Biography
Publicity, book jackets and bindings, illustrations. Born 29 October 1887 in Berlin. 1913-15: student of Emil Doepler . 1919-24: student of Emil Orlik. By 1922: Head of the BDG (Bund Deutscher Gebrauchsgraphiker: Association of German Commercial Artists), Berlin-Brandenburg group. Living in Berlin in 1934. In 1935 he produced a series of etchings for the industrial felt-maker Asten’schen Filztuchwerken. By 1961: artistic director of the publisher Dürer.
Writings by
- ‘Zum Thema “Wettbewerb”’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Sept. 1930, pp. 68-71
- ‘An Walter von Zur Westen’, Exlibris, 1939, p. 3.
Writings about
- 1961. ,
- ‘Allerlei Exlibris’, Exlibris, 1923, pp. 46-52 ,
- ‘Paul Winkler-Leers’, Exlibris, May 1925, pp. 19-27 ,
- ‘Paul Winkler-Leers als Landschafter’, Exlibris, 1938, pp. 37-42 ,
- ‘Paul Winkler-Leers’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., March 1934, pp. 24-9 ,
- ‘Calendars 1937’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Jan. 1937, pp. 36-41 ,
- Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Feb. 1940