| Fritz Eichenberg | |
| Born | October 24, 1901 Cologne |
|---|---|
| Died | November 30, 1990 |
| Known for | illustration |
Fritz Eichenberg (October 24, 1901–November 30, 1990) was a German-American illustrator who worked primarily in wood engraving. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. For the origins of the technique and non-artistic use see Woodblock printing; for the related technique invented in the 18th century see Wood engraving His best-known works were concerned with religion, social justice and nonviolence. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical Violence.
Eichenberg was born in Cologne, where the destruction of World War I helped to form his anti-war beliefs. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He worked as a printer's apprentice, and studied at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne and the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong In 1923 he moved to Berlin to begin his career as an artist, producing illustrations for books and newspapers. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. In his newspaper and magazine work, Eichenberg was politically outspoken and sometimes both wrote and illustrated his own reporting.
In 1933, the rise of Adolf Hitler convinced Eichenberg (who was of Jewish descent and had been a public critic of the Nazis) that it was not safe to remain in Germany. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German He emigrated with his wife and children to the United States, settling in New York City, where he remained for most of his life. The City of New York He taught art at the New School for Social Research and at Pratt Institute, and was part of the WPA's Federal Arts Project. This is about the university in New York; for other uses see New School (disambiguation. Pratt Institute is a specialized private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as in Utica New York The Federal Art Project (FAP was the Visual arts arm of the Great Depression -era New Deal WPA Federal One program in the He also served as the head of the art department at the University of Rhode Island and laid out the printmaking studios there. The University of Rhode Island, commonly abbreviated as URI, is the principal public research university in the State of Rhode Island, with its main campus in Printmaking is the Process of making artworks by Printing, normally on Paper.
In his extremely prolific career as a book illustrator, Eichenberg worked with many forms of literature but focused on material with elements of extreme spiritual and emotional conflict, fantasy, or social satire; authors he illustrated include Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Poe, Swift, and Grimmelshausen. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, Dostoievsky, Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded Charlotte Brontë (ˈbrɒnti (21 April 1816 &ndash 31 March 1855 was a British Novelist, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters whose Novels Emily Jane Brontë (ˈbrɒnti ( July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British Novelist and Poet, now best Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621 – August 17, 1676) was a German author He also wrote and illustrated many books of folklore and children's stories. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12
Raised in a non-religious family, Eichenberg had been attracted to Taoism as a child. Taoism (pronounced /ˈdaʊɪzəm/ or /ˈtaʊɪzəm/ also spelled '''Daoism''') refers to a variety of related Philosophical and Religious traditions Following his wife's unexpected death in 1937, he turned briefly to the practice of Zen Buddhist meditation, then joined the Religious Society of Friends in 1940. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Chan. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Though he remained a Quaker until his death, Eichenberg was also associated with Catholic charity work through his friendship with Dorothy Day—whom he met at a Quaker conference on religion and publishing in 1949[1]—and frequently contributed illustrations to Day's newspaper the Catholic Worker. As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described Dorothy Day ( November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American Journalist turned anarchist, social activist Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Catholic Worker is a monthly Newspaper published by the Catholic Worker Movement community in New York City.
References
- ^ Gneuhs, Geoffrey. "The Art of The Worker". The Catholic Worker LXXV (May 2008): 6. The Catholic Worker is a monthly Newspaper published by the Catholic Worker Movement community in New York City.
Selected works
- The Art of the Print: Masterpieces, History, and Technique, 1976
External links
- Eichenberg interview - from Smithsonian Archives of American Art
- Pendle Hill Pamphlets - publishes two pamphlets written and illustrated by Eichenberg, Art and Faith (1952) and Artist on the Witness Stand (1984), and the biographical essay Letting That Go, Keeping This (2001) by Philip Harnden