Isolde Schmitt-Menzel
Isolde Schmitt-Menzel (11 April 1930 – 4 September 2022) was a German designer, author, illustrator, graphist, and ceramist.
Isolde Schmitt-Menzel
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- Name
- Isolde Schmitt-Menzel
- Born
- 11 April 1930
- Birthplace
- Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany
- Died
- 4 September 2022
- Place of death
- Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
- Occupation
- Artist Author Photographer
- Education
- Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Isolde Schmitt-Menzel (11 April 1930 – 4 September 2022) was a German designer, author, illustrator, graphist, and ceramist.
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• Name — Isolde Schmitt-Menzel • Born — 11 April 1930 • Birthplace — Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany • Died — 4 September 2022 • Place of death — Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany • Occupation — Artist Author Photographer • Education — Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
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Schmitt-Menzel studied at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle. She wrote books for children as well as methods for practicing ceramics. She co-created the German television show Die Sendung mit der Maus. Isolde Schmitt-Menzel died in Frankfurt on 4 September 2022 at the age of 92.
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1930
Isolde Schmitt-Menzel born at Eisenach.
2022
Isolde Schmitt-Menzel died at Frankfurt.
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• Mosaik aus Stein, Glas, Holz, Papier (1968) • Keramik bemalen (1970) • Ton, geformt, bemalt, gebrannt (1970) • Zwölf Wünsche für Elisabeth (1985) • Maus und Bär beim Zahnarzt (1995) • Maus, erzähl mir was von der Schule (1995) • Die Maus sagt dir Gute Nacht (1997) • Die Maus hat Geburtstag (1999) • Die Maus auf dem Bauernhof (2001) • Fingerspiele mit der Maus (2003)
Infotafel zur Plastik 'Maus, 2013 von Isolde Schmitt-Menzel, im Skulpturengarten des Gotischen Hauses in Bad Homburg.
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- 1.Künstlerin Isolde Schmitt-Menzel gestorben – WDR gedenkt Maus-Erfinderin. Westdeutscher Rundfunk. 10 September 2022.
- 2.Isolde Schmitt-Menzel. Die Sendung mit der Maus.
- 3."Isolde Schmitt-Menzel". BnF Gallica.
- 4.Hirsch, Jens. Isolde Schmitt-Menzel : Die Mutter der Maus. Top Magazin. Summer 2021.
- 5.Gertz, Holger. Isolde Schmitt-Menzel ist gestorben: Die Mausherrin. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 11 September 2022.
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