Biography
Born 4 December 1908 in Ulm. After apprenticing as a lithographic printer, he studied at the Stuttgart Kunstgewerbeschule: a teacher was F.H. Ernst Schneidler; later studied at the Städt. Kunstwerkstätten, Ulm, and at the Munich Hochschule für Bildende Künste under Karl Caspar . Travelled in Italy and Switzerland. 1933: living in Ulm. 1946: freelance. Died 5 February 1971 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz).
Writings about
- work of the Württemberg Group, BDG, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1931, pp. 58-67
- ‘Carl Amann’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Sept. 1933, pp. 38-9
- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich/Leipzig: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1990-., 1992.
Exhibitions
- Freiberg, 1946, 1947, 1948; Schlossberg, Chemnitz, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953; Museum am Theaterplatz, Karl-Marx-Stadt (formerly Chemnitz), 1955, 1957; Kulturhist. Museum, Magdeburg, 1961.