Biography
Ex-libris. Born 9 September 1904 in Berlin. Studied at the Berlin Kunstgewerbeschule: teachers included Otto Elsner and O.H.W. Hadank. From 1947: head of the training workshop for composition and book printing at the HBK, Berlin. From 1955: head of the typography department.
Writings about
- , ‘The meaning of exlibris’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1936, pp. 48-53
- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich/Leipzig: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1990-., 1994.