Renate Seelig
Renate Seelig (born May 29, 1938 in Bielefeld ; † October 18, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German illustrator and children's book illustrator .
Life
After finishing school, she studied textile design at the art academies in Kassel and Hamburg. Her professional career began in the 1970s, when she worked as a freelancer for the advertising agencies Thompson , McCann Erickson , Ogilvie and Saatschi and Saatschi.
She later started as an illustrator and worked for various publishers, including Ellermann , Ravensburger , Ars Edition , Gabriel Verlag, Herder and Brockhaus . Renate Seelig has illustrated more than 100 books, including the fairy tale book published by Gerstenberg Verlag , the Rhine fairy tales by Brentano and the children's rock house .
Books illustrated by Renate Seelig have been translated into many languages. Her illustrations have been shown to the public in exhibitions in Bologna , Tokyo , London , Casablanca and many cities in Germany. Her characters can be found on the ZDF programs “ Siebenstein ” and “ Löwenzahn ”.
Renate Seelig lived and worked in Frankfurt and in Tangier / Morocco.
Works
- 1990: "Good morning everybody", graphic for a picture book text by Gerald Jatzek , Ellermann Verlag, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7707-6308-4
- 2004: "It was a king in Thule", Gerstenberg Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8067-5047-8
- 2006: "The house book of fairy tales", Gerstenberg Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8369-5110-4
- 2007: "The Easter Story" (text: Rainer Oberthür, illustration: Renate Seelig), Gabriel Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-522-30097-1 .
- 2014: "The Pentecost story" (text: Rainer Oberthür, illustration: Renate Seelig), Gabriel Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-522-30297-5 .
- 2011: "The Christmas Story" (text: Rainer Oberthür, illustration: Renate Seelig), Gabriel Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-522-30262-3 .
- 2018: "The Easter Story" (Author: Rainer Oberthür , Illustration: Renate Seelig), Don Bosco Medien , Munich. ISBN 978-3-522-30097-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary with picture in: Börsenblatt, vol. 185, issue 45, November 8, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seelig, Renate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2018 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |