Lothar meggendorfer and biography

Meggendorfer was born in Munich and studied with Strähuber, Anschütz, and W. van Dietz. He is famous as a creator of illustrated children's books with movable parts: by the time of his death he had illustrated over books, some of which were also published in the U.S. (For an illustrated list of some of these, see ; for additional titles, see , which advertises his books at prices ranging from Please call or email for current pricing information to Please call or email for current pricing information.) Though best known for his mechanical toy-books for children, with rotating wheels, slat-transformations, or pop-up pictures, Meggendorfer was a master illustrator who also worked on magazines, pictorial almanacs, and non-moveable picture-books.

In he founded the Meggendorfer Blatter (The Meggendorfer Journal) and published his writings and often satirical illustrations there. The Munich Municipal Museum has a collection of his drawings.

Select Bibliography: Waldo Hunt and Maurice Sendak, The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer (London: Jonathan Cape, ); Lothar Meggendorfer, A Doll's House: A Reproduction of the Antique c.

Pop-up Book (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, );David Pelham, The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book illustrations by Jim Deesing after Lothar Meggendorfer, paper engineering by Tor Lokvig: Illustrates the work of the 19th century artist considered to be the greatest innovator in the field of moving picture books (NY: Random House Inc., ).

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Lothar meggendorfer and biography Meggendorfer married Elise Roedel in Password Please enter your Password. Share Link Copy this link, or click below to email it to a friend. Levers and pivots abound and this book gives the reader a dedicated page that features the behind-the-picture construction so that its possible to see just how complex his ideas were.

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