Lothar Meggendorfer

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Lothar Meggendorfer (6 November 1847 in Munich – 7 July 1925 in Munich) was a German illustrator and early cartoonist known for his pop-up books.

He was first published in 1862 in the Fliegende Blätter, an illustrated comic weekly, and from 1868 in the bi-weekly Münchener Bilderbogen. He was the publisher of Meggendorfer-Blätter, an art and satirical magazine, from 1888 to 1905.^[1] He also illustrated a number of books with text by Julius Beck, among them Neues Struwwelpeterbuch published by J.F. Schreiber in the 1890s, and created some 40 board games.

Every year, the Movable Book Society awards a pop-up book prize named after Meggendorfer.

Bibliography

• Lothar Meggendorfer - Annotiertes Werkverzeichnis; Bücher und verwandte Druckwerke, Spiele, Modellierbogen ; Bibliography; books and related printings, games, cut-out sheets. Bearbeitet von Georg Friedrich und Reinhilde von Katzenheim. edition comboxx, Berlin - Wien - Zürich 2012

References

• Hildegard Krahé: Lothar Meggendorfers Spielwelt . Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag München 1983, ISBN 3-88034-201-6
• Lothar Meggendorfers Lebende Bilderbücher. Katalog zur Ausstellung des Puppentheatermuseums im Münchener Stadtmuseum 11. Dezember 1980 – 28. Februar 1981, Eigenverlag München
• Helmut Herbst: Die Illustrationen der "Meggendorfer Blätter. In: Oberbayrisches Archiv Band 106 Seite 7 – 228, Verlag des Historischen Vereins von Oberbayern 1982, München
• Doris von Senger: Lothar Meggendorfer und die Meggendorfer Blätter. Dissertation München 1938
• Meggendorfer-Album (Digitalisat)
• Münchener Kasperl-Theater (München 1879, Digitalisat)
• Nimm mich mit! Ein lehrreiches Bilderbuch (München 1926, Digitalisat)
• Lothar Meggendorfer at University of North Texas Libraries
• Pop Goes The Page: Movable and Mechanical Books from the Brenda Forman Collection at www.lib.virginia.edu University of Virginia Library: The Originality and Artistry of Lothar Meggendorfer]
• Home of The Popuplady: The Movable Book Society, which awards the Meggendorfer Prize
• The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum: Lothar Meggendorfer
• Lothar Meggendorfer, Jim Deesing, Tor Lokvig: The genius of Lothar Meggendorfer : a movable toy book. New York : Random House, 1985.ISBN 9780394546902., Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives.