Gerta Haller

Biography

Publicity, exhibitions. Pupil of F.H.E. Schneidler at the Stuttgart Akademie. Studied one year at the Berlin Akademie, then at the Fachschule under Johannes Boehland. Married to Alfred Haller. 1951: living in Lörrach, Baden. By 1959: designing publicity for pharmaceutical firms.

Writings about

    Prisma 1, 1947, H12/13, pp. 5-8 Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Advertising art in post-war Germany’, Graphis 34, 1951, pp. 58-79 S. Lämmle, ‘Gerta + Alfred Haller’, Graphik 5, 1952, pp. 254-8
  • ‘Roche’ (publicity), Graphik, 1955, pp. 412-15
  • Anton Sailer, ‘Ein Plakat-Wettbewerb’ (poster competition), Graphik, June 1958, pp. 32-3
  • Vollmer, 1962
  • E. Hölscher, ‘The best German posters of 1956, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1957, pp. 2-7
  • Hans Kuh, ‘Film prospectuses’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1963, pp. 16-29
  • E. Hölscher, ‘The best German posters of 1962/3’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1963, pp. 2-13
  • Erich Pfeiffer-Belli, ‘A world of calendars’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1964, pp. 30-45
  • Anton Sailer, ‘Gerta und Alfred Haller’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1951, pp. 47-53
  • E. Hölscher, ‘The best German posters of 1954’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1955, pp. 2-7
  • Klaus Gallwitz, ‘Gerta Haller’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Dec. 1959, pp. 8-17
  • G.K. Schauer, ‘The advertising book-jacket 1962’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Oct. 1963, pp. 8-19
  • E. Hölscher, ‘A masterful calendar designed by Gerta Haller’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1967, pp. 12-17.

Exhibitions

  • Galerie Gallwitz, Karlsruhe, 1957
  • Villa Aichele, Lörrach, 2001.