Georg Belwe

Georg Belwe (right), as head of the typesetting and printing department at the Royal Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Trade Leipzig, around 1911

Georg Belwe (born August 12, 1878 in Berlin ; † May 12, 1954 in Ronneburg ) was a German typographer , type designer and teacher.

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He was born as the son of the office secretary Alexander Belwe in Berlin, where he initially trained as a lithographer . Belwe received his artistic training at the educational establishment of the Royal Museum of Applied Arts in Berlin . a. with Emil Doepler . In 1900 he opened the Steglitzer workshop with Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens . Much of his work was created for publishers such as Paul List , Reclam , Eugen Diederichs and Westermann .

He initially taught at the Berlin School of Applied Arts . In 1906 he was appointed to the Leipzig Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Trade , where Fritz Richter was one of his students. He was particularly concerned with artistic book design and advertising.

Sample of the font Belwe medium ( Pangram )

Albert Mundt: Georg Belwe and his class at the Royal Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Trade. In: Archives for the book trade. 6/1910.

Short biography with list of publications (PDF; 44 kB) on the Klingspor Museum website

personal data
SURNAME	Belwe, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German typographer, type designer and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	August 12, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	May 12, 1954
Place of death	Ronneburg