone Girl books by Poul Nörgaard .

Works (selection)

Cover pictures

  • Poul Nörgaard: Lone and happiness. Bertelsmann Lesering 1960.
  • AE Weirauch: The ship in a bottle. Schneider Verlag around 1958.
  • CV Rock : Billy as a detective. Hirundo youth book 1965.
  • Bernhard Stokke: Riders under the Northern Lights. Schneider Verlag 1958.
  • Helge Haastorp: With a kayak and dog sled. Schneider Verlag 1958.
  • John Habberton : Helen's children. Droemer Verlag 1954.
  • Stephen W. Meader: Respect little bud. Droemer Verlag 1958.
  • Guy de Maupassant: Bel Ami. Droemer Verlag 1952. (dust jacket)
  • Hubert Wolf: Wasko has to live. Ensslin youth book 1953.
  • Lise Gast : The Erlenhof twins. Ensslin Verlag 1957.
  • Swen Wernström: Sombra, the jaguar. Hirundo book for young people around 1965.
  • Friederike Grassl : Amalendu . Cludius Verlag 1967.
  • Renate Goedecke: As a researcher to Australia. Schneider Verlag 1955.

Illustrations

  • Albert G. Miller. Fury and the Mustangs. Engelbert Verlag 1965.
  • Kurt Knaak: Fide, our dachshund. Bertelsmann Lesering, Gütersloh 1957.

literature

  • Charlotte Ferg-Frowein: Kürschner's graphic artist manual. Edition 2, De Gruyter 1967, p. 301.
  • Franz Goldstein, Ruth Kähler, Hermann Kähler: Dictionary of monograms 1. Volume 2 of Monogrammlexikon 1: international directory of monograms by visual artists since 1850 De Gruyter 1999, ISBN 3-110-14453-0 , p. 1105

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charlotte Ferg-Frowein: Kürschner's graphic artist manual. De Gruyter 1967, p. 301.
personal data
SURNAME Tessmann, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tessmann, Kurt Wilhelm Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and illustrator of children's books in the 1950s and 1960s
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 1962
Place of death Munich