Edwin Hermann Henel

Edwin Hermann Henel (* 21st November 1883 in Breslau , † 7. March 1953 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was in Munich active and Garmisch-Partenkirchen graphic artist and commercial artist .

life and career

Edwin Henel was born in Breslau in 1883 and died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1953. He studied both at the Academy in Breslau and at the Art Academy in Munich . He was originally taken with the subject of air traffic, which appears very often in his early graphic work. In 1912 he made the poster for the centenary of the Gäubodenvolksfest . Henel worked as a commercial artist in Munich for well-known Munich companies such as Lodenfrey or the Schuster sports shop . He then specialized in graphics for winter sports advertising. This was followed by moves to Oberstdorf and from 1934 to Garmisch-Partenkirchen . In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the commercial artist Fritz Uhlich was already very active, Edwin Henel designed a number of posters for tourist advertising in Werdenfelser Land ; including the official poster for the 1940 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. His graphic advertising style shaped the tourist view of the Alpine region for a long time. Henel's posters with their few distinctive colors are being reprinted and sold again today by the Garmischer Tourismusverein.

literature

Petra Hölscher: The Academy for Arts and Crafts in Breslau. Paths to an art school 1791–1932 . Kiel: Ludwig, 2003, ISBN 978-3-933598-50-9 . Pp. 108, 149.

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personal data
SURNAME	Henel, Edwin Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 21, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1953
Place of death	Garmisch-Partenkirchen