Hermann Kohlitz

Biography

Industrial art, publicity, photography. Born Hermann Wilhelm Kohlitz 15 July 1908 in Nuremberg. 1928-9: studied at the Dusseldorf Akademie. 1929-30: studied at the Basel Kunstgewerbeschule. 1930-32: studied at the Düsseldorf Kunsthochschule. 1938-55: director of exhibition department KSB-Amag. By 1967: director of the graphic, photographic department of the firm KSB Klein, Schanzlin & Becker, Nuremberg.

Writings about

  • Traugott Schalcher, ‘Hermann Kohlitz’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Sept. 1937, pp. 2-7.
  • Paul Pfund, ‘German advertising art 1936’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., March 1936, p. 54