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In February 2007 an editorial cartoon by Oliver Schopf was reprinted in the International Herald Tribune.

Editorial cartoons by Oliver Schopf in the french daily paper "Le Monde"

Cover illustration of the poetry edition “Flowers, Bread and Gold” by Chibo Oneyji, published in the “editon innsalz”, Austria 2006.

Jannuary 2006: Schopf portraits for Red Bulletin Austrian Skiing celibraties: Hermann Maier; Benjamin Raich; Hans Hinterseer.

In December 2005: Schopf painted Johann Perktold and Martin Schaufler from Egana Austria.

Schopf's cartoon in the International Harald Tribune November 2005. Michail Botwinnik; Oliver Schopf's Portrait for a cover of KARL, a German chessmagazine.

Klaus Albrecht Schröder and Elisabeth Gehrer;
Fotography: APA/Robert Newald

Michael Schumacher, Christian Klien (o.) and Juan Pablo Montoya (b.) Oliver Schopf's portraits for the magazine "Red Bulletin"

Cartoon in Europe of 27 – 13–25 october 2008

Robert-Louis-Stevenson-Conference

On the occasion of a Robert-Louis-Stevenson-Conference organized by the University of Bergamo, Italy, a drawing of Oliver was used for posters, folders and program. (18.8.08)

Edit. cartoons for the Süddeutsche

Since January 2008 Oliver Schopf is a contributor to the one of the most important German daily paper the Süddeutsche Zeitung on a regular weekly basis. (30.12.07)

Court Room Art: The Bawag Trial in Vienna

Most important bank and economy trial in Austria’s  Second Republik. 9 defendents among 2 CEO and one international investment banker. More Cartoons at Oliver Schopf's Court Room Art-Section (27.7.07)

A cartoon for a retirement

After 19 years editor-in-chief of the Austrian daily paper Der Standard and horse aficionado Gerfried Sperl has retired. (19.7.07)

A reprinted edit. cartoon in the Easti Päevaleht

Reprint of a cartoon in the Estonian daily paper  Eesti Päevaleht on Gazprom’s Baltic Sea pipeline. (26.6.07)

A reprinted edit. cartoon in the IHT

Reprint of a cartoon on European energy-supply by Russia in the International Herald Tribune, February 15th, 2007, page 7. (25.2.07)

Line up for Children!

Due to the 60th anniversary of UNICEF the organisation and the German magazine stern invited international editorial cartoonists to create drawings on the misery of children worldwide in all their circumstances. The best of them had been honoured with a reprint in the well known German magazine.
Oliver’s cartoon got a special honour being published on a large double page as the single cartoonist. (25.2.07)

Edit. cartoons in the French newspaper "Le Monde"

Prominent reprints of two editorial cartoons by Oliver Schopf in the french daily paper Le Monde on Hungary’s 50 years of uprising and the way to independence of Macedonia.

Illustration for “Flowers, Bread and Gold”

The 41 poems collected in this volume are history, a particular phase of the contemporary history of Africans and people of African decent in Austria. The poems lament this history often as metaphorical storm whose mindlessness, howls, and consuming frenzy provide the general themes they variously explore. Silence – something that storms don’t do but which, as a culture, consumes all the same – is another theme of concern, as is Malice in, for example, the poem Omofuma Stone. But the laments are not without hope for hope – in the metaphor of flower – is a fabric encountered everywhere even when least expected; or without prior civil expectations, as in the poem Miracle; or without constructive counsel as when in the poem, Operation Spring, the culture of “gardening” is recommended over the prevailing culture of “hunting” – selective hunting. In the title poem, Flowers, Bread, and Gold, the ultimate price paid by the African in this history is not so much the issue as the morality celebrating this price. All of these, however, do not preclude acknowledging Austria’s magnificence as in the poems, The Only Way or Joseph’s Garden. The collection is dedicated to those already swept to eternity by the storm, to the courage of those committed to unseeding the storm in spite of enormous odds, and to the Hope that in time we shall all get wiser… Yes, hope with a capital h.

Cartoon exhibition in the Karikaturmuseum Krems
in Lower Austria:

Due to the 5th anniversary of the Karikaturmuseum in Krems, Lower Austria, an exhibition of well-known Austrian editorial cartoonists was opened on September 30, 2006 under the title “Aktuell” , which means “Latest”. The show can be visited till March 11, 2007.
More informations see www.karikaturmuseum.at (03.10.06)

Sitting left to right:Gustav „Ironimus“ Peichl, Petar Pismestrovic Behind left to right: JP, director of the Karikaturmuseum,Jutta Pichler, künstlerische Leiterin des Karikaturmuseums, Oliver Schopf, Michael Pammesberger (Kurier), Wolfgang Ammer (Wiener Zeitung), Bruno Haberzettel (Kronen Zeitung), Peter Kufner (Die Presse), Markus Szyszkowitz mit Kind (Kronen Zeitung), Wolfgang Horsch (Der Standard, Handelsblatt, Süddeutsche Zeitung), Hausherr Manfred Deix.

Left to right: Oscar Bronner, Publisher Der Standard, Oliver Schopf, Wolfgang Horsch

Oliver Schopf, Olga Felber Veenenbos, widow of Jean Veenenbos, Wolfgang Horsch.

