Walter Müller

Biography

Posters, publicity, book jackets. Born 1919. 1936-?: studied at the Höhere Fachschule für das graphische Gewerbe, Stuttgart: a teacher was Walter Jacobs. He then studied commercial art at the Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Künste, Berlin-Charlottenburg: teachers included Kämpf and O.H.W. Hadank. 1941: moved to Vienna where he was involved to 1943 with the Akademie für angewandte Kunst. 1945-8: ran an advertising agency. 1949: founded the Atelier Plan+Form. Late 1940s: awarded several prizes in poster competitions.

Writings by

    ‘Walter Müller’, novum9, 1988, pp. 34-9 (interview with Hans-Joachim Gross).

Writings about

  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘5 Jahre Nowea [Novea] Werbung’, Gebrauchsgraphik (International Advertising Art), Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag GmbH (later: ‘Gebrauchsgraphik’ Druck und Verlag GmbH), 1933-71. Published from Munich from 1950., March 1953, pp. 36-43
  • Aloys Wannemacher, ‘Walter Müller’, Graphik, 1949, pp. 254-9
  • Hanns W. Brose, ‘Werbestil für Eiskrem “Melba”’, Graphik, 1950, pp. 482-6
  • ‘HK’, ‘Die Sparwerbung von heute verhilft dazu’, Graphik, 1954, pp. 20-27, esp. p. 25
    • Hans-Joachim Gross, ‘Walter Müller’, novum, 9, 1988, pp. 34-9.