Werner Ruhner
Werner Ruhner (born May 27, 1922 in Meerane ; † December 23, 1999 in Leipzig ) was a German illustrator who was one of the busiest in the industry in the GDR . His illustrations included works of all genres. He lived temporarily in Borsdorf near Leipzig and in Grimma.
From 1936 to 1939 Ruhner did an apprenticeship as a decorative painter and after the war studied from 1948 to 1952 at the University of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig , where he later lectured as an assistant.
He worked as an illustrator for the publishers New Life , Culture and Progress , Aufbau and the children's book publisher, among others . The earliest entry in the catalog of the German National Library comes from 1957 - a booklet in the series Das neue Abenteuer ( The smile of Simone Gruteau by Kurt Herwarth Ball ).
Selection of his work
- Juri Rytchëu : Farewell to the gods . Culture and Progress Publishing House, 1960.
- Susanna Georgievskaya: Father is the sinner . Culture and Progress Publishing House, 1961.
- Herbert Friedrich : The Eissee - The last journey of Willem Barents . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1968
- Karl-Heinz Tuschel : The purple planet . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1971.
- Klaus Frühauf : Star on zero course . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1979.
- Klaus Frühauf: Mutants on Andromeda . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1980.
- Peter Lorenz : Quarantine in the cosmos . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1981.
- Horst Czerny : Pole striker. Of winners and vanquished in the eternal ice . New Life Publishing House, 1986.
- Peter Kaiser, Norbert Moc and Heinz-Peter Zierholz: A beautiful coffin and not a corpse . Verlag Tribüne , Berlin, 1987.
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved October 13, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruhner, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meerane |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1999 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |