Wolf Erlbruch was a German illustrator and writer of children's books, who became professor at several universities.
10 Facts About Wolf Erlbruch
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Wolf Erlbruch combined various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting.
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Wolf Erlbruch's style was sometimes surrealist and is widely copied inside and outside Germany.
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Wolf Erlbruch studied graphic design at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen from 1967 to 1974.
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Wolf Erlbruch taught as a professor of illustration at the Fachhochschule Dusseldorf from 1990 to 1997, then from 1997 as a professor in the department of architecture, design and art of the University of Wuppertal, and from 2009 to 2011 as a professor of illustration at the Folkwang University of the Arts.
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Wolf Erlbruch died in Wuppertal on 11 December 2022 at age 74.
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Wolf Erlbruch tackled many adult topics in children's books, though he was not always fond of being characterized as an author for children.
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Wolf Erlbruch was praised for the original and surreal quality of his work.
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Many of Wolf Erlbruch's illustrations were made using mixed media and collage.
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In 2003, Wolf Erlbruch received the Gutenberg Award of the City of Leipzig for his contribution to the book arts, a cultural award of his native city Wuppertal, and a special Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for his body of work as illustrator.