Biography

Loriot. Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Diogenes Verlags Zürich

Loriot, alias Vicco von Bülow

  • Born 12 November 1923 in Brandenburg an der Havel
  • Studied painting and drawing at the Hamburger Landeskunstschule
  • Active as a cartoonist starting in 1950 1954 publication of his first cartoon volume Auf den Hund gekommen
  • 1967 launching of the television programme Cartoon with sketches and animated films by Loriot
  • Major success with his feature films Ödipussi (1988) and Pappa ante portas (1991)
  • Died 22 August 2011 in Ammerland am Starnberger See

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