»Im Kleinsten zeigt sich die ganze Welt«. Verlebendigung von Puppen in Wort und Bild im Werk von Tony Schumacher

Anna Lehninger

doi:10.25819/dedo/102

»A whole world revealed – in the smallest of things«. Bringing dolls to life in words and pictures in the work of Tony Schumacher

Authors

Dr. Anna Lehninger Central Library Zurich

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25819/dedo/102

Keywords:

Tony Schumacher, children’s literature, 19th century, illustration, autobiography of a collector, doll collection

Abstract

Dolls appear in leading and supporting roles in the work of the German children’s book author (and illustrator) Tony Schumacher (1848-1931). Schumacher was an extremely popular writer in the 19th century who published dozens of books as well as being a collector of antique furniture, nativity figures and much more. In her autobiographical writings, this largely forgotten author places a particular emphasis on her collection of more than 200 dolls which undergo interesting narrative and pictural transformations. The playful approach of the author and illustrator with both individual dolls and doll collectives is analyzed and subtly coordinated with the narrative content and its visualization providing examples of images and texts from the period between 1885 and 1930 which are classified biographically and historically.

Author Biography

Dr. Anna Lehninger, Central Library Zurich

Art historian, Zurich. 1997-2003 studied art history at the University of Vienna, 2004-2009 PhD at the University of Bern on Gestickte Autobiografien. Identity constitution in textile works by women in psychiatric hospitals in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since 2012, indexing of various image collections at the University of Zurich, the Prints and Drawings Collection of the Central Library of Zurich, and at the Swiss Institute for Children's and Youth Media. Exhibitions and publications on outsider art, children's and youth book illustration, and historical children's drawing. Associate researcher at the Swiss Institute for Children's and Youth Media SIKJM.

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Published

2021-09-16

How to Cite

LEHNINGER, Anna. »A whole world revealed – in the smallest of things«. Bringing dolls to life in words and pictures in the work of Tony Schumacher. just a bit of doll - a multidisciplinary journal for human-doll discourses, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 18–26, 2021. DOI: 10.25819/dedo/102. Disponível em: https://dedo.ub.uni-siegen.de/index.php/de_do/article/view/102. Acesso em: 8 sep. 2024.