Otto Stanzig

Biography

Publicity, posters, packaging. Born Otto Erich Paul Stanzig 17 February 1904 in Berlin. Studied at the Berlin Akademie. Designed publicity and was art adviser to governmental and industrial firms including the Reichspost Ministry (Berlin), Deutsche Bundesbahn (Bonn), Sparkassenverlag (Berlin), Osram (Munich). 1967: living in Berlin.

Writings about

    E. Hölscher, ‘Advertising art in post-war Germany’, Graphis 34, 1951, pp. 58-79
  • Vollmer, 1962.
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Otto Stanzig’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1939, pp. 2-16
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Otto Stanzig’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Oct. 1936, pp. 2-9
  • Werner Suhr, ‘Otto Stanzig, designs for cosmetics [packaging]’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1950, pp. 2-11