Alfred Lutz (graphic designer)

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Alfred Lutz (born November 21, 1919 in Villingen in the Black Forest ; † August 4, 2013 Schwäbisch Gmünd ) was a German graphic designer and university professor .

Life

Lutz studied commercial graphics in Berlin from 1936 to 1939 before he was drafted into military service at the end of August 1939 . In 1940 he took part in the invasion of Norway as a scout in a cavalry unit and was promoted to sergeant in 1941. After attending the cavalry school in Bromberg, he was first transferred to Finland as a lieutenant and in November 1944 to northern Norway. Later he was taken prisoner by the French . In 1947 he was released from captivity and came to Schwäbisch Gmünd. There he began to work as a freelance commercial artist before expanding his field of activity to the print sector in collaboration with BASF .

After Lutz had been teaching at the university from 1955, he was appointed to the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design in 1970 . There he received a professorship and built up the graphic design / visual communication department . From 1979 until his retirement in 1984 he was the university's prorector . After his retirement, he continued teaching until 1991.

In 1987 Lutz took over the management of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Media Design , and he was also a board member and chairman of the Gmünder Kunstverein .

After his death in 2013, Lutz was buried in the Gmünder Leonhard Cemetery, accompanied by a large mourning community .

Awards

  • 1950: 1st prize for the Federal Republic of Germany in the international poster competition with the poster "Inter-European cooperation"
  • 2004: Münster Medal , by the Münsterbauverein Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • 2009: Citizen's Medal of the City of Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • 2009: Solo exhibition "Moments" on the occasion of Alfred Lutz's 90th birthday at the Gmünder Kunstverein .

Publications (selection)

  • Steinbeis as a satellite of technology: computer graphics for Steinbeis Day 2011 . Stuttgart 2011: Steinbeis Edition. ISBN 978-3-941417-76-2 ( online ; PDF; 2.4 MB).
  • Where heaven opens: discover sacred spaces . Published by the Münsterbauverein Schwäbisch Gmünd. Schwäbisch Gmünd 2004: Einhorn-Verlag. ISBN 3-936373-12-4 .
  • The blue kerosene lamp . In: The last Gmünder witnesses. We soldiers in World War II . Schwäbisch Gmünd 2004: Remsdruckerei. ISBN 3-92604321-0 , pp. 27-35.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death notice of the family in the Gmünder Tagespost  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / show.gmuender-tagespost.de  
  2. ↑ Cf. the autobiographical description of his military time: The blue petroleum lamp . In: The last Gmünder witnesses. We soldiers in World War II . Schwäbisch Gmünd 2004, pp. 27–35.
  3. ↑ a b c d Steinbeis as a satellite of technology: Computer graphics for the Steinbeis Day 2011 . Stuttgart 2011: Steinbeis Edition. P. 43.
  4. ↑ Obituary of the university in the Gmünder Tagespost  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / show.gmuender-tagespost.de  
  5. ↑ a b Obituary of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the Gmünder Tagespost  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: dead link / show.gmuender-tagespost.de  
  6. ^ Article on the funeral service in the Rems-Zeitung on August 14, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Lutz, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Villingen in the Black Forest
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 2013
Place of death Schwäbisch Gmünd