Heinz Lauscher

Biography

Born 1895 in Aachen, later studying drawing, lithography and lettering there at the Kunstgewerbeschule. From 1918: freelance, working on exhibitions and fairs. 1921-5: art director of the department store L. Tietz. 1925-8: worked for the cigarette manufacturer Halpaus. 1928-45: freelance in Berlin.

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. 1953, p. 57.
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Heinz Lauscher. Packages’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Sept. 1952, pp. 34-9