Dorothea Suffrian

Biography

Packaging, book covers, postage stamps. Born 27 November 1894 in Hanover. Studied at the Hannover Kunstgewerbeschule and in Berlin. 1918-23: trained in Lucian Bernhard’s studio. Illustrated books and designed book covers for publishers including Ullstein (Berlin) and Propyläen. By 1929: designed postage stamps for Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil. Living in Berlin in 1933.

Writings about

  • Vollmer, 1962.
  • ‘Dorothea Suffrian’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Oct. 1933, pp. 8-11 (packaging, stamps)
    • ‘Dorothea Suffrian’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., 1929, v. 1, pp. 39-40