Biography
Posters, porcelain, wallpaper, interior decoration. Born 1903. Studied at Munich Kunstgewerbeschule: a teacher was Richard Riemerschmid. By 1925: member of Die Sechs (The Six), a group of Munich poster artists. He later designed for the Berlin Porcelain Works, as well as designing furniture, shopfronts, posters and interiors. 1935: emigrated to USA and had a successful career as a silversmith and industrial designer. Died 1972.
Writings about
- and , Hamburg und die HAPAG (exh. cat.), Hamburg: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 2000 (posters)
- , The Design Encyclopedia, London: King, and New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2004.
- , Die deutsche Werbegraphik, Berlin: Francke & Lang, 1927. , 1927, pp. 31-7 (work of Die Sechs)
- , ‘A talk with Tommi Parzinger’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1930, pp. 2-9 (posters)
- , ‘Es ist an der Zeit…’ (posters, ads), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Aug. 1931, pp. 10-25
- Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., April 1931, in ad inset at end (Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen poster)
- , Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Jan. 1959, pp. 14-21 (Gg covers)
Exhibitions
- Hamburg, 2000.