Biography
Posters. Born 1879. Apprenticed as a lithographic printer. From 1903: member of the Social Democratic Party, later the Spartakusbunde, and the German Communist Party. Drew numerous political drawings and designed political posters. Died 10 October 1954 in Berlin.
Writings about
W. Lotz, ‘Die deutsche Presse und die neue Gestalung’ (‘Pressa’ exh.), Die Form, 1928, v. 5, pp. 129-39, esp. pp. 130, 132
H.K. Frenzel, ‘The political poster’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., 1928, 8, pp. 44-55, esp. pp. 48, 49.