Herbert Lemkes

Biography

Publicity, illustration. Apprenticed as compositor; later studied at the Cologne Werkschule. Military service; prisoner-of-war. Much later freelanced in Cologne, specializing in design of maps. 1967: living in Cologne.

Writings about

  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Publicity of the town of Cologne’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1953, pp. 24-7
  • E. Hölscher, ‘Herbert Lemkes’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Feb. 1962, pp. 46-51.