Tobias Barthel

Biography

Publicity, posters, book covers. Born Tobias Max Barthel 3 November 1914 in Munich. 1929-32: studied at the Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker: a teacher was Eduard Ege. 1932-6: worked as technician, then studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Stuttgart where a teacher was F.H. Ernst Schneidler. By 1967 Barthel was teaching lettering and graphics at the Staatliche Photoschule, Munich.

Writings about

  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Tobias Barthel’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Nov. 1950, pp. 58-60.