Erich Fornoff

Biography

Publicity, posters, set designs. Born 17 April 1914 in Frankfurt a.M. Studied at Frankfurt Kunstschule, then assistant to Ludwig Sievert at the Neuen Staatsoper. 1934-45: worked at Städt. Bühnen, Frankfurt: from 1936: graphic designer; from 1940: stage photographer. 1946-8: head of commercial graphics at the Offenbach Werkkunstschule. Died 20 March 1953 in Giessen.

Writings about

    Vollmer V, 1961.
  • Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., March 1941, pp. 50-54

Exhibitions

  • Schaezler-Palais, Augsburg, 1947.