Portraits for the Hahnenkamm-Race 2006

After the successful series of portraits of Formula-I-pilots for the Red Bulletin Magazin last year Oliver Schopf was commissioned to create another portrait-series with top skiers running in the Hahnenkamm-Race in Kitzbuehel.

Jean Veenenboss 2004 at his exibition in Vienna Museums Quartier. Copyright: Chrisitian Fischer; der Standard.

Jean Veenenbos,
editorial cartoonist of Austria’s daily newspaper Der Standard died.

December 9th, 2005 my friend and national and international top cartoonist Jean Veenenbos passed away at the age of 73. He was one of the excellent artists in editorial cartooning, well known for his black  sharp   line and his incredible sense of humor, unmasking world politics and its representatives. He regulary works for Der Standard, Austria, he also contributed his cartoons to Neue Züricher Zeitung and Nebelspalter both in Switzerland, Süddeutsche Zeitung in Germany, Courrier International in Paris and Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate, USA. In 2003 he was awarded „Best European Cartoonist“ in Forte dei Marmi, Italy and in 2005 he was knighted by the Dutch Queen to the „Knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau“.
We all have lost a friend, a very talented artist, a very well educated and cultured Dutch native born on Java, 1932, who decided to live in Austria. We all miss You, Jean....Your wife, Your children, the papers and me.
(Oliver Schopf, Jannuary 2006)

Last cartoon by Jean Veenenboss 2005

Portraits of Egana Austria

Special request of the Austrian newspaper for watches and jewellery „DerJuwelier.at“ : A double-portrait of the two bosses of Egana Austria, Johann Perktold and Martin Schaufler. Egana Austria is a branch office of the worldwide watch and jewellery group Egana. (15.12.05) www.derjuwelier.at

International Harald Tribune

November 1st, 2005: Reprint of the editorial cartoon „Valerie Plame“  in the International Herald Tribune on its opinion page, first published in the Austrian newspaper „Der Standard“

A Cover for KARL

Cover for the German chessmagazine KARL published in Frankfurt/Main: Former soviet world chess champion Michail Botvinnik (1911 – 1995). KARL is a cultural historic magazine on chess concerning with historical and background topics of the chessworld. November/December issue covers with Botvinnik
More at: www.karlonline.org

Museum opens with Schopf's cartoons in Berlin

Two Lasker-drawings of Oliver Schopf (see also „archive“ and „chess“) has been shown in the opening of the Emanuel-Lasker Museum  in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Emanuel Lasker a former world chess champion (1894-1921) was born  in Berlichingen  near Berlin.
„Albert Einstein meets Emanuel Lasker“ was also published in the well noted German chess magazine SCHACH in its December edition. www.lasker-gesellschaft.de

"Lasker meets Einstein" at the museums opening in Berlin 2005.

Hare as Present

On the occasion of his 50th birthday  on September 15th 2005, Austrian Minister of Education, Elisabeth Gehrer (right) presented an original editorial cartoon of Oliver Schopf to Klaus Albrecht Schroeder, the director of the World’s biggest graphic collection, the Viennese Albertina. In spring Schroeder exported the famous Hare of Albrecht Duerer to an exhibition in Madrid without any permission of the federal bureau of preservation. The minister was not amused and Schroeder was not amused too ........about this cartoon. Finally ,as You can see, all ended up in laughing on both sides. (29.9)

„There is something wrong here with that Duerer-Hare“

Austrian Federal Election Campaign 2005: Editorial Cartoons for Austrian Newspaper "der Standard"

September/October 2005: Drawn and painted coverage of the three federal election campaigns in Vienna, Burgenland and Styria for the Austrian daily paper "der Standard". Two times a week and eight weeks through. Starting on September 4th 2005. (5.9.05)

Austrian Federal Election 2005

Exclusive Constribution with the Swiss Tagesanzeiger, Zurich

Since August 2005 the Swiss daily newspaper Tagesanzeiger, Zurich, has also engaged Oliver Schopf for an exclusive contribution to their analysis and background page. (5.9.05)

Formula-1: Portraits for "Red Bulletin"

In early summer 2005 Red Bull commissioned Oliver Schopf to portray all Formula-I-pilots for its magazine “Red Bulletin“, a fieldproduced magazine for each race and for readers there. Meanwhile these portraits have attracted international attention...lap by lap, race by race.... (5.9.05)

Drawings for the Exhibition in Castle
Oberes Belvedere, Vienna

Exhibition “Das neue Österreich“ in castle Oberes Belvedere, Vienna, May–October, 2005. To this exhibition Oliver Schopf has been invited to create several cartoons on the so called “Social Partnership of Austria“, a partnership between members of the Chamber of Economy and members of the trade union in Austria, which have lasted now for about 60 years. The original works can be seen there. (5.9.05)

Heroes and Hermann "Herminator" Maier

Federal exhibition of Lower Austria in Heldenberg, May–October 2005. For this event titled “Heroes“ Oliver Schopf is represented  with his famous cartoon  “Hermann 'Herminator' Maier—Hasta La Vista, Baby“. (5.9.05)