page_title: Elizabeth Shaw (artist)
section_title: Life and work
hierarchical_section_title: Elizabeth Shaw (artist) / Life and work
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Illus-Köhler 19.6.52 Protestkundgebung für André Stil. Am Donnerstag, dem 19. Juni 1952, um 19 Uhr veranstaltet der Deutsche Schriftstellerverband im Klubhaus der Kulturschaffenden, Berlin W8, Jägerstrasse 2, eine Kundgebung für den eingekerkerten französischen Schriftsteller, Friedenspreisträger André Stil. UBz: Vor Beginn der Kundgebung. Ludwig Turek, der bekannte Autor des Films "Die letzte Heuer", im Gespräch mit der Karirkaturistin Elizabeth Shaw. English: Protest demonstration for André Stil Photo: Köhler, June 19, 1952. Protest demonstration for André Stil. On Thursday, June 19, 1952 at 7:00 p.m., at the Clubhouse for Creative Artists (Klubhaus der Kulturschaffenden), Jägerstrasse 2, Berlin W8, the German Writers Union (Deutsche Schriftstellerverband) held a demonstration for the incarcerated French writer and Freedom Prize holder, André Stil.
context_page_description: Elizabeth Shaw was an Irish artist, illustrator and children's book author.
context_section_description: Elizabeth Shaw was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1920. In 1933, she moved to England with her family. From 1938 to 1940, she studied under Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. In 1940, she contributed to the war effort by working as a mechanic until 1944, when she married Swiss-born sculptor and painter René Graetz. In 1946, they moved to Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany.
  In Berlin, she first worked for the satirical journal, Ulenspiegel. After it folded, she worked for the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel. In 1950, she began to also draw caricatures for Neues Deutschland. In 1959, she created lithographic portraits of 43 members of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. She illustrated stories by Bertolt Brecht and wrote and illustrated her own children's books. She also illustrated books by James Krüss, Gerhard Holtz-Baumert, Heinz Kahlau and Rainer Kirsch. Shaw died 1992 in Berlin-Pankow.
caption: Elizabeth Shaw with Ludwig Turek at a political demonstration for André Stil, 1952
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