Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates
F. W. Bernstein (born Fritz Weigle; 4 March 1938 – 20 December 2018) was a German poet, cartoonist, satirist, and academic. He worked for the satirical biweekly pardon. After teaching at schools, he was professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin Academy of the Arts from 1984 to 1999. He was one of the founding members of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, which published the satirical magazine Titanic.
Career
Born in Göppingen on 4 March 1938, Fritz Weigle[1] was the only son of Anna (née Krathwohl) and Friedrich Weigle. He attended the gymnasium in Göppingen, where he was known by the nickname Bernstein.[2]Template:Efn He studied from 1957 at the Stuttgarter Kunstakademie where he met Robert Gernhardt. In 1958, they both moved to the Berlin Academy of the Arts. Weigle returned to Stuttgart where he took the exam to be an art teacher in 1961. Later in 1961, he studied graphics in Berlin, and simultaneously German at the Free University of Berlin, completing in 1964. He began work as a teacher in 1966 in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen at the Template:Ill, followed by a post in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe from 1968.
He taught at the Template:Ill in Bad Vilbel from 1970 to 1972,[3] and moved then to the School of education (Pädagogische Hochschule) in Göttingen.[4] He was appointed professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin Academy of the Arts in 1984, the only such chair,[5] and held the post until he retired in 1999.[1] In April 1964, he began work for the satirical biweekly magazine pardon. He founded together with Gernhardt and F. K. Waechter its appendix Template:Ill (World in the mirror), published until 1976.[4]
Together with Gernhardt, Template:Ill, Waechter, Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Template:Ill, and Template:Ill, Bernstein founded the group Neue Frankfurter Schule, publishing the satirical magazine Titanic from 1979.[1][6][7]
F. W. Bernstein lived and worked in Berlin-Steglitz.[2] He and his wife Sabine had two children.[1] He died on 20 December 2018, aged 80.[1][8]
Work
His works are held by the German National Library, including:[9]
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Template:Cite book
- Frische Gedichte. Verlag Antje Kunstmann, München 2017, .
Exhibitions
- 2011 F. W. Bernstein: Den Rest können Sie sich denken! Mathematikum[10]
- 2013 F. W. Bernstein zum 75. Geburtstag. Wilhelm Busch – Deutsches Museum für Karikatur & Zeichenkunst[11]
- 2013 F. W. Bernstein – Zeichenzausels Werkschau. Museum für Komische Kunst, Frankfurt am Main[12]
Awards
Bernstein received several awards, including:[1]
- 2003: Template:Ill
- 2003: Template:Ill
- 2008: Kassel Literary Prize for grotesque humour[13]
- 2008: Wilhelm Busch Prize
- 2011: Template:Ill
- 2018: Ludwig Emil Grimm-Preis for caricature[14]
Notes
References
External links
Template:Commons category Template:Wikiquote
- Template:DNB portal
- Template:Official
- Der Göttinger Elch
- Nachruf auf den Karikaturisten F.W. Bernstein Ein fast schon kriminell bescheidener Mann Template:Webarchive rbb24.de 21 December 2018
Template:S-start Template:S-ach Template:S-bef Template:S-ttl Template:S-aft Template:S-break Template:S-bef Template:S-break Template:S-bef Template:S-aft Template:S-break Template:S-bef Template:S-break Template:S-bef Template:S-ttl Template:S-aft Template:S-bef Template:S-ttl Template:S-aft Template:S-end
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedFNP
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedBofinger
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedHessenschau
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedTagesspiegel
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedFAZ
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedKühlmann
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedKollmer
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedFr-online
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedDNB
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedMathematikum
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedKarikatur
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedCaricatura
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedDer Standard
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>
tag; no text was provided for refs namedKulturnetz Hanau