Karl Hans Walter

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Karl Hans Walter (born July 30, 1911 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ; † March 4, 1999 in Wertheim ) was a German graphic artist, draftsman, type designer and university lecturer.

Life

After training as a goldsmith in Schwabisch Gmund Walter studied from 1930 at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart . Interrupted by a two-year stay in Stockholm , he continued his studies at the State School for Applied Arts in Munich with Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke until 1935 . He then worked as a freelance commercial artist in Stuttgart. In 1939 he was drafted into military service in World War II. After his release from captivity in 1946, he directed a basic class at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1948 to 1953 . In 1953 he was appointed professor for applied graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg . From 1965 to 1967 he was president of the academy. After his retirement in 1976 he lived in Pöcking on Lake Starnberg . His estate is in the German Art Archive of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg .

plant

Karl Hans Walter designed numerous postage stamps for the Deutsche Bundespost , posters and book covers. He also worked as a book illustrator and type designer. Walter designed a total of 17 special stamps, a block with three stamps and a permanent series for the Deutsche Bundespost: Heinemann permanent series comprising 44 values ​​of the Bundespost and the Bundespost Berlin with a circulation of 11.2 billion stamps. Walter also designed the poster for the international book exhibition for young people .

  • Postage stamp of the Deutsche Bundespost prisoners of war (1953)

  • Postage stamp from the German Federal Post Office 10 years of the United Nations (1955)

  • Postage stamp from the Deutsche Bundespost for the 100th birthday of Konrad Adenauer (1976)

Publications

  • Flowers on the way. Diary in pictures, Ulm: Tapper 1947.

literature

  • Roger M. Gorenflo : Directory of fine artists from 1880 to today, Volume 3, Rüsselsheim / Main 1988, p. 895; de Gruyter Berlin - New York
  • Wilhelm KH Schmidt: Born in Gmünd: The graphic artist Professor Karl Hans Walter. Commemorative sheet for his 100th birthday . In: einhorn Jahrbuch Schwäbisch Gmünd, Vol. 38, 2011, pp. 161–166.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historical Lexicon Bavaria: Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
  2. ↑ Federal Archives: Central Database of Legacies
  3. ^ Klingspor Museum: Font Designer
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Karl Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist, draftsman and type designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1999
Place of death Wertheim