Erich M. Simon

Biography

Publicity, lettering, illustrations. Born 12 April 1892 in Kolberg (now Kolobrzeg, Poland). Studied at the school attached to the museum of industrial arts, Berlin: a teacher was Emil Orlik. 1911, 1913: studied in Paris. Designed books for publishers including S. Fischer, Georg Müller, G. Kiepenheuer, Erich Reiss.

Writings about

  • Vollmer, 1958.
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Erich M. Simon’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., July 1931, pp. 2-9