Peter König (illustrator)
Peter König (born December 11, 1959 in Zella-Mehlis ) is a German railroad worker and illustrator .
Life
Peter König spent his childhood from 1959 to 1962 in Zella-Mehlis . Then he moved to Erfurt with his parents . He turned his hobby into a profession and worked from 1981 to 1986 as a locomotive driver at the Meiningen depot , from 1986 at the Aue depot and is now employed at the Zwickau depot in Dresden.
Peter König's role model was the Erfurt locomotive driver and painter Hans Köhler. Drawings and paintings by Peter König have been published in numerous specialist journals and books. Of his 1,600 pictures, 32 drawings were published on postcards and 250 in two books.
Peter König is married and has two children. He lives in Aue .
Works
- Railway picture album . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2001. ISBN 3-934748-32-5
- Railway picture book. 2005 catalog of available images and drawings . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2004. ISBN 3-937135-63-4
- Painted railroad time travel . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl, 2006. ISBN 978-3-938997-02-4
- Railway calendar 2012: Railway pictures - Erfurt in Thuringia . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2011. ISBN 978-3-86777-273-0
- Railway Calendar 2012: Railway Pictures - Germany . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2011. ISBN 978-3-86777-274-7
- Railway Calendar 2013: Railway Pictures - Germany . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2012. ISBN 978-3-86777-421-5
- Railway Pictures - Volume 1 - Painted impressions from Germany . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2010. ISBN 978-3-86777-181-8
- Railway Pictures - Volume 2 - Painted impressions from Germany . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2011. ISBN 978-3-86777-221-1
- Railway Pictures - Volume 3 - Painted impressions from Germany . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2011. ISBN 978-3-86777-330-0
- Railway Pictures - Volume 4 - Painted impressions from Germany . Bad Langensalza: Verlag Rockstuhl , 2012. ISBN 978-3-86777-424-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter König in the catalog of the German National Library
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SURNAME | King, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German railroad worker and illustrator |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zella Mehlis |