Biography
Posters, packaging, book jackets. Born 29 December 1902 in Augsburg. Studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Saarbrücken. 1927-36: worked for the Saarbrücker Zeitung; also taught at the Saarbrücker Kunstgewerbeschule. 1936-9: worked for the Berliner Tageblatt. From 1937: freelance in Berlin where his clients included the German State Railway, the periodical neue linie and the Container Corporation of America. By 1953: taught graphic design at Hannover Werkkunstschule.
Writings about
- Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1933 (cover design)
- , ‘Toni Zepf’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., May 1937, pp. 2-11
- , ‘Germany’ (posters, publicity), Modern Publicity, 1938-39, pp. 78, 87
- , ‘Moderne Kunst in der Werbung’ (Container Corporation of America), Graphik, 1949, pp. 17-25, esp. p. 19
- , ‘The best posters [of] 1949’, Graphik, 1950, pp. 368-72, esp. p. 369
- ., ‘Zepf’, Graphik, 1952, pp. 180-83 (poster, advertisements)
- ‘The rising generation. A look at the Hanover Werkkunstschule class of Toni Zepf’, Graphik, Jan. 1957, pp. 12-15
- , 1961
- , 1992.
- , ‘The best German posters of 1949’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., July 1950, pp. 23-7
- brief biography, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., April 1952, p. 55
- , ‘Space, form and colour’ (exhibition of the work of TZ’s students at Hannover Werkkunstschule), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Oct. 1953, pp. 32-9
- , ‘Posters of the Münchner Merkur’, in Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Dec. 1956, pp. 24-5
- Archiv für Buchgewerbe und Gebrauchsgraphik, Leipzig: Deutsche Buchgewerbeverein., Nov./Dec. 1930, work shown: facing p. 36, p. 51, facing p. 52
- ‘Toni Zepf’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Dec. 1931, pp. 42-9
- , ‘Toni Zepf’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., March 1935, pp. 32-5
- , ‘Container Corporation of America’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., July 1938, pp. 19-28
- , ‘Appeal for [Advertising of] A.G.B. Materials’ (textile company), Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., April 1939, pp. 2-16
- , ‘Zepf’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Dec. 1950, pp. 2-9 (posters)
- . ‘New ways of the German Federal Mail’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., Feb. 1953, pp. 2-3
- , ‘New German posters for tourist traffic’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., June 1954, pp. 2-7
- , 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)