Berthold Wolpe
Berthold Wolpe (born October 29, 1905 in Offenbach am Main , † July 5, 1989 in London ) was a German typographer and teacher .
Life
He was born into a Jewish family. He studied at the Offenbach School of Applied Arts with Rudolf Koch . As his colleague, he was involved in the famous German map of the Insel-Verlag and worked on Koch's ABC booklet. One of his colleagues in Rudolf Koch's Offenbach workshop community was Fritz Kredel . Wolpe received his doctorate in 1928 at the Offenbach School of Applied Arts, and in 1932 he met Stanley Morison . In 1935 he had to leave Germany and emigrated to London, where he worked for the Fanfare Press until 1940 . For the publishing house Faber & Faber he designed over 1500 book covers by 1971.
Font designs
- Hyperion (1931)
- Albertus (1932-1940)
- Tempest (1936)
- Sachsenwald (1937)
- Pegasus (1938)
- Decorata (1950)
- Johnston's Sans Serif (1973)
Works together with Fritz Kredel
- Offenbach Haggadah
- Tapestries with Hebrew and German prayers
Teaching activities
- Camberwell College of Art (1948–1953)
- Royal College of Art , London (1956–1957)
- City & Guilds of London School of Art
Exhibitions
- 2011: Believing in the exquisite - Siegfried Guggenheim - A Jewish patron of the art of books and writing , Klingspor Museum , Offenbach
Web links
- Literature by and about Berthold Wolpe in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolpe, Berthold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German typographer and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1989 |
| Place of death | London |