Biography
Book design, publicity, packaging . Born 28 August 1894 in Hanau (Hesse). 1911-14: studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Offenbach a.M., where he was a student of Rudolf Koch. 1922: his Elfen-Fraktur issued by Stempel. c1924: lettered initials and titles at Bremer Presse, Munich. 1925-60: headed commercial art department at the Wuppertal Werkkunstschule. By 1949: Chief Editor of the journal Graphik. 1950: teaching in Bonn. By May 1952: chairman of the BDG Wuppertal-Bergisch group.
Writings by
- ‘Die Ernst Engel-Drucke in Offenbach a.M.’, Die Bücherstube, 1923
- ‘Vorschule der Praxis’, Graphik, 1952, pp. 406-13
- 1958. ,
Writings about
- Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde , 1922, numerous ills. in supplement
- Die Bücherstube, 1924, p. 51 (letter),
- ‘München und Reklame’, Die Reklame, May 1925, pp. 450-63, and p. 536 ,