Fritz Kredel

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Fritz Kredel (born February 8, 1900 in Michelstadt , Odenwald; † June 12, 1973 in New York ) was a German graphic artist and illustrator .

He studied typography and graphics with Rudolf Koch at the Offenbach Technical College (today's Hochschule für Gestaltung ) .

His work is typical of the traditional tendencies in the Offenbach school at that time. He kept this line even after his emigration to the USA in 1936. Although successful in Germany (including for the Insel-Bücherei series ), he only made his breakthrough in New York City .

In addition to his work as an illustrator, Kredel also devoted himself to the production of woodcuts.

biography

  • 1918 military service
  • 1920 studies at the arts and crafts school, Offenbach aM
  • 1921 work in the "workshop community" of Rudolf Koch
  • 1924 study stay in Florence with Victor Hammer
  • 1936 End of his teaching activity at the techn. Educational institutions in Offenbach (his wife was Jewish). Emigration to Austria
  • 1938 emigration to the USA (New York)
  • 1940–1942 teaching at the Cooper Union Art School in New York City

Life

Kredel was married to a Jewish woman and had two children with her.

Works

  • 1927: Offenbacher Haggadah together with Berthold Wolpe
  • 1923–1936 woodcuts for Rudolf Koch : The drawing book. Which contains all kinds of signs as they were used in the earliest times, among the peoples of ancient times, in early Christianity and in the Middle Ages. Collected, drawn and explained with the help of friends. [The characters were made in wood by Fritz Kredel. cut] 2nd significantly expanded edition Offenbach am M .: Gerstung 1926; Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1936 [The copy about the runes was edited by Friedrich von der Leyen]; Reprint: Frankfurt / Main, Insel ( Insel-Bücherei 1021/2), 1985; 2nd edition of this edition 1986 ISBN 3-458-19021-X
  • Tapestries with prayers in Hebrew and German, together with Berthold Wolpe
  • The Struwwelpeter. Redrawn from the original version and cut in wood by Fritz Kredel
  • Wilhelm Hauff : Caliph Storch. With colored pictures by Fritz Kredel. 4th edition. Rütten & Loening, Potsdam 1950.

exhibition

  • 2011: Believing in the Exquisite - Siegfried Guggenheim - A Jewish patron of the art of books and writing

Publications

  • Fritz Kredel: the book art work in Germany and America / Ronald Salter. - Rudolstadt: Burgart-Presse, 2003. -214 pp. ISBN 3-910206-45-X (Burgart-Presse Jens Henkel, Mörla 45 A, 07407 Rudolstadt)
  • Kredel Brown, Mathilde. "A Comprehensive List of Kredel's Work", Mathilde Kredel Brown, Judith Kredel Brown (Ed.). Fritz Kredel 1900–1973. Published on the Occasion of Kredel's Centennial. Without a place, 2000

Collections of his work

  • Lending collection in the Michelstadt City Museum : The Lending Library was created from donations, bequests, purchases from private owners and second-hand bookshops. The collection of books illustrated by Fritz Kredel is being expanded and currently comprises around 500 copies, which are exhibited in the Odenwald Museum in a special "Kredel room"
  • Dale Roylence, Princeton University, NJ
  • George Salter Archives, Smith College, Northampton, MA
  • German exile archive in the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt / Main
  • Collection of exile literature 1933–45 in the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig

literature

Others

Fritz Kredel's life is also told in the play “You never learn to draw” by the director and author Erich Becker, which premiered on September 2, 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b German graphic designers during the Hitler period: Biographical and bibliographical references by Gerald Cinamon. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Echo Newspapers GmbH: Play about the life of Fritz Kredel . ( echo-online.de [accessed on February 17, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Jewish-Christian community in: FAZ of August 24, 2011, page 41
personal data
SURNAME Kredel, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Michelstadt , Odenwald
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1973
Place of death new York