Kurt Miles

Biography

Industrial publicity and photography. Born Kurt Michael Miles. Studied at the Riemann School to become a decorator. Later, decorator for Kodak. Early 1930s: art director for a Swiss industrial machinery manufacturer. 1967: living in Hanover.

Writings about

  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Kurt Miles’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Jan. 1938, pp. 18-23.
  • Traugott Schalcher, ‘Kurt Miles’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., July 1933, pp. 26-9