Michael Sowa

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Michael Sowa (born 1945) is a German artist known mainly for his paintings, which are variously whimsical, surreal, or stunning.^{[citation needed]} His paintings often feature animals and are titled in English and German. Sowa studied at the Berlin State School of Fine Arts for seven years and worked briefly as an art teacher before focusing entirely on his career as a painter and illustrator.

A book of 50 paintings titled Sowa's Ark : An Enchanted Bestiary (ISBN 0-8118-1415-7) was published in 1996 (ISBN 193143275-9). He also illustrated "Esterhazy, The Rabbit Prince" by Irene Dische and Hans M. Enzensberger (ISBN 097027683-4) (first published in German as "Esterhazy. Eine Hasengeschichte"). He is the illustrator of The Little King December (ISBN 9780747575597) and A Bear Called Sunday (ISBN 158234929-0) both authored by Axel Hacke.

He was the cover artist for several albums, including two covers for The Beautiful South's Miaow and for their single "Everybody's Talkin'."

He gained new followers for his work on the 2001 film Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain where his art on the walls comes to life. Sowa contributes illustrations to the satirical German magazine, Titanic, and he also did the art work for magazine covers of several well-known periodicals, most notably the December 2, 2002 issue of The New Yorker.

His art is widely available as posters, notecards/postcards, and calendars.

External links

Michael Sowa at the Internet Movie Database

http://www.margarethe-illustration.com/35/Michael+Sowa.html

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 22272777 LCCN: n93064042 ISNI: 0000 0001 2123 8366 GND: 119072777 BNF: cb129513708

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Name	Sowa, Michael
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Short description	German artist
Date of birth	1945
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