Gerhard Gossmann

Biography

Book jackets, illustrations. Born 1 November 1912 in Guben. First trained as a lithographer. 1932-4: studied commercial art at the Berlin Höheren Graphische Fachschule. From 1934: freelanced in Fürstenwalde. Worked for numerous publishers including Rowohlt. Died 25 July 1994 in Fürstenwalde.

Writings about

  • Vollmer, 1961.
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Gerhard Gossmann’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1934, pp. 14-19