Biography
Illustrations, publicity, book jackets, logos. Born 1914. Studied at Reimann Schule, Berlin: a teacher was Max Hertwig. 1935-9: studied at the Hochschule für freie und Angewandte Kunst, Berlin: teachers included O.H.W. Hadank and Ernst Böhm. From 1946: freelance.
Writings about
- brief biography, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Feb. 1954, p. 55
- ‘A new German TV-station symbol’ (competition), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1963, pp. 54-6. ,
- ‘G.W. Hörnig, Hamburg’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1950, pp. 56-60 ,
- ‘G.W. Hörnig, Hamburg. A model series of ads’ (for Nescafe), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1954, pp. 33-5 ,