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The creator of the mouse, the artist Isotta Schmitt-Menzel, has died



The initially episode of “Sending with the Mouse”, aired on March 7, 1971 (.imago / WDR / Mary Evans)

The graphic artist and sculptor produced the orange mouse from her illustration of the e book “Die Maus im Laden” on behalf of WDR, which was initially revealed on television in 1971 in “The present with the mouse”. Isolde Schmitt-Menzel developed the to start with 100 commercials herself.

The artist, born in Eisenach, illustrated about 35 textbooks and produced bronze and ceramic sculptures. In an interview he said in an interview about WDR’s request at the time: “That was not just my career, a gray mouse. I was for neat and insane issues. So I believed: the mice will unquestionably all have a diverse coloration. from gray. “

This concept was broadcast on 10 September 2022 on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

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