Biography
Trademarks, books, posters, publicity. Born 25 February 1904 in Cologne. First studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Offenbach a.M.: a teacher was Rudolf Koch. 1925-30: studied at the Vereinigte Staatschulen für freie und angewandte Kunst, Berlin, where one of his teachers was E.R. Weiss. 1933-40: freelance work, particularly for the publisher Scherl. Also designed carpets, murals, illustrated children’s books for the publisher Atlantis. Military service, followed by internment as prisoner-of-war. From 1946: freelance. From 1950: taught drawing at the Berlin Hochschule für Bildenden Künste. Died 1965 in Berlin.
Writings about
- ‘Graphik aus Berlin/Graphik für Berlin’, Graphik, 1953, pp. 638-49, esp. p. 649 ,
- Marken und Signete, Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1957 ,
- 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., March 1954, p. 53
- ‘German posters 1959/60’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1960, pp. 10-19 ,
- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich/Leipzig: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1990-., 1994.
- ‘Walther Bergmann, Düsseldorf’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1951, pp. 54-7 ,
- ‘Professor Walter Bergmann, Berlin’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Nov. 1952, pp. 34-7 ,
- ‘Through the year with the mails’ (Federal Postal Services calendar), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., April 1958, pp. 2-7 ,
- ‘The best German posters of 1963/4’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1964, pp. 2-17 ,