Biography
Born 1 March 1894 in Insterburg, East Prussia (now Russia: near Königsberg). 1911-15: studied at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Kunstgewerbeschule. 1918-19: studied at Berlin Staatliche Kunstschule under Philipp Franck. 1922-45: taught at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Kunstgewerbeschule. 1945-60: taught at the Hochschule für bildenden Künste, Berlin-Charlottenburg. 1954: awarded Art Prize, City of Berlin. 1964: Honorary Member of Academy of Art and Design, Florence. Died 3 May 1967 in Berlin.
Writings by
- Illustrierte Bücher und Mappenwerke von 1923 bis 1961, Berlin, 1963/4
- Hans Orlowski, Bruges: Uitgeverij Orion, 1973
- ‘Über den Holzschnitt im Buch’, Illustration 63, Aug. 1983, pp. 48-51.
Writings about
- Hans Orlowski/Graveur, Brussels: Nébé, 1937 ,
- 1956 (bibliography, exhibitions) ,
- Werkverzeichnis Hans Orlowski, Berlin: Mans-Orlowski-Kreis (catalogue raisonné), 1965-7 ,
- Hans Orlowski, Brussels, 1971 ,
- Hans Orlowski, estampes (exh. cat.), Brusells, Bibliothèque Royale Albert I, 1974 ,
- ‘Hans Orlowski als Illustrator’, Illustration 63, April 1983, pp. 6-13 (includes bibliography) ,
- ‘Briefe von Hans Orlowski’, Illustration 63, April 1984, pp. 2-7 ,
- 2006 (includes auction records 1987-2004). ,
- ‘The sufferings of the Berlin heraldic bear’, 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, pp. 52-5 ,
- ‘Hans Orlowski, woodcut artist’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Oct. 1954, pp. 30-37 ,
- Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, Munich, London, New Providence: K.G. Saur 1995- (from 1997: Munich only)., 1998
- ‘Der Holzschneider Hans Orlowski’, Exlibriskunst und Gebrauchsgraphik, 1950-. Yearbook of the Deutsche Exlibris Gesselschaft [DEG]., 1960, pp. 21-3 ,
Exhibitions
- Bibliothèque Royale Albert I, Brussels, 1974.