George Adams (graphic artist)

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George Adams (birth name: Georg Teltscher ) (born July 1, 1904 in Purkersdorf , Austria-Hungary , † 1983 in London ) was an Austro-British graphic artist .

Life

His parents were Wilhelm Teltscher († 1940), a merchant of the Jewish faith from Brno , and the Protestant Mary Adams (1876–1974), who was born in Quincy . George had an older brother, Arthur Adams (1898–1939).

Georg Teltscher first attended the Realgymnasium from 1913 to 1918 and the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna from 1919 to 1921 . Then he went to the Bauhaus in Weimar until 1923 . There Wassily Kandinsky , Paul Klee and Johannes Itten were among his teachers. He later continued his studies with Julius Klinger .

From 1925 to 1930 he worked as a graphic designer at Vacuum Oil and as a set designer in Vienna . He then worked until 1930 as artistic director for Hamburger Städtische Werbung GmbH. After working as a freelance graphic designer in Berlin and Hamburg, he returned to Vienna in 1933.

In 1934 Teltscher emigrated from Vienna to Spain and became head of an advertising agency in Barcelona . From July 1936 he took part in the Spanish Civil War. In 1938 he emigrated to Great Britain on a tourist visa , was declared an " enemy alien " after the start of the war, and in 1940 he was deported to Australia by ship Dunera and interned there. At the end of 1941 he was able to return to London, worked for the BBC and in 1951 became a teacher at the London College of Printing . At the same time he worked for London publishing houses such as Thames & Hudson and George Rainbird Ltd., for which he designed numerous books and their covers. From 1973 to 1977 Teltscher was under the name George Adams Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka . He then returned to London, where he lived in the Gospel Oak district and died in 1983 at the age of 79.

In 1973 George Adams married Sara Jean Murray (* 1937), who was born in London. He didn't have any children.

literature

  • Adams, George. In: Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (eds.): Biographical manual of German-speaking emigration after 1933–1945. Volume 2, Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11420-6 , p. 6.

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personal data
SURNAME Adams, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Teltscher, Georg (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-British graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Purkersdorf
DATE OF DEATH 1983
Place of death London