Fritz Meisel

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Hugo Otto Fritz Meisel (born July 18, 1897 in Weimar ; † March 15, 1960 in Hamburg ) was a German painter, draftsman and graphic artist.

As a student of Professor Walther Klemm , Meisel studied at the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar and then worked as a draftsman for the film companies UFA , Tobis and Terra as well as for the newspapers BZ am Mittag and Hamburger Abendblatt . In his role as a press illustrator, he was one of the most important of his guild after 1945.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth register StA Weimar, No. 401/1897
  2. ↑ Death register StA Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, No. 738/1960
personal data
SURNAME Meisel, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meisel, Hugo Otto Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1960
Place of death Hamburg