Erich Windt

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Erich Windt (born November 4, 1912 in Halle (Saale) , † November 19, 1941 in Vysokinichi near Serpuchow ) was a German type artist and graphic artist.

Life

Graphic by Erich Windt

He initially worked as a technical draftsman in the Halle (Saale) electricity works and attended evening courses at the state-municipal arts and crafts school Burg Giebichenstein (today: Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle ). From autumn 1932 he was a master student of Herbert Post in the printer's workshop. In 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and died in the second year of the war.

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  • Burg Giebichenstein - The Halle art school from the beginnings to the present, Halle and Karlsruhe 1993 ISBN 978-3927789463
  • Angele Dolgner (ed.): Herbert Post. Font - Typography - Graphics, Halle 1997 ISBN 3860190121