Fritz Stelzer

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Fritz Stelzer ( pseudonym : Pauli ; born June 29, 1905 , † July 18, 1968 ) was a German graphic artist and book illustrator .

Life

Stelzer studied at the Württemberg State School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart under FH Ernst Schneidler . His fellow students included HAP Grieshaber , Eberhard Koebel and Erich Mönch . Together with Koebel, he founded a graphics studio in Stuttgart in 1928, where the first drafts for the Kohte tent were made.

After the founding of the German Young Society on November 1, 1929 , Stelzer became a key designer of the young people's writing, whereby his style also radiated into other youth groups through his work in the magazines of the Eisbrecher and Das Lagerfeuer . After the ban on free youth associations in 1933/34, Stelzer mainly worked for Catholic youth publications, such as the youth magazine Die Wacht and the Herder publishing house . In August 1937, Stelzer designed a letterhead emblem for Hans Scholl .

Illustrated works (selection)

  • Ludwig Renn : Russia trips . Lasso-Verlag, Berlin 1932. (with Eberhard Koebel)
  • Songs of the icebreaker team. Günther Wolff , Plauen im Vogtland 1933.
  • Arno Kansen: The Leonenrotte and other school boy stories. Günther Wolff, Plauen im Vogtland 1933.
  • Eberhard Koebel : soldiers choirs of the icebreaker team. Günther Wolff, Plauen im Vogtland 1934.
  • Johannes Maaßen (Ed.): Up to the stars. A book of life for young people. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1935.
  • Maximilian Bayer : The heroes of the Naukluft. Voggenreiter, Potsdam 1936 (4th edition).
  • Hermann Pakull: Frithjof and Ingeborg. Heroic life from the Nordic world of legends. Günther Wolff, Plauen im Vogtland 1937.
  • Mathias Ludwig Schroeder : The one from the sun deck. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1937.
  • Mathias Ludwig Schroeder: The laughing hammer. Eulenspiegeleien that are not made up. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1937.
  • Hubert Göbels: The motley story book. For happy little people. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1938.
  • Georg Thurmair : The Eternal Kingdom. Düsseldorf youth center, Düsseldorf 1938.
  • Hans Hilger: Little doctrine of God's great world. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1939.
  • Klaus Franken: Javelin flight. A book by the boys. Vestische Druckerei, Recklinghausen without year [1939].
  • Jack London: The Miracle of Love. Vita-Nuova-Verlag, Tübingen 1946.
  • Brothers Grimm: The brave little tailor. Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1948.
  • Curt Letsche : Little Diary of Love. Vita-Nuova-Verlag, Tübingen without year [1948].
  • Werner Helwig : tusk. Collected writings and seals. Südmarkverlag Fritsch, Heidenheim an der Brenz 1962.

literature

  • Rainer Leibbrand (Ed.): Pauli, a graphic artist from Bündische. Südmarkverlag Fritsch, Heidenheim an der Brenz 1979. ISBN 3-88258-052-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Kindt : Documentation of the youth movement . Volume III: The German Youth Movement 1920 to 1933. The Bündische Zeit . Diederichs, Düsseldorf 1974. ISBN 3-424-00527-4 . P. 1200.
  2. ↑ Robert M. Zoske: Flame to be !: Hans Scholl and the White Rose . CH Beck, 2018, ISBN 978-3-406-70026-2 , pp. 40 ( google.de [accessed on May 14, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Stelzer, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pauli (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1905
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1968