Melanie Wiesenthal

Melanie Wiesenthal , artist pseudonym Merquana and Melanie van Rosendaal , (born December 10, 1987 ) is a German author and illustrator of books for young people, children and short stories as well as the founder of the publishing house.

Life

Wiesenthal grew up in the east of Thuringia . After her training as a media designer , she founded Merquana Verlag , which she ran until 2017 and then handed it over to Carow Verlag in Müncheberg . Until 2014 Wiesenthal published short stories and several books under the pseudonym Melanie van Rosendaal . Since 2017 she has been primarily active in drawing and painting.

Elements of her homeland can be found in some of her pictures, such as: B. the Altenburger Residenzschloss . Preferably draws and paints the artist but maritime motifs. In 2016 she moved to Kiel . In 2018 she presented her drawings and paintings on the Kunstmeile Kiel .

The children's book "Anna an der Kieler Förde", published in 2018, describes some of her experiences in Kiel, which she incorporated into the book. The illustrations created for this are also from her hand.

Publications

• Stories from the desert. Vol. 1. Magical stories , anthology with text and picture contributions, Merquana Verlag, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-394388210-0
• The Cloud Ship , neobooks, 2014, ISBN 978-384768503-6
• Orien und Ethien: Die magische Feder , neobooks, 2014, ISBN 978-384761052-6
• Stories from Fantasy Worlds , neobooks, 2014, ISBN 978-384761284-1
• The Source of Life , neobooks, 2016, ISBN 978-373808138-1
• The dragon amulet: Weltenwandlung , neobooks, 2016, ISBN 978-373808143-5
• The fight for the unicorn, Merquana Verlag, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3943882-03-2
• Nixie and the pearl mussel , Merquana Verlag / Carow Gruppe, Kiel / Müncheberg 2017, ISBN 978-3943882-40-7
• Anna an der Kieler Förde , Carow Verlag, Müncheberg 2018, ISBN 978-3944873-23-7

More illustrations

• multiple authors and illustrators: stories on the seabed. [ Anthology ], Net-Verlag, Cubbel 2012. ISBN 978-3942229-64-7
• multiple authors; Ill .: Jenny Schneider and Melanie Wiesenthal: Fascination of old empires. [Anthology; Selection of stories: Lysann Rößler (Ed.) & Readers' team], Net-Verlag, Tangerhütte 2014. ISBN 978-3957200-21-1
• Melanie Wiesenthal (Fotoill.): Beautiful Kiel 2017. Wall calendar 2017; ed. from familia Verlag, Leipzig 2016. ISBN 978-3961310-09-8
• Kathrin Goldfeld (author); Melanie Wiesenthal (Ill.): Fabulous sea rhymes. (Picture book) Carow Verlag, Müncheberg 2017. ISBN 978-3944873-17-6
• Christa Kuczinski (text); Melanie Wiesenthal (Ill.): Coloring pad for the fantasy novel Aberness by Christa Kuczinski with text passages. Publishing house el Gato , Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-3946049-17-3
• Jennifer N. Kartal (Author); Melanie Wiesenthal (Ill.): Tamtam and Pampam always say: Learning is fun - left, right, in front of and behind. , Books on Demand, 2017, ISBN 978-3744849630

Exhibitions

• 2018: Art Mile Kiel
• 2019: magic of dreams

literature

• Interview with Melanie Wiesenthal , Elfenschrift, No. 36, 2012, ISSN 1613-3293

Web links

• Literature by and about Melanie Wiesenthal in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Literature by and about Melanie Wiesenthal in the catalog of the German National Library
• Artist portrait of Melanie Wiesenthal at the Kunstmeile Kiel
• Official website of Melanie Wiesenthal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Merquana. Personal blog.
2. ↑ Martin Stralau: "I help books in the world" . In: Märkische Oderzeitung from November 5, 2018, accessed on January 18, 2019
3. ↑ Profile. Retrieved January 13, 2019 (German). 
4. ↑ Magic of Dreams. Retrieved January 13, 2019 (German). 
5. ↑ 2018 - Melanie Wiesenthal - KUNSTMEILE Kiel. Retrieved January 13, 2019 (German). 
6. ↑ Anna on the Kiel Fjord. Retrieved January 13, 2019 (German). 
7. ↑ Aberness coloring pad. El Gato publishing house.
8. ↑ 2018 - Melanie Wiesenthal , Kunstmeile Kiel.
9. ↑ Andreas Bayer: Kidnapped in dream worlds in Gößnitz. July 12, 2019, accessed on July 19, 2019 (German).