F.W. Bernstein

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 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''. 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 , followed by a post in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe from 1968.

He taught at the in Bad Vilbel from 1970 to 1972, and moved then to the School of education (''Pädagogische Hochschule'') in Göttingen. He was appointed professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin Academy of the Arts in 1984, the only such chair, and held the post until he retired in 1999. In April 1964, he began work for the satirical biweekly magazine ''pardon''. He founded together with Gernhardt and F. K. Waechter its appendix ' (World in the mirror), published until 1976.

Together with Gernhardt, , Waechter, , , , and , Bernstein founded the group Neue Frankfurter Schule, publishing the satirical magazine '' Titanic'' from 1979.

F. W. Bernstein lived and worked in Berlin-Steglitz. He and his wife Sabine had two children. He died on 20 December 2018, aged 80.

Work

His works are held by the German National Library, including:
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Exhibitions

* 2011 ''F. W. Bernstein: Den Rest können Sie sich denken!'' Mathematikum
* 2013 ''F. W. Bernstein zum 75. Geburtstag.'' Wilhelm Busch – Deutsches Museum für Karikatur & Zeichenkunst
* 2013 ''F. W. Bernstein – Zeichenzausels Werkschau.'' Museum für Komische Kunst, Frankfurt am Main

Awards

Bernstein received several awards, including:
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* 2008: Kassel Literary Prize for grotesque humour
* 2008: Wilhelm Busch Prize
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* 2018: Ludwig Emil Grimm-Preis for caricature

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Der Göttinger Elch


rbb24.de 21 December 2018

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1938 births
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People from Göppingen
People from the Free People's State of Württemberg
German poets
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German cartoonists
German-language poets
German caricaturists
Berlin University of the Arts faculty