Reinhold Gerstetter

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Reinhold Gerstetter (born October 18, 1945 in Leonberg ) is a German graphic artist and designer. His best-known works in Germany are the drafts of the last series of DM banknotes and the revision of the second euro series as the "Europe series".

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Gerstetter studied graphic design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and later worked in advertising in London , Haifa and Berlin . From 1979 to 2002 he worked for Bundesdruckerei . As chief designer, he designed official graphic design, postage stamps and banknotes (for Israel , Bolivia and Peru, among others ). In 1987 Gerstetter's design was selected as the basis for the fourth and final series of Deutsche Mark banknotes, which were in circulation from 1990 to early 2002. A short time later, he also won the design competition of the Banco de España , which issued four banknote denominations from 1992 based on Gerstetter's designs. Although the designs he submitted for the first series of euro banknotes were not selected by the jury for implementation, he was commissioned to revise the second series of euro banknotes , which came into circulation from May 2013. According to Gerstetter, he made the notes more colorful to make them look friendlier, the steel engraving elements got more depth, the guilloches are more prominent, and the reference to Europe in Greek mythology was established.

His daughter Avitall is Germany's first female Jewish cantor .

Works

Selection of products designed by Gerstetter:

Banknotes

  • German mark

  • 5- DM note (front)

  • 50 DM note (back)

  • 200 DM note (front)

  • 1000 DM note (back)

  • peseta

  • 1000 pesetas banknote

  • 5000 pesetas banknote

Postage stamps

  • 100 years of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ,
    worth 60 Pf
    (April 15, 1982)

  • Industry and technology stamp series ,
    value 110 Pf
    (June 16, 1982)

  • Stamp series historical street pumps in Berlin around 1900,
    value 50 pfennigs
    (January 13, 1983)

  • 500 years of international postal connections in Europe,
    worth 100 pfennigs
    (January 12, 1990)

Others

literature

Web links

Commons : Reinhold Gerstetter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Banco de España: The Final Issues of Pesetas Banknotes and Coins
  2. ↑ ECB: The design of the Europa series. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012 ; Retrieved November 10, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Reinhold Gerstetter: "Money has to look honest and serious, not kitschy". In: Spiegel Online . September 4, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 (In the protocol, designer Reinhold Gerstetter explains what you have to consider when designing banknotes.).
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SURNAME Gerstetter, Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Leonberg in Baden-Wuerttemberg