Yo boasters

Yo Rühmer (* May 1970 in Darmstadt ) is a German freelance illustrator and plein air painter .

Life

Yo Rühmer studied visual communication at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences from 1990 to 1996 and graduated in 1996 with a diploma as a graphic designer . From 1994 she worked - initially during her studies - as a freelance graphic designer for various advertising agencies in Frankfurt am Main . She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 1999.

In addition to advertising agencies, her clients include numerous large companies, institutions and publishers . Her main areas of activity include book illustration in particular . To date (2020) Rühmer has illustrated around 100  books , children's books , school books and other publications such as magazines , puzzles and games.

Rühmer's best-known illustrations include the " Genion -Männchen", with which she illustrated the advertising campaign for the then telecommunications company VIAG Interkom for their new product Genion from 1999–2001 , as well as the characters Einstern and Einstern's sister , which she created in 2004 and 2008 for Cornelsen Verlag and has since used it to illustrate their elementary school math and reading books.

Yo Rühmer is married. The couple lives in Frankfurt am Main.

In addition to her purely digital work as an illustrator, she began painting plein air in 2012. She paints outdoors with oil paints in the alla prima style. In 2020 her book Mal simply outside with practical instructions for plein air painting was published by dpunkt.verlag .

Bibliography (selection)

• Yo Rühmer: Just outside. Practical guide for plein air painting. dpunkt.verlag , Heidelberg 2020, ISBN 978-3-86490-744-9 (text, images, layout)

Text and book illustrations

• About the animal that no one has fully seen. A hands-on book for children from 5 years of age to take a break. Killroy Media , Asperg 2003, ISBN 3-931140-34-2 .
• Guess how much I like you! Pattloch , Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-629-10129-7 .
• My very strong school booklet. Pattloch, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-629-14171-2 .
• My 1st year of school with Eddy. Pattloch, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-629-14131-6 .
• My 1st year at school with Emily. Pattloch, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-629-14176-7 .
• My very strong friend album. Pattloch, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-629-14187-3 .
• 24 guardian angels for you. Ars Edition, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-8458-3045-2 .

Book illustrations

• Reinhard Abeln: Does God Live in Heaven? Answers to children's questions. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2000, ISBN 3-7666-0304-3 .
• Henriette Wich : Not a day without Anna. Weltbild , Augsburg 2006.
• Luc Serafin: I'm flying on you! Pattloch, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-629-10166-2 .
• Bettina Burghof: The little collection book. Tips for more power in everyday life. Pattloch, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-629-10225-6 .
• Dine Wrede: I am always with you. Pattloch 2009, ISBN 978-3-629-10247-8 .
• Catrin Müller: Donor of consolation. Super-soft lyrics that make all tears dry up. Pattloch, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-629-10534-9 .
• Stephanie Spengler (texts, editing): The worry-eraser. Pattloch, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-629-10857-9 (overall design, illustration: Yo Rühmer).
• Erwin Grosche : The angel clock. Pattloch Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-629-14128-6 .
• (Pattloch Verlag): My 1st school year. 365 x fun and games with Eddie. Pattloch Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-629-14130-9 .
• Tanja Feuerbach: The Hummeling. ninemalklugverlag, Lahr 2020, ISBN 978-3-945677-13-1 .
• Sarah Roller: The cow calls Muuuh! ninemalklugverlag, Lahr 2018, ISBN 978-3-945677-10-0 .
• Sarah Roller: Come on, let's get closer! The flower meadow. ninemalklugverlag, Lahr 2016, ISBN 978-3-945677-05-6 .
• Sarah Roller: Come on, let's get closer! The winter forest. ninemalklugverlag, Lahr 2016, ISBN 978-3-945677-04-9 .
• Sarah Roller: Come on, let's get closer! The apple tree. ninemalklugverlag, Lahr 2016, ISBN 978-3-945677-03-2 .
• Sarah Roller: Come on, let's get closer! Ocean. ninemalklugverlag, Lahr 2016, ISBN 978-3-945677-02-5 .
• Text collection: Have a nice dream, it's Christmas soon. arsEdition, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-8458-2126-9 .
• Text collection: Christmas is coming soon, princess. arsEdition, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-8458-2127-6 .
• Eva Maria Altemöller: Ripe for the island. Pattloch, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-629-10230-0 .
• Peter O'Connor: The Eagle's Free Flight. Piper, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-492-24304-5 .
• Peter O'Connor: The brightest day. Piper. Munich 2004, ISBN 3-492-04591-X .
• Michael Junga: Bambino LÜK Soon I'll be a school child 1. Westermann, Braunschweig 2011, ISBN 978-3-8377-7971-4 .
• Michael Junga: Bambino LÜK Soon I'll be a school child 2. Westermann, Braunschweig 2011, ISBN 978-3-8377-7972-1 .
• Elisabeth Raith-Paula: What's going on in my body. Pattloch, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-629-01431-3 .
• Nicole Borgmann: Research with Franz Frosch. Herder, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-32244-0 .
• Nicole Borgmann: Franz Frosch has many questions. Herder, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-32280-8 .
• Claude Huguenin: The Alphas. Reading books. Logo learning game, Essen 2013, ISBN 978-3-95469-154-8 .
• Claude Huguenin: The Alphas. The picture book. Logo learning game, Essen 2011, ISBN 978-3-939916-89-5 .
• I'm living here. Ravensburger, Ravensburg 2012.

Web links

• Literature by and about Yo Rühmer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Yo Rühmer's website
• Information on Yo Rühmer at the professional association Illustratoren Organization e. V.
• Plein air painting - Blog by Yo Rühmer
• Pleinair Artretreat - joint blog by Yo Rühmer, Alfons Kiefer and Torsten Wolber

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} See (own) information on Yo Rühmer on her own homepage (www.yoruehmer.de); accessed on May 20, 2020.
2. ↑ Cf. 32 Illustrators >> Information on Yo Rühmer at the Illustratoren am Main exhibition from 2. – 4. November 2012 in AtelierFrankfurt , on www.illustratorenammain.de; accessed on March 2, 2014.
3. ↑ See Robin Pohl: Werbung: Genion in 1999 ( Memento from September 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: Blog LinkLevel from April 29, 2012, on www.linklevel.de; accessed on March 2, 2014.
4. ↑ See information on Yo Rühmer at the Droemer Knaur publishing group (Pattloch-Verlag; www.droemer-knaur.de); Retrieved February 20, 2014.
5. ↑ See information on Yo Rühmer at dpunkt.verlag (www.dpunkt.de); accessed on May 20, 2020.