Volker Pfüller
Volker Pfüller (born June 7, 1939 in Leipzig ; † October 23, 2020 in Rudolstadt ) was a German graphic artist , set designer and university teacher .
Life
After studying at the Berlin-Schöneweide University of Applied Arts from 1958 to 1960, Volker Pfüller studied graphics until 1965 at the Berlin University of Applied Arts with Werner Klemke and Arno Mohr . From 1976 he held a teaching position there. From then on he worked as a freelancer in Berlin and most recently in Rudolstadt in Thuringia.
In 1990, Volker Pfüller became visiting professor for illustration at the Kassel Art Academy and in 1991 professor for stage design at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art. From 1997 to 2005 he took on the class for illustration at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig .
His work includes work as a set designer at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , the Münchner Kammerspiele , the Volksbühne Berlin and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg ; his graphic work, drafts of drawings and book illustrations.
His posters have received several awards in the context of the 100 best posters of the year award, and his illustrations are among the most beautiful books in the GDR . Since the 8th art exhibition in 1977, works by Volker Pfüller have been on display at the GDR art exhibition in Dresden . Pfüller died in Rudolstadt in October 2020 at the age of 81.
Work (selection)
Book illustrations
- 1979 The Magic House ( children's book publisher Berlin )
- 1980 Reinke: Zar Wasserwirbel drives a Trabant ( book publisher Junge Welt )
- 1984 Jiri Marek : The star Sirius or loving chats about dogs. ( Verlag Volk und Welt , Berlin)
- 2000 billy goat in roast skirt . 15 verses by Volker Pfüller. ( Aufbau-Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3-351-04006-7 )
- 2002 donkey, polar bear, human, rice pudding and hat
- 2002 Stefan Zweig : Chess Novel
- 2009 little animal ( Lubok Verlag Leipzig, ISBN 3-941601-04-0 )
- 2010 Punch and Judy puppet ( publishing house Jacoby & Stuart Berlin, ISBN 3-941087-80-0 )
Posters
- 1982 Bertolt Brecht : Baal for the German State Opera Berlin
- 1982 Bertolt Brecht: The round heads and the pointed heads for the Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 1983 Bertolt Brecht: The Threepenny Opera for the Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt
- 1985 Tadeusz Różewicz : The trap for the Maxim Gorki Theater
- 1986 August Strindberg : Dance of Death for the German Theater
- 1988 Molière : The unwilling doctor for the small stage in the Friedrichstadtpalast
- 1989 Eugène Ionesco : The bald singer for the Deutsches Theater Berlin
- Since 1989, Volker Pfüller has created around 65 different posters for Theater 89 in Berlin
Filmography
- 1985: The round heads and the pointed heads (TV theater recording)
Awards
- 1981 and 1983 Critics' Prize of the Berliner Zeitung as a set designer
- 1983 silver medal as costume designer at the international stage design quadrennial in Prague
- 1985 1st prize in the Best Poster of the Year competition (film and theater poster)
- 1986 Art Prize of the GDR
- 1986 Special award from the GDR Theater Association
- 1987 silver medal at the poster biennial in Lahti , Finland
- 2019 German Youth Literature Prize for his complete works
Furthermore, Volker Pfüller was represented several times with his works in the selection “ The 100 best posters of the year ”, for example
- 1980 1st prize for the exhibition and event poster Bild und Szene
- 1982 1st prize for the Baal theater poster ( German State Opera )
- 1984 1st prize for the theater poster The Threepenny Opera ( Städtisches Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt )
- 1985 1st prize for the theater poster The Trap ( Maxim-Gorki-Theater )
- 1986 2nd prize for the theater poster Totentanz ( Deutsches Theater (Berlin) )
- 1988 3rd prize for the picture poster Johannes R. Becher
- 1989 1st prize for the theater poster The Knights of the Round Table (Maxim-Gorki-Theater)
- 2004 theater poster Effis Nacht ( Theater 89 )
literature
- Association of Graphic Designers of the GDR and Lower Saxony Ministry for Federal and European Affairs: P40. Posters from the GDR , Berlin 1990, pp. 80, 136–137 and 194–196, ISBN 978-3-87585-184-7 .
- Stephan Dörschel: Volker Pfüller: Image lust . Theater der Zeit , Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-95749-234-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Volker Pfüller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Volker Pfüller archive in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
- Volker Pfüller, poster artist and set designer. In: Kulturradio broadcast “To Guest”. September 5, 2016, archived from the original on October 31, 2016 (interview about an exhibition in the art museum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus ).
- Ingeborg Ruthe: The poster maker Volker Pfüller is celebrating his seventieth with an exhibition in Pankow: About dinosaur dogs and theater. In: Berliner Zeitung . June 16, 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ News. In: Theater Rudolstadt. Retrieved October 24, 2020 .
- ^ Association of graphic designers of the GDR and Lower Saxony Ministry for Federal and European Affairs: P40. Posters from the GDR , Berlin 1990, p. 195, ISBN 978-3-87585-184-7 .
- ^ Association of graphic designers of the GDR and Lower Saxony Ministry for Federal and European Affairs: P40. Posters from the GDR , Berlin 1990, p. 194, ISBN 978-3-87585-184-7 .
- ↑ Special prize “Complete Works” Illustration by Volker Pfüller Website of the youth literature working group. Retrieved October 23, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfüller, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist, set designer and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 2020 |
| Place of death | Rudolstadt |