Ernst Bohm

Ernst Böhm (born March 6, 1890 in Berlin ; † September 2, 1963 there ) was a German commercial artist and painter . As a university lecturer, he influenced the industrial arts and crafts of the Weimar period and emerged primarily as a designer of book covers and postage stamps, as well as a font designer .

life and work

15 Pfennig - special stamp of the Reichspost (1919) for the National Assembly 1919 , design: Ernst Böhm

Ernst Böhm was a lecturer from 1913 to 1921 and professor at the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg until 1937 . He went on study trips to Italy, Sweden and Palestine.

In 1936 he won a competition to design the certificate of honor for the Olympic Games in Berlin. Since his wife was of Jewish origin, the Nazi authorities dismissed him from teaching.

After the Second World War he was appointed to the University of Fine Arts (today Berlin University of the Arts ) and worked as professor and dean of the applied arts department .

His style, influenced by Orientalism , Art Deco and New Objectivity , tended to connect him with his colleagues Edwin Scharff , Ludwig Gies and other representatives of contemporary modernism . His presumably "highest-circulation" work is the 15 Pfennig value of a German stamp set from 1919 for the opening of the National Assembly in Weimar.

Awards

Berlin Art Prize (1953)

literature

Hermann Karl Frenzel: Prof. Ernst Boehm . In: Nutzgraphik, Jg. 6, 1929, No. 12, pp. 2-19.

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personal data
SURNAME	Bohm, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German commercial artist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 6, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	2nd September 1963
Place of death	Berlin