Germany

Annegert Fuchshuber

Annegert Fuchshuber

Annegert Fuchshuber (1940–1998) was a German author and illustrator of children’s books, known for her expressive visual style and thoughtful, often emotionally rich storytelling. She was born in Magdeburg and later moved with her family to Bavaria, where she spent most of her life. After finishing school in 1960, she […]

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Binette Schroeder

Binette Schroeder

Binette Schroeder (1939–2022) was a German artist, graphic designer, and illustrator of children’s books. She studied graphic arts at a private school in Munich and continued her training at the Basel School of Design. Her first picture book, Lupinchen, was published in 1969 and began a long career in which […]

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Fritz Eichenberg

Fritz Eichenberg

Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990) was a German-American artist, printmaker, and book illustrator, recognized as one of the leading masters of 20th-century wood engraving. He was born in Cologne into a Jewish family and studied at the Cologne Municipal School of Applied Arts, later continuing at the Academy of Graphic Arts in […]

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Dirk Zimmer

Dirk Zimmer

Dirk Zimmer (1943-2008) was a German artist, author and illustrator of children’s books. Dirk Zimmer was born in Lower Saxony, Germany, and grew up in Hamburg, where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1968. Under the pseudonym Deasy, he had a short career as an avant-garde artist, […]

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