Michael Sowa

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Michael Sowa (born July 1, 1945 in Berlin ) is a German painter and draftsman.

life and work

Michael Sowa has lived in Berlin since he was born. After completing his art education studies, he has been working as a freelance painter and draftsman since 1975. Among other things, he published in the satirical magazine Titanic , illustrated numerous magazines, books and book covers. He published many of his works with Axel Hacke . His pseudonym Heinz Obein is known.

The artist also became known to a wider audience through the success of the film The Fabulous World of Amélie , in which some of his works were shown. Many viewers remembered the unusual paintings such as the movie dog and poultry with pearls , which he created especially for this film.

Prizes and awards

In 1995 Sowa was awarded the Olaf Gulbransson Prize . In 2004 he received the Berlin Book Prize in the children's book category for the book Prinz Tamino . In 2013 he received the Göttingen Elch in recognition of his satirical life's work and the Sondermann Prize .

Exhibitions

In 2009, 130 of his works were shown in an exhibition in Japan ( Tokyo , Kyōto and Yokohama ).

Reviews

Stinkheim am Arschberg (2012)

“Michael Sowa knows what children love: a wicked plot with a happy ending and hearty humor. The author and artist now delivers all of this to you in the children's book Stinkheim am Arschberg . Let's hope that the beautifully designed booklet, outside and inside, will find its way into the children's room despite the title proving itself for the faint of heart. [...] And while the tall person has to grin incessantly while reading, the little viewer indulges in the typically Sowa bizarre details of his accurate painting style, reminiscent of the realistic style of old masters. "

- Heike Byn : eselsohr , H. 12/2012, p. 16.

Bibliography (selection)

Individual works
  • Pictures from two centuries . Haffmans, 1992 and Kein & Aber, 2004.
  • Michael Sowa - Olaf Gulbransson Prize 1995 . edition incognito, 1995.
  • Ark Sowa . Haffmans, 1997.
  • The Chicken and the Dancer - Thirty Fantastic Pieces . rororo red fox, 1997.
  • Prince Tamino - fairy tales and paper theater based on Mozart's Magic Flute . Construction, 2000.
  • together with Gerhard Polt: Hallelujah - The Bethlehem Saga . No & But, 2004.
  • Michael Sowa's world . Kodansha, 2005.
  • Pictures . No & But, 2006.
  • Michael Sowa's work . Kodansha, 2009.
  • Stinkheim am Arschberg . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-88897-795-4 .
  • Master of the comic art. Michael Sowa. Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-88897-878-4 .
Illustrations
  • Pedro Zimmermann: The house book of fabulous fables . Haffmans, 1989.
  • Axel Hacke : The Little King December . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-88897-223-2 .
  • Johannes Friedmann: Forbidden directions or the turquoise Minx . Spectrum, 1994.
  • Axel Hacke: Hackes animal life . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-88897-237-9 .
  • Irene Dische, Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Esterhazy - A hare story . Sauerlander, 1993.
  • Eva Heller: The unexpected gift from Santa Claus and Mrs. Glück and Mr. Liebe . Lappan, 1996.
  • Gerhard Polt : Rafael Schmitz the Pommfritz . No & Buts, 1999.
  • Axel Hacke: A bear named Sonntag . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-88897-432-8 .
  • Elke Heidenreich : Erika or The Hidden Meaning of Life . Sanssouci Verlag, 2002.
  • Axel Hacke: The white negro Wumbaba . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-88897-367-3 .
  • The white negro Wumbaba returns . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-88897-467-0 .
  • Wumbaba's legacy . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-88897-555-4 .
  • Joachim Ringelnatz : Secret children's play book . Construction, 2005.
  • Roger Willemsen : One shot, one scream - most of Karl May's . No & But, 2005.
  • Axel Hacke: Pralinék . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-88897-406-9 .
  • Elke Heidenreich: Nureyev's dog . Sanssouci Verlag, 2004.
  • Eugen Egner: When Santa Claus was a woman . Two thousand and one, 2005.
  • Linda Quilt: Horrible Child Prodigies . Hanser, 2006.
  • Felicitas Hoppe : Iwein lion knight . Fischer, 2008.
  • Hans Zippert : The plate guard or Who really makes the weather . Sanssouci Verlag, 2008.
  • Eva Demski : garden stories . Suhrkamp, ​​2009.
  • Axel Hacke: The days that I spent with God . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-95614-118-8 .
  • Axel Hacke: The Little Educational Advisor. The most successful education book of all time . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-88897-448-9 .
  • Axel Hacke: Every year again. A Christmas book . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-88897-583-7 .
  • Axel Hacke: nights with Bosch. 18 unlikely true stories . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-88897-703-9 .
  • Axel Hacke: Wortstoffhof. Language stories from ER to time window . Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-88897-508-0 .
Cover pictures / book covers
  • Karl May : Historical-critical edition for the Karl-May-Gedächtnis-Stiftung . Haffmans, 1989.
  • The Raven 27 - Magazine for Every Kind of Literature, Haffmans, 1989.
  • Max Goldt : Quinces for the people between Emden and Zittau . Haffmans, 1993.
  • Max Goldt: The balls in our heads . Haffmans.
  • Max Goldt: The radio drinker . Diana.
  • Joseph Conrad : Works (Zurich edition) . Haffmans, 1993 ff.
  • Jakob Arjouni : Magic Hoffmann . Diogenes, 1994.
  • Heinrich v. Berenberg; Antje Kunstmann (Ed.): Long due. 37 necessary prohibitions. Kunstmann, 1996.
  • Joseph von Westphalen : Lametta Lasziv. A little festive novel. Haffmans. 1996.
  • The blue-red air mattress . Ullstein, 1997.
  • Walter Wolter : Fallen men . Haffmans, 1997.
  • Axel Hacke: The best of my life . Kunstmann, 2003.
  • Guus Kuijer: The book of all things . Oetinger, 2006.
  • Felicitas Hoppe : Iwein lion knight . Fischer, 2008.
Art prints & cards
  • 23 art prints . Edition Incognito.
  • 267 cards . Edition Incognito.
Movies
  • The fabulous world of Amélie :
    • bizarre furnishing details in Amélie's bedroom, such as the “pig lamp” (the figure of an upright pig in a dressing gown wears the foot of a bedside lamp) and the paintings “film dog” (a dog with a ruff) and “poultry with pearls” (a white bird, who wears a pearl necklace around his neck) above the bed, and the motif “Girl with a bear” from the book “Hackes Tierleben” can be seen briefly in the film
    • Amélie's imaginary childhood friend (a crocodile)
    • Painting “Herbert” (a woman with a black dog in her arms) in the living room - distributed as a postcard
  • Wallace & Gromit - On the hunt for the giant rabbit :
    • Equipment, draft of the decors characterized by "rural British comfort"
Others

literature

  • Robert Gernhardt : I would also like to have something like that , in: Ders .: The last draftsman , 3rd edition, Fischer TB 14987, Frankfurt am Main 1999, pages 240-257, ISBN 978-3-5961-4987-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soup pig. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 2, 2015, p. 9.
  2. ↑ Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain in the Internet Movie Database (English).
  3. ↑ The highly praised modeling clay adventure. summa cultura, 42nd week 2005 ( memento from April 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Sowa, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin