Roland Beier
Roland Beier (born August 1, 1955 in Meißen ) is a German graphic artist and caricaturist who became internationally known for his Marx caricature in 1990.
Life
After graduating from high school , Roland Beier studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts from 1972 to 1974 . This was followed by a degree in graphic design from 1974 to 1979 at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art, among others with Werner Klemke and Axel Bertram . Since 1980 he has lived and worked as a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist in Dresden, Neubrandenburg and Berlin. Until 1989 he was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . 2000 move to Berlin-Karolinenhof .
Roland Beier became internationally known in 1990 with the Marx cartoon I'm sorry guys! It was just an idea of mine ... which has been published in large numbers at home and abroad and can be ordered as a poster using the contact details on his homepage.
His works are in the possession of the House of History in Bonn and Leipzig , Satiricum Greiz , Spießhofer Collection / Switzerland, Jacobs-Suchard GmbH Bremen, Beate Uhse Flensburg Collection, German Post Museum Frankfurt a. M., Gothaer Insurance Cologne; Art library in the Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz Berlin and in various private collections.
Works (selection)
Cartoon I'm sorry guys! It was just an idea from me ...
This caricature, which was created in January 1990, was published for the first time in the first " Western edition" of the weekly EULENSPIEGEL in April 1990 (issue 15/1990). The caricature was supposed to be on the front page, but at the time the editorial team was concerned about whether a satirical booklet with Karl Marx on the front page would sell in the West. The original drawing (100 × 70 cm, at that time still without a red vest) was exhibited for the first time in 1990 in the Berlin gallery on Chamissoplatz , then in the Elefantenpress gallery in Zossener Strasse 32 in Berlin-Kreuzberg and in the "Karigrafie" at the television tower in Berlin. The caricature was judged by the jury of the last GDR satire biennial in Greiz in March 1990.
The caricature is also included in the collection of the German Bundestag , which has the world's largest collection of caricatures.
Book designs and book illustrations
- 1981 Kazimierz Moczarski: Conversations with the executioner (Verlag der Nation)
- 1981 Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö : The Dead in the Götakanal ( Verlag Volk und Welt )
- 1989 Ursula Ringer: Two people chew chocolate. School stories and poems for beginners and advanced learners ( Kinderbuchverlag Berlin )
- 1990 Rudi Strahl : My condition is serious, but not hopeless. A letter novel ( Eulenspiegel-Verlag , ISBN 3-359-00222-9 )
- 1996 Lothar Kusche Silent Night and Almond Meat (Edition Ost, ISBN 3-929161-67-2 )
- 1997 Jochen Petersdorf : The thick Petersdorf book (Eulenspiegel-Verlag, ISBN 3-359-00906-1 )
- 2006 Wilfried Bütow Do you know Heinrich Heine? Texts by Heine for young readers (Bertuch Verlag, ISBN 3-937601-32-5 )
- 2007 Karlheinz Fingerhut: Do you know Franz Kafka? (Bertuch Verlag, ISBN 978-3-937601-44-1 )
- 2007 Alain Bosquet: Marlene Dietrich, A love on the phone (Hendrik Bäßler Verlag, ISBN 978-3-930388-41-7 )
- 2008 Astrid Koopmann: '' Do you know Erich Kästner? '' (Bertuch Verlag, ISBN 978-3-937601-68-7 )
Roland Beier also illustrated numerous school books for Cornelsen Verlag .
- 2006 Klaus Berold: ′ ′ Words you can use. ′ ′ English learning dictionary (Cornelsen Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3-464-02859-3 )
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1982/83 IX. Art exhibition of the GDR , Dresden
- 1987/88 Xth art exhibition of the GDR, Dresden (catalog)
- 1988 7th Salon International Du Dessin D'Humor St.Just le Martel / France
- 1989 Roland Beier "Satirical Objects", Gallery Visuell, Berlin
- 1990 "Karigrafie 90", Fernsehturm Berlin (catalog)
- 1992 Caricatura , Kassel (catalog)
- 1993 "Telecartoon", Frankfurt am Main (catalog)
- 1993 "100 masterpieces from the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel", Berlin Panoptikum
- 1993 15th Festival International Du Dessin Humoristique D'Anglet, Biarritz ( France )
- 1996 Gothaer Karikade "Hotline", Gothaer Versicherung Hamburg (catalog)
- 1998 "Sprachlos / Sans Paroles", Emmental ( Switzerland ) (catalog)
- 1998 Gothaer Karikade "Wächselbäder", Gothaer Versicherung Mainz (catalog)
- 1997 "Aalglatt bis Zoni", Cartoonfabrik Berlin (catalog)
- 1999 cartoon "In the name of freedom", Leipzig (catalog)
- 1999 Gothaer Karikade "Eurovisionen", Gothaer Versicherung Weimar (catalog)
- 2000 Greiz Triennial "Caricature-10 Years of German Unity", SATIRICUM Greiz (catalog)
- 2001 "Viva Europa", German Caricature Award of the Saxon Newspaper Dresden (catalog)
- 2001 "All caricatures - the drawn 20th century", Caricature Museum Krems / Austria (catalog)
- 2005 "Bottom Line", caricatures and censorship in the GDR, Foundation House of History of the FRG / Leipzig (catalog)
- 2009 VI. Triennale Greiz , "In the jungle of the small town"
- 2010 "White Gold", Art Association Meißen (together with Kay Leonhardt)
- 2011 "Sea of Color", Villa Irmgard , Heringsdorf
Awards
- 1992 4th prize (journalist prize) of the 5th triennial europeenne de la affiche politique, Mons / Belgium for the Marx caricature as a poster
Web links
- Homepage of Roland Beier
- Roland Beier's caricature "Gilt-United" on the homepage of the House of History
- Animated version of the Marx cartoon on YouTube
- Exhibition WHITE GOLD. KUNSTVEREIN 2010 for the exhibition in Meißen
- "Weisses Gold" in bars Film contribution by TV Meißen to the exhibition Weißes Gold , 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ Satire: Marx apologizes (Der Spiegel 16/1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beier, Roland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cartoonist, graphic artist, caricaturist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meissen |