Wolfgang Hicks

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Wolfgang Hicks (born September 22, 1909 in Hamburg , † March 23, 1983 in Bonn ) was a German cartoonist and illustrator .

Life

Hicks was a self-taught artist . Working as a commercial artist and stage decorator, he developed into a political cartoonist. In addition to Wilhelm Busch , Hicks referred to the Simplicissimus drawers Karl Arnold , Olaf Gulbransson and Thomas Theodor Heine as his role models . In 1928 he made his debut in the traditional “ Hamburger Fremdblatt ”.

From 1932 Hicks worked for the social democratic "Echo der Woche". When the National Socialists came to power, it was initially banned from signs. During this time, Hicks temporarily earned his living as a fashion attorney and as a poster and sign painter. After the ban on the profession was lifted, he drew for the Berliner Illustrierte , the Hamburger Anzeiger and the magazine Die Koralle as well as for the front newspaper of the Navy War Report Department West and occasionally for Das Reich .

After 1945 he accompanied current political events with a concise line and a reduced line in black and white for Stern and Die Zeit . In 1957, Hicks became the “house cartoonist” of the “ world ”. He illustrated various books. In 1966, Hicks was appointed professor at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts . Hicks died in Bonn in 1983. His drawing estate is in the House of History Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Publications (selection)

  • Stefan Brant: The German laughs. Steingrüben Verlag, Stuttgart 1955, DNB 451836065 .
  • Walther Freisburger (Hrsg.): Konrad, said Mrs. Mama. Adenauer in the cartoon. Stalling, Oldenburg 1955, DNB 452530326 .
  • Hermann Otto Bolesch, Ernst Goyke, Günter Müggenburg: Verbonnt in all eternity. Bad Godesberg 1956.
  • Eckart Hachfeld: Amadeus goes through the country. Dark world events brightly illuminated. Stalling, Oldenburg 1956, DNB 451750969 .
  • Georg Ramseger: Without plaster and whitewash. German cartoonists and culture. Stalling, Oldenburg 1956, DNB 453910408 .
  • The cartoon was my fate . In: Bertelsmann three in one issue. The colored monthly notebooks 12/1957, pp. 38–40.
  • Federal press conference (Ed.): Bonn plus ultra. 1951 to 1961. Ten Years Almanac of the Federal Press Conference, Bonn 1962, DNB 458754773 .
  • Bonn Patiencen. (together with Lisette Mullère / Christian Ferber) Rowohlt, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1963, DNB 451235924 .
  • Heinz Pentzlin: The man at the top. Entrepreneurs in the age of electronics. Stalling, Oldenburg 1964, DNB 453731465 .
  • That's it. A picture book of recent history with marginalia decorated by Christian Ferber. Boldt Verlag, Boppard 1965 DNB 456986286 .
  • The little town and Potterratt . (together with Dieter Kaergel) Stalling, Oldenburg 1965, DNB 452285720 .
  • Elisabeth Hachtel: The political widow . 3. Edition. Boldt Verlag, Boppard 1973, ISBN 3-7646-1565-6 .
  • Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind: The not quite iron chancellor. Youth of the Federal Republic of Germany. Boldt Verlag, Boppard 1965, DNB 452309905 .
  • Werner Finck: Werner Finck in America. Scherz Verlag, Munich / Bern / Vienna 1966, DNB 456617671 .
  • Over there. Boldt Verlag, Boppard 1967, DNB 750139196 .
  • Dietrich Schulz-Köhn: Art between show and poetry. Gütersloh 1969.
  • Hannes Reinhardt (Ed.): That's me. Ernst Deutsch, Tilla Durieux, Willy Haas, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Joseph Keilberth, Oskar Kokoschka, Heinz Tietjen, Carl Zuckmayer tell their lives. Piper, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-492-01838-6 .
  • Georg von Turmitz (ed.): Wisdom of the punch line. Aphorisms - Bonmots - Epigrams. Heyne, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-453-42036-5 .
  • Cartoons are not always laughable. The way from the subject to the final artwork is often a long one. In: Die Zeitung 10/1981, p. 3.

literature

  • Matthias Kretschmer: The picture journalist Mirko Szewczuk. A communication-historical study of life and work . Münster 2001, ISBN 3-8258-4806-X .
  • Günter Zehm: In memoriam Wolfram Hicks , in: Die Welt, March 24, 1983.
  • Ulrike Martens: German cartoonists on the division of Germany, the peaceful revolution and reunification . A contribution to political education. Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-7329-0233-0 .
  • Jürgen Scheurer: Caricatures and Context (1878-2015) . Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86460-416-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Flemig: Caricaturist Lexicon . De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston 1993, ISBN 978-3-11-097771-4 , doi : 10.1515 / 9783110977714 .
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Hicks. In: lambiek.net. June 28, 2016, accessed March 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Alexander Kratochvil: Mykola Chvyl'ovyj. A study of life and work . Peter Lang D, 1999, ISBN 978-3-95479-056-2 , doi : 10.3726 / b12616 .
  4. ^ Authors' biographies . In: Beethoven visual . Hollitzer Verlag, 2020, ISBN 978-3-99012-791-9 , pp. 252-252 , doi : 10.2307 / j.ctvwh8cjv.12 .
  5. ↑ A . In: Caricaturist Lexicon . De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston 1993, ISBN 978-3-11-097771-4 , pp. 1-7 , doi : 10.1515 / 9783110977714-004 .
  6. ^ Kretschmer, Matthias: The picture journalist Mirko Szewczuk . Lit, Münster / Hamburg / London 2001, ISBN 3-8258-4806-X , p. 553 .
personal data
SURNAME Hicks, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German caricaturist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1983
Place of death Bonn