Erich Meerwald
Erich Meerwald (* 1895 ; † 1973 ) was a German painter, graphic artist, postage stamp artist and philatelist .
From 1939 he designed numerous postage stamps and other printed matter for the Deutsche Reichspost , including the stamps and series of the automobile exhibition 1939, Reichsberufswettkampf 1939, Helgoland 1940, Stamp Day 1941, Blue Ribbon 1941, Grand Prix of the Reich capital 1941, Styria series 1941, European Postal Congress 1942 , Postage Stamp Day 1943, Wehrmacht Day 1943 series, Youth Obligation Day 1943, German Airmail Service 1944, Postage Stamp Day 1944, Volkssturm 1945 and the last stamp issued by the Deutsche Reichspost with the motif "SS-Mann", but also title pages of telegram sheets and the like.
After the Second World War, he came up with a series of agricultural motifs on postage stamps of the Federal Post Office on the welfare stamps of the series Helfer der Menschheit from 1958 .
He was just as successful in the field of commercial graphics, including the poster for the film Ben Hur . His draft for the first 500-mark note was not accepted.
From 1954 to 1961 he was the first chairman of the “Allgemeine Postwertzeichen-Sammlerverein e. V. “(APS) in Darmstadt and then honorary chairman. Together with his Belgian wife Alice Mahieu (1890–1973) he formed a recognized philatelic couple with rare exhibits. In particular, he owned a considerable Belgium collection.
Philately wasn't everything. The Meerwald couple also played a major role in the creation of the city twinning of Darmstadt and Troyes in 1958.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ben Hur (1959) on filmposter-archiv.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Meerwald, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist, philatelist and postage stamp artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1895 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1973 |