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Leo Glueckselig , also Glückselig, (born May 5, 1914 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died June 14, 2003 in New York City ) was an Austro-American illustrator and graphic artist.

Life

Leo Glückselig's grandfather founded the auction house for antiquities Glückselig & Sohn in Vienna , which his father and uncle continued. His older brother Friedrich became an art dealer and published poetry under the pseudonym Friedrich Bergammer . His sister Alice (1907–1983) was also able to save herself from the Holocaust .

Glückselig studied architecture at the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Oskar Strnad , Hans Adolf Vetter , Otto Niedermoser , Carl Witzmann and Oswald Haerdtl , but was not allowed to take an exam after the annexation of Austria in 1938 for racist reasons. He was arrested during the Reichspogromnacht and in the same year emigrated to the USA via Holland and France.

After the USA entered the war in 1941, Glueckselig became a soldier in the US Army and was deployed in the European theater of war. He then worked as a freelance illustrator and draftsman in advertising and for East Coast newspapers and magazines such as Time , Life and the New York Times until old age . He gave drawing lessons and was a participant in the Oskar Maria Graf regulars' table .

In 1999/2000 his works were shown for the first time in exhibitions in Salzburg, Vienna, New York and Washington. Glückelig bequeathed part of his works to the University of Applied Arts. In 2002 he received the Silver Medal of Honor of the State of Vienna .

Book illustrations (selection)

  • Paul Steiner: Useless facts about women . Illustrations Leo Glueckselig. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1965
  • Shirley Sloan Fader: The princess who grew down . Illustrations Leo Glueckselig. New York, Lion Press, 1968
  • Angelika Wolff: Mom! I broke my arm! Illustrations Leo Glueckselig. New York: Lion Press, 1969

Exhibition catalog

  • Erika Patka (Ed.): Leo Glückselig: born in Vienna - lives in New York; an exhibition by the University of Applied Arts Vienna - collection in cooperation with the Federal Chancellery, Section for Art Affairs, Kunstraum Palais Porcia, Vienna, September 3 to 20, 2002 . Vienna: Univ. for applied arts, 2002, ISBN 978-3-85211-102-5

literature

  • Ursula Seeber (Hrsg.): Small allies: expelled Austrian children's and youth literature . Vienna: Picus, 1998 ISBN 3-85452-276-2 , p. 126f.
  • Daniela Ellmauer, Albert Lichtblau (ed.): Leo Glückselig. Thank God no hero and saint! A Viennese "Jew-boy" in New York . Vienna 1999
  • Rainer Hering: Happy between Vienna and New York. The Viennese graphic artist Leo Glückselig and his emigration to the USA . In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter , 58 (2003), pp. 289 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Happy, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blessed, Leo (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-American graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2003
Place of death New York City