Biography
Posters, packaging, postage stamps. Born 17 May 1886 in Munich. Apprenticed three years as a pastry-cook until in 1908 he took an evening course in design. Studied three years at the Munich Kunstgewerbeschule: a teacher was Julius Diez. Awarded grant for study in Italy. 1914: founder member of Die Sechs (The Six), a group of six Munich poster artists. Living in Munich in 1934. Died 15 February 1964. His typefaces, issued by Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg: Glass-Antiqua (1912), Halbfette (Antiqua) (1913), Fette Schrift (1913), Kursiv (Freihand-Kursiv) (1913).
Writings by
- brief autobiography,
Writings about
- Work shown in Das Plakat, April 1912, pp. 56-60, 62
- ‘Münchner Plakatkunst, Das Plakat, 1915, pp. 1-21 ,
- ‘Kriegsgraphik’, Das Plakat, 1915, pp. 22-8 ,
- ‘Berlin und das übrige Deutschland’, Das Plakat, 1915 ,
- Das Plakat (Munich ed.), Jan. 1921 (numerous ills.)
- ‘Wahrzeichen – Warenzeichen’ (trademarks), Das Plakat, Feb. 1921, pp. 69-100 ,
- 1955 ,
- ‘Munich carnival posters’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., April 1930, pp. 57-64 ,
- ‘Es ist an der Zeit…’ (posters, ads), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1931, pp. 10-25 ,
- ‘Back to twenty years ago’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Jan. 1934, pp. 17-32, esp. p. 30 ,
- ‘Posters from Munich’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., July 1934, pp. 36-43, esp. p. 43 (Lufthansa) ,
- Das deutsche Plakat. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Dresden: VEB Verlag der Kunst, 1965., 1965, pp. 227, 247 ,
- Die deutsche Werbegraphik, Berlin: Francke & Lang, 1927. , 1927, pp. 31-7 (work of The Six) ,
- ‘The “Neue Vereinigung Münchner Plakat-Kunstler”’ (League of Munich Poster Artists), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1931, pp. 2-9 ,
- Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., March 1934, p. 30 (poster for the German Housing Estates exh., Munich)
- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich/Leipzig: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1990-., 2007.