Sabine Friedrichson
Sabine Friedrichson (born November 13, 1948 in Hamburg ) is a German illustrator of books for children and young people. She became internationally known for her illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales . She lives and works in her hometown of Hamburg.
Life
Sabine Friedrichson was born in Hamburg in November 1948. From 1965 onwards she studied illustration at the College of Design and attended Wilhelm Martin Busch's illustration class . She completed her studies in 1970 with a diploma.
Since 1970 she has been working as a freelance illustrator for various German publishers, especially Beltz & Gelberg . Her debut, the black and white illustrations for the Irish children's stories in the book White Horse, Black Mountain by Frederik Hetmann , made it onto the shortlist for the German Youth Literature Prize in 1971 . She illustrated both classics of children's and youth literature such as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio's New Adventure , as well as works by modern authors such as Peter Härtling . Friedrichson was particularly concerned with the works of the Dane Hans Christian Andersen .
Her illustrations also appeared in various magazines in the 1970s, for example in "Brigitte" and "Architektur & Wohnen". In 1979 Friedrichson brought out her first book of her own, entitled Fundevogel and other Favorite Tales, which won the Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Prize . Together with her husband Ralf Mauer, she has also been working in the field of book design since 1980 . In her second book in 1995 she retold an old English fairy tale with her illustrations.
In 2015, Sabine Friedrichson was honored with the special prize of the German Youth Literature Prize for her complete illustration.
Exhibitions
The Picture Book Museum at Burg Wissem in Troisdorf showed on 19 October to 30 November 2008 works Friedrichsons in an exhibition titled spring, stone, paper. Books and pictures by Sabine Friedrichson and published a catalog for them. Around ten years later, the Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf showed the exhibition Nutcracker and the Mouse King from December 17, 2017 to February 18, 2018 with original drawings, sketches and preparatory work by the artist for the fairy tale of the same name by ETA Hoffmann . These drawings were published in an article by Tilman Spreckelsen for the first time in 2016 in advance in the FAZ online.
Works (selection)
Illustrations
- 1971 Frederik Hetmann: White horse, black mountain: Irish children's stories. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1971, ISBN 978-3-407-80206-4 .
- 1972 Edith Nesbit : Psammy provides adventure . Dressler, Berlin 1972, ISBN 978-3-7915-1431-4 .
- 1973 Clyde Robert Bulla: White Raven . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1973, ISBN 978-3-407-80228-6
- 1975 Heinz Barüske (Ed.): Märchen der Eskimo, Fischer TB, 1975, ISBN 978-3-436-02026-2 .
- 1976 Rose Lagercrantz : It's Anna. Oetinger, Hamburg 1976, ISBN 978-3-7891-1741-1 .
- 1983 Hans Christian Andersen : Mother Elder: 21 fairy tales from the tea kettle. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1983, ISBN 978-3-407-80100-5 .
- 1983 Peter Härtling : Jakob behind the blue door. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1983, ISBN 978-3-407-80121-0 .
- 1984 Juri Korinetz: Volodja's brothers. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1984, ISBN 978-3-407-80134-0 .
- 1985 Hans Christian Andersen : fairy tales. 2 volumes. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1985, ISBN 978-3-407-80145-6 .
- 1986 Carlo Collodi : Pinocchio's adventure. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1986, ISBN 978-3-458-32747-9 .
Illustrations and text
- 1979 Fundevogel and other favorite fairy tales. Beltz, Weinheim 1979, ISBN 978-3-407-80552-2 .
- 1995 The glass ball: an old English fairy tale retold in pictures. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1995, ISBN 3-407-79155-0 .
Nominations and Awards
- 1971 Shortlist of the German Youth Literature Prize for the illustrations for White Horse, Black Mountain
- 1979 Oldenburg children's and youth book prize for Fundevogel and other favorite fairy tales
- 2007 wild female award
- 2015 Special prize of the German Youth Literature Prize for her complete illustration
literature
- Ottilie Dinges: Sober Fantasy: The Illustrator Sabine Friedrichson . In: Working group “Das Gute Jugendbuch e. V. “(Ed.): Youth book magazine . tape 36 , no. 2 . Janßen, Kleve-Warbeyen 1986, p. 84-87 .
- Maria Linsmann (Ed.): Pen, stone, paper books and pictures by Sabine Friedrichson; from October 19 to November 30, 2008 Museum Burg Wissem, picture book museum of the city of Troisdorf; [Exhibition catalog] . Troisdorf Burg Wissem Picture Book Museum, Troisdorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809301-0-9 .
- Elisabeth Hohmeister: Sabine Friedrichson . In: Stiftung Illustration (Hrsg.): LdI: Lexicon of Illustration in German-Speaking Countries since 1945 . tape 1 . edition text + kritik, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-86916-024-5 , p. 1-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Sabine Friedrichson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Sabine Friedrichson at perlentaucher.de
- Sabine Friedrichson in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- World so quiet: Sabine Friedrichson - German Youth Literature Prize for the complete works - October 16 , 2015 - 2/2 on YouTube , October 17, 2015, accessed on December 6, 2018 (Sabine Friedrichson interviewed live on stage).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klara Schneider: My fox will come to you . In: The time . August 4, 1995 ( online [accessed December 6, 2018]).
- ^ Sabine Friedrichson. Working group for youth literature e. V., accessed on December 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Exhibition ?? Nutcracker and Mouse King ?? at the Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf. In: Reading in Germany. Retrieved December 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Tilman Spreckelsen: Nutcracker and the Mouse King. In: FAZ.net . December 13, 2016, accessed December 6, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrichson, Sabine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |