Wolfgang Cube

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Wolfgang Würfel (born March 31, 1932 in Leipzig ) is a German graphic artist , illustrator and painter .

Life

Wolfgang Würfel was born in 1932 as the son of a farmer in Leipzig-Connewitz. Wolfgang attended elementary and middle school in Flöha , where the family moved after the war. From 1946 to 1949 he completed an apprenticeship in the painting trade and graduated with the journeyman's examination. On the side he went to the evening nude drawing at the Volkshochschule in Chemnitz.

In 1949 he was accepted at the Dresden Art College (today: Dresden College of Fine Arts ), but he was unable to begin his studies for financial reasons. From 1951 he worked for the first time at the World Youth Festival for the German Advertising and Advertising Company (DEWAG). There he was entrusted with commercial graphic work, with which he was able to finance his studies.

Between 1950 and 1955 he studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee Hochschule für Gestaltung with Arno Mohr and Ernst Rudolf Vogenauer . Here he also attended guest lectures with Werner Klemke , who was appointed to teach wood engraving at the university in 1951. In 1955 he finished his studies with a thesis on Lion Feuchtwanger and began a freelance work as a painter and graphic artist .

Cube is married for the second time. He has two daughters from his first marriage. Würfel lives in Glienicke / Nordbahn .

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His teacher Werner Klemke encouraged him to use illustration and graphic techniques such as wood engraving . Würfel was one of the most productive book graphic artists in the GDR. He used techniques such as B. Wood engraving, mezzotint , oil graphics and pen drawing . He also illustrated various school and textbooks. For 20 years from 1968 onwards he illustrated a thousand features by the writer Heinz Knobloch , which appeared in the weekly post under the heading “With both eyes” .

Book illustrations (selection)

  • Gottfried August Bürger : Wonderful trips to the water and land of the Baron von Münchhausen. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin, 1958
  • Erich Kästner: The missing miniature or the adventures of a sensitive butcher master. Eulenspiegel Verlag Berlin, 1965
  • Hanna-Heide Kraze: Secret letters. Union-Verlag, Berlin, 1965
  • Moritz August von Thümmel: Wilhelmine. A prosaic, comical poem. Union-Verlag, Berlin, 1966
  • Theodor Storm : Renate. Historical novellas . Book publisher der Morgen, Berlin, 1966
  • Gottfried Keller : The epitome . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1970
  • Heinz Knobloch : All about the book. Offizin Andersen Nexö, Leipzig, 1974 (mini book in two volumes)
  • Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: The saint. Novella. Union-Verlag, Berlin, 1973
  • Jochen Hauser: Midsummer Night . Union Verlag Berlin. 1974
  • Manfred Blechschmidt (ed.): The silver rose. European mining legends . Greifenverlag Rudolstadt, 1974
  • Rainer Kirsch : When I have my red hat. The children's book publisher Berlin, 1974
  • Regina Hansel: Siebenschön and many other fairy tales . The children's book publisher Berlin, 1975
  • Heinz Knobloch : The smile of the newspaper ; Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle, 1975
  • Ruth Werner : The china dealer's gong. New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1976
  • From the plump pants devil. Book publisher Der Morgen, Berlin, 1976
  • Wolf Spillner : The Bird Island. The children's book publisher Berlin, 1976
  • Ruth Werner : Father's dear good leg. The children's book publisher Berlin, 1977
  • Sonja Schnitzler and Werner Hirte: Cursed and sewn up. Swear words from our dear mother tongue plus an appendix. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1977
  • Frank Weymann : The heir. New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1978
  • Wolfgang Rincker: Crime against an innocent . Greifenverlag Rudolstadt, 1979
  • Allen Marshall: Tell us about the turkey . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1979
  • Inge von Wangenheim : Spaal. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt, 1981
  • Edith Bergner : Out and about with Uncle Sigha. The children's book publisher Berlin, 1981
  • Günter Görlich : The girl and the boy . The children's book publisher Berlin, 1981
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The new Paris. Fairy tales and stories . The children's book publisher Berlin, 1982
  • Anneliese Probst : On the way to Gutwill. Union Verlag, Berlin, 1982
  • Horst Bastian : Three worlds on one star. Young World Publishing House, 1983
  • Winfried Völlger : The honey pot . Postreiter-Verlag, Halle, 1984
  • Günther Cwojdrak: Exchange of words . Eulenspiegel Verlag Berlin, 1985
  • Anne Geelhaar : The doll in the moss. Young World Publishing House, Berlin, 1986
  • Heinz Knobloch : It can not be denied. Feature sections. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Leipzig, 1985
  • Gottfried Keller : Romeo and Juliet in the village . New Life Publishing House, Berlin, 1986
  • Werner Heiduczek : Dulittl's miraculous journey . The children's book publisher Berlin, 1986
  • Theodor Storm : Feuermann and Regentrude. The children's book publisher Berlin, 1986
  • Werner Heiduczek : The ugly little bird. A picture book story. The children's book publisher Berlin, 1987
  • Maria Seidemann : Rosalie . The children's book publisher Berlin, 1988
  • Clara Asscher-Pinkhof : Star children . The children's book publisher Berlin, 1989
  • Joachim Ringelnatz : Small beings . Old Berlin publisher Lucie Groszer. 1989
  • Regina Hansel: fairy tale world. Lots of beautiful fairy tales by well-known and unknown poets. The children's book publisher Berlin, 1990
  • Eberhard Panitz : The smile of Mr. O. A hundred stories at the time . Dietz Verlag Berlin, 1994
  • Heinz Knobloch : Berlin's old center. Around the pleasure garden. History to walk through. Jaron-Verlag Berlin 1996
  • Arthur Schopenhauer : maxims and wisdom . Werner Dausien publishing house, Hanau

Editions of original graphics (selection)

  • Heinrich Heine : The woman's body is a poem. Portfolio with 5 wood engravings (small graphics). Publisher Karl Quarch, Leipzig, 1978
  • Quick! Hurtig pours me one . Portfolio with 5 wood engravings (small graphics) with verses by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . Publisher Karl Quarch, Leipzig, 1978
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Sino-German seasons and times of day . Portfolio with 11 wood engravings. Publisher Karl Quarch, Leipzig, 1982    

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1966: Graphics Biennale, Brno, Czech Republic (also 1972, 1980)
  • 1969: Prints, Berlin City Library .
  • 1973: Gallery hl. Města Prahy, Městská knihovna v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 1975: Galerie am Prater , Berlin
  • 1976: District Home Museum Perleberg.
  • 1977: Exhibition on the occasion of the Days of Children's and Youth Literature, Leipzig, pavilion at Sachsenplatz.
  • 1978: Wood engravings and oil graphics, Small Gallery , Wittenberg.
  • 1981: Book art exhibition, Perleberg, with special postmark by Deutsche Post based on a motif by Wolfgang Würfel
  • 1981: "Pictures for Literature". Kreiskulturhaus Berlin-Lichtenberg and gallery in Sophienstrasse, Berlin.
  • 1982: "Blätter zur Literatur", oil graphics and drawings, tile works gallery, Boitzenburg / Elbe.
  • 1983: Collection of the German State Library , Berlin
  • 1984: Biennal International d 'il Lustració de Llibres per a infants. Barcelona, ​​Spain.
  • 1988: Georg Maurer Gallery, Leipzig.
  • 1988: Graphics for poetry and prose, Boitzenburg / Elbe.
  • 1991: Wolfgang Würfel - Pictures & Books. House on Lützowplatz , Berlin.
  • 1992: Kreiskulturhaus Waren (Müritz).
  • 1993: Traveling exhibition: "Book graphics & illustration". Wilhelmshaven art gallery , Bergisch Gladbach, Uelzen art association
  • 1994: "Book graphics and illustration of the late GDR". Gallery of the city of Aschaffenburg, art space in the town hall, library of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck .
  • 1994: Galerie am Domhof, Zwickau.
  • 1995: “Märchen und Mythen”, contemporary book and printmaking. Gut Sandbeck , Osterholz-Scharmbeck.
  • 1997: "Pictures & Books", gallery of the Kulturhaus Wittenberge.
  • 1997: Exhibition for the 65th birthday of Wolfgang Würfel. Dorotheenstädtische Kunststätte Dorothea, Berlin-Moabit
  • 2003: Pictures to and in books. Magdeburg Literature House
  • 2005: "Quadrium", artists from the federal states of Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt. Galerie Rolandswurt, Cumlosen.
  • 2006: 7ème Triennale Mondiale d 'Estampes petit format. Chamalieres, France.
  • 2007: Old Bishop's Castle , Wittstock.
  • 2007: "Würfeleien." Exhibition for the 75th birthday of Wolfgang Würfel. Dorotheenstädtische Buchhandlung, Berlin-Moabit.
  • 2008: Works by Berlin students at the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee. Wolfshagen Castle .
  • 2010: Galerie Rolandswurt, Cumlosen.

Awards

  • 1971: Gold medal for illustration at the International Book Art Exhibition , Leipzig
  • 1976: Certificate of Honor "Hans Christian Andersen"
  • 1987: Hans Baltzer Prize for Illustration
  • Most beautiful book of the year : 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1979 and 1983.

literature

  • Liane Hüne, Peter Hüne (ed.): Wolfgang Würfel - Catalog raisonné of wood engravings 1951–2011. Edition Hüne, Berlin 2011.
  • Bernd Küster : Wolfgang Würfel and the poetry of illustration. In: Marginalia. Journal of book art and bibliophilia . Volume 138 (2/1995), Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1995, pp. 50-59.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lothar Lang: Von Hegenbarth zu Altenbourg: Book illustration and artist book in the GDR. Hauswedell, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7762-1200-4 , p. 125.
  2. ^ Source: Wolfgang Würfel catalog raisonné of wood engravings 1951–2011. Edition Hüne, Berlin 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Cube, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist, illustrator and painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig