Walter Kampmann

Biography

Trademarks, publicity, posters, decorative posters. Born 4 December 1887 in Elberfeld. Studied at the Elberfeld Kunstgewerbeschule. From 1913: studied lettering and graphics at the Elberfeld Kunstmuseum. From 1919: taught at the Höheren Fachschule für Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie, Berlin. Died 1945 in Berlin.

Writings about

  • Adolf Behne, ‘Walter Kampmann’, Das Plakat, June 1921, pp. 319-34 and cover
  • Vollmer 1956.