Lilo Fromm

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Lilo Fromm (* 1928 in Berlin ) is a German painter , illustrator and graphic artist . She was best known in the 1960s and 70s for the illustration of children's books .

Life

Lilo Fromm spent her youth in Berlin, where she was born in 1928, as well as in East Prussia and on the North Sea . She began her studies at a technical school in Berlin and then went to academies in Munich, Freiburg im Breisgau and Hamburg.

In 1957 the first children's book she illustrated was published by Georg-Lentz-Verlag . She later illustrated over 250 books, some of which were written by herself. Some of them have been translated into a total of 22 languages. For their illustration of the Grimm's fairy tale The Golden Bird in Publishing Heinrich Ellermann she received the 1967 German Youth Book Award in the category picture book and a golden plaque of the Biennial of Illustrations in Bratislava .

Lilo Fromm drew numerous black and white illustrations, posters, school books and a series of greeting cards for UNICEF and Schweizer Kinderhilfe. For the Porzellanfabrik Sophienthal she designed a series of twelve decorations for collection plates . The book Der weisse Berg , published by Roman Korvar Verlag, gives an overview of her free painting .

From 1965 to 1983 Lilo Fromm spent the summers in Suzette in Provence , and in 1984 she moved there entirely. She has been living in Germany again since 2016.

Awards

  • 1960: Shortlist of the German Youth Book Prize for Das Mondgesicht
  • 1962: Honor list of the Hans Christian Andersen Prize for The Face of the Moon
  • 1963: Selection list of the German Youth Book Prize for Oberpotz and Hoppelhannes
  • 1965: Selection list of the German Youth Book Prize for Das Kinderhaus (text by Ingrid Bachér )
  • 1966: Selection list "The most beautiful German books" for wonderful things (text by Ursula Wölfel )
  • 1967: German Youth Book Prize - picture book for The Golden Bird
  • 1968: Shortlist of the German Youth Book Prize for Keiko's soap bubble
  • 1969: Selection list of the German Youth Book Prize for Pumpernick and Pimpernell
  • 1970: Shortlist of the German Youth Book Prize for Cowboy Jim (text by Ursula Wölfel )
  • 1972: Shortlist of the German Youth Book Prize for Sixes Coming Through the World
  • 1973: One of the Top 28 Children's Books, CBC, NY for Uncle Harry
  • 1973: Selection list Premio Europeo di Letteratura Giovanile , Italy, for Muffel and Plums
  • 1976: One of the 10 best: Children Books, Tokyo, for The Blue Light
  • 1980: Shortlist from Owl Price, Japan, for Das Meerhäschen
  • 1982: Book of the Month German Academy for Children and Youth Literature for Little Bunnies

Works (selection)

  • Gusti is looking for the train , 1962
  • Wonderful things (reader, texts by Ursula Wölfel ), 1966
  • The golden bird , 1966
  • Pumpernick and Pimpernell , 1967
  • Six come through the world , 1969
  • The Eisenhans , 1970
  • Karlines Ente (text by Tilde Michels ), 1975, new edition 2008, Tulipan Verlag
  • The blue light , 1975
  • My name is Titmouse , 1974
  • Muffel and Plums , Volume 1, 1972
  • Muffel and Plums , Volume 2, 1974
  • Muffel and Plums , Volume 3, 1976
  • Himpelchen and Pimpelchen , 1979
  • Parrot and Mummy (text by Mascha Kaléko ), 1982
  • Snow white and rose red , 1983
  • Behind the Abezee Mountains , 1985
  • Marlene and the robbers
  • The letter bird , (text by Eveline Hasler ), 1991
  • Turnip comes to visit , 1993
  • The Orange Man , 1970, new edition 2007

literature

  • The white mountain. With a foreword by Christoph Meckel. Roman Korvar Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3-925845-47-X
  • Lilo Fromm. The work of a picture book artist. 1989, ISBN 3-7707-3303-7
  • Fedor Bochow: Fromm, Lilo : In: Allgemeine Künstlerlexikon, Volume 45, Munich a. a .: Saur 2005, pp. 438-439

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lilo Fromm: Biography. In: artisgallery.eu. Retrieved September 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ The golden bird. In: www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org. Working group for youth literature e. V., accessed on September 18, 2016 .
  3. ↑ International Jury of the Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB): Minutes of the 1967 meeting (PDF, 3 MB) September 7, 1967, accessed on September 18, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Pious, Lilo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic designer, artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin