Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt
Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt , b. Neustädt, (born July 10, 1926 in Plauen ) is a German draftsman, graphic artist, author and teacher.
Career
Ursula Neustädt attended school in her hometown in the Vogtland until she was forced to work in war armor in 1943. She witnessed the destruction of Plauen and actively helped to remove the damage caused by the rubble. In 1946 she began studying architecture at the Bauhochschule Weimar . In the same year she switched to the arts and crafts school in Leipzig, where she met her future partner, Wolfgang Mattheuer . From 1948 both studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) in Leipzig with Professors Egon Pruggmayer , Elisabeth Voigt , Max Schwimmer and Walter Arnold . 1950–52 she is also a guest student at the University of Leipzig with Ernst Bloch , Hans Mayer and Johannes Jahn .
Since completing her studies in 1952, she has worked as a draftsman and graphic artist, illustrated and designed numerous books. 1960-64 she also worked as a teacher at the evening academy at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig. In 1958, 1961, 1965 and 1973 she received the “ Most Beautiful Books ” award for her book designs . In 1965 she was awarded two silver medals at the International Book Art Exhibition in Leipzig (IBA) for lithographs on Brecht's mother courage and for participation in the Shakespeare competition. In 1972 she received the Leipzig City Art Prize .
In 1989 she and her husband Wolfgang Mattheuer took part in the Monday demonstrations in Leipzig.
After the death of her husband Wolfgang Mattheuer, in 2006 she founded the "Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt and Wolfgang Mattheuer Foundation" based in Leipzig. The aim and purpose of the foundation is to preserve the artistic work of both artists and to make them accessible to the public as well as to highlight the work of Wolfgang Mattheuer as an academic teacher and his impact on students and artistic descendants.
Book illustrations
- Anneliese Probst: Legends and fairy tales from the Harz. Old Berlin publisher Lucie Groszer
- Otto Schöndube: Moroccan Adventure. Youth book publisher Ernst Wunderlich, Leipzig, 1957
- Otto Schöndube: Cabin boy Helga. Youth book publisher Ernst Wunderlich, Leipzig, 1958
- Irma Harder: A blank slate. New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1958
- Epigrams. Verlag Müller & Kiepenheuer, Hanau, 1960
- Rudi Czerwenka : Mysterious stream . Prisma-Verlag Leipzig, 1962
- Jonas Lie : The pilot and his wife . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1963
- Hans-Christian Lothe: sickle of anger. Prisma-Verlag Leipzig, 1971
- Eberhard Panitz : The seven affairs of the Dona Juanita. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle, 1972
- Axel Schulze: At ground level. Poems. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle, 1973
- Alexander Pushkin : Gabrieliade. Construction Verlag Berlin and Weimar, 1974
- Elisabeth Hartenstein : The red stallion. Prisma-Verlag Leipzig, 1974
- Georg Maurer : Under the mulberry tree. Selected poems (reproductions of the 15 lithograph series "Dialoge"), Verlag Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig, 1977
- Rudyard Kipling : Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Stories from the Tschungel book. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig, 1982
Publications
- Pictures as a message - the message of the pictures. Using the example of Wolfgang Mattheuer . Publishing house Faber & Faber, Leipzig, 1997
- Wolfgang Mattheuer. Evening, hills, forests, love. The other mate. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, 2007
- Co-editor of: In spite of all this, my suns are called! Memories of Wolfgang Mattheuer. Publishing house Faber & Faber, Leipzig, 2007
Honors
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mattheuer-Neustädt, Ursula., Rodegast, Claudia .: Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt: from sketchbooks 1947-1997 . 1st edition Plöttner, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-86211-046-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mattheuer-Neustädt, Ursula |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neustädt, Ursula (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman, graphic artist, author and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plauen |