Eva Höfner-Pönicke

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Eva Höfner-Pönicke (born January 29, 1923 in Uerdingen (now Krefeld ); born Eva Höfner ) is a German painter and graphic artist .

Live and act

Eva Höfner-Pönicke (signature EP) studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and at the Offenbacher Werkkunstschule . A year-long trip abroad took her to the United States . Then she settled in Bad Homburg . In the 1950s she designed posters and books, the cover and contents of which she decorated with watercolors and pen drawings in the lively style of the time.

In the poster competition “By the way, you can't go without a hat” organized by the men's hat collective advertising , she won 2nd prize, combined with the execution of the design.

Works with illustrations

  • Annemarie Wahl, Fini Pfannes : Every woman can be beautiful, Little Beauty Guide , Association for the Promotion of Milk Consumption, 1954 (cover and colored pen drawings)
  • Carl Otto Windecker: Ride with me, Barbara! , Klasing, Bielefeld, 1951 (cover and colored pen drawings)
  • Carl Otto Windecker: Zärtliches Auto-Brevier , Umschau Verlag, 2nd edition 1951 (cover, 8 colored watercolors and pen drawings)

literature

  • Höfner-Pönicke, Eva . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 64 .
  • Charlotte Fergg-Frowein (Ed.): Kürschner's graphic artist's manual: Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Illustrators, commercial artists, typographers . De Gruyter, Berlin 1967, p. 121 .

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personal data
SURNAME Höfner-Pönicke, Eva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höfner, Eva (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Uerdingen (today Krefeld )