Eberhard Baumann
Eberhardt "Ebo" Baumann (born March 14, 1930 in Neukirchen im Erzgebirge; † May 18, 2013 in Berlin ) was a German graphic designer.
Life
After completing his training as a commercial artist, the artist went to Berlin at the age of 18, where he studied at the University of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin - Weissensee. After graduating, he worked as a designer for textile printing at the Modeinstitut Ost. At the end of the 1950s he became chief graphic designer for the GDR television network. He later worked as a freelance artist for television, publishers and magazines. Probably the best-known book he illustrated is probably the book “Weltall, Erde Mensch”, which every GDR youth fair was presented to. Baumann ended his professional career at the age of 67 and devoted himself to painting. He was particularly taken with the island of Hiddensee. He spent summer after summer here and created many pictures in the process.
An exhibition of his pictures took place in 2006 in his birthplace Neukirchen in the Ore Mountains. After this exhibition Baumann began to paint pictures of his old homeland. Two further exhibitions followed, the last one in June 2012 in the Kunsthof Neukirchen. Ebo Baumann died in Berlin.
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| SURNAME | Baumann, Eberhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baumann, Eberhardt (full name); Baumann, Ebo (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neukirchen in the Ore Mountains |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 2013 |
| Place of death | Berlin |