Steffie Lerch

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Steffie Lerch (born Stephanie Krausz March 10, 1905 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ; died June 3, 1996 in New York ) was an Austro-Hungarian graphic artist .

Life

Stefanie Krauss was a daughter of the Jewish historian Samuel Krauss and Irene Tedesco, one brother was the psychiatrist Stephen Krauss . Her family moved to Vienna in 1906 , where she grew up, completed her school education and finally studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . After graduating, she worked in the advertising industry. In 1933 she married the painter Franz Lerch and took him on a wedding and study trip to Sicily . Her husband Franz used her as a model quite often , so that some portraits are assumed to have been depicted on them. There is also a painting in the Belvedere Museum in Vienna in which the couple can be seen together. When Austria was annexed to Germany in 1938, Steffie's Jewish origins forced the couple to emigrate . First they fled to England and then to New York in the USA . There she began to work again as a graphic artist in advertising, designed greeting cards and was also successful as an illustrator of children's books.

Children's book illustrations

  • 1946: The Story of Jesus , by Beatrice Alexander
  • 1947: Lullabies from Every Eand , by Inez Bertail
  • 1948: A Childs Garden of Verses , by Robert L. Sevenson
  • 1948: A Year in the City , by Walter M. Mason
  • 1948: We Like to Do Things , by Walter M. Mason
  • 1949: The Surprise Doll , by Morell Gipson
  • 1949: We Like to Do Things , by Walter M. Mason
  • 1950: Heidi. Child of the Mountains , after Johanna Spyri
  • 1950: Come to My Party and Wear a Fancy Hat
  • 1950: The Christmas Treasure Book: Stories, Songs amd Soems by Hilda Marx
  • 1953: The Little Golden Christmas Manger , by Jane Watson
  • 1953: HAIL MARY FOR LITTLE CATHOLICS , from Sister Mary St. Paul of Maryknoll

literature

  • Zlata Fuss Philips: German Children's Literature in Exile 1933-1950: Biographies and Bibliographies . De Gruyter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-598-11569-1 , 2001, pp. 139-140

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fuss Philips, Zlata: German Children's Literature in Exile 1933-1950: Biographies and Bibliographies, De Gruyter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-598-11569-1 , 2001, pp. 139-140
  2. ↑ Krauss, Stephan. In: Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 744.
  3. ↑ Fuss Philips, Zlata: German Children's Literature in Exile 1933-1950: Biographies and Bibliographies, De Gruyter Verlag, ISBN 978-3-598-11569-1 , 2001, pp. 139-140
personal data
SURNAME Lerch, Steffie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krausz, Stephanie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1996
Place of death New York City