Heinz Kiessling

Biography

Book jackets, illustrations, publicity . Born Heinz Kurt Paul Kiessling 1 November 1915 in Berlin. 1932-5: studied at the Höheren Graphischen Fachschule (Vocational high school for graphic art), Berlin. 1935-40: studied at the Berlin Akademie der Bildenden Künste: teachers included Ernst Böhm and O.H.W. Hadank. Traveled in North Africa, India and the Middle East. By 1957: teaching at the Hamburg Meisterschule für Mode

Writings about

  • Graphis, 12, 1956, p. 427 (Christmas card)
  • Vollmer, 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. 1940
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Heinz Kiessling, Hamburg’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., April 1957, pp. 2-9

Exhibitions

  • Galerie Maison de France, Berlin, 1957.