Gerhard M. Hotop
Gerhard M. Hotop (born June 25, 1924 in Munich ; † January 21, 2014 there ) was a German graphic designer . He lived in Munich-Schwabing and had been married to Margarete Tittes since 1951. With this he had four daughters.
job
After military service and captivity GM Hotop 1947 to 1949 made his training as a commercial artist u. a. with Emil Preetorius in Munich. From 1948 he worked as a freelance graphic artist, primarily as a book graphic artist and illustrator. GM Hotop equipped approx. 5000 books from ( dust jacket , illustrations , publisher's brochures, posters , typography ). He worked for many well-known German publishers, a. a. Wilhelm Andermann Verlag, Verlag CH Beck , Benziger , Bertelsmann , Verlag Braun & Schneider , Brockhaus , CC Buchners, Book Guild Gutenberg , books of the 19 , Desch, Diederichs, Don Bosco Verlag , Droemer Knaur , Ehrenwirth, S. Fischer Verlag , Goverts, Gräfe and Unzer , Carl Hanser Verlag , Ernst Heimeran , Herder Verlag , Kiepenheuer & Witsch , Kösel Verlag , Langewiesche-Brandt, Paul List Verlag, Mohn, Nymphenburger Verlag , Oldenbourg Verlag , Piper Verlag , Rütten & Loening , Stahlberg Verlag , Verlag Gerhard Stalling , Steingrüben, Ullstein Verlag .
In 1960/61 he designed posters, publications and the two-volume documentation for the World Eucharistic Congress in Munich.
From 1967 to 1982 GM Hotop worked as a freelancer for the Ruhr coal district settlement association (today the Ruhr regional association ), public relations department (concepts, brochures, publications, posters).
In 1969 GMHotop co-founded the working group TEAM 70, (1978 to 1993 managing partner) responsible for conception and design . As an advertising agency , agency for communication and public relations , TEAM 70 (GM Hotop) created a new campaign style in the election campaigns of the parties CSU , CDU Baden-Württemberg, CDU Krefeld, ÖVP Salzburg and for other political institutions such as Hanns -Seidel Foundation . TEAM 70 carried out campaigns for population censuses , crime prevention and worked for various federal and state ministries. TEAM 70 designed the corporate design, advertisements, posters for various institutions and companies, such as Bayernwerk AG , Bavarian Red Cross , ABZ Essen, Munich Airport , Lodenfrey-Werke, and the Hirmer clothing store in Munich.
Awards
- 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968 represented at the award "The Most Beautiful German Books"
- 1961 Typo mundus I
- 1963 Typo mundus 20
- 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970 awards at "Der Werbende Umschlag"
- 1971 Represented with work at "Graphic Design Germany 69/70"
Exhibitions
From 1956 GMHotop was constantly represented in book art exhibitions in Germany and abroad, as well as in traveling exhibitions of the Goethe Institute and German cultural institutes abroad, e.g. B.
- 1956 Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus in Munich
- 1959 Book Art Leipzig
- 1961 Book Art Beirut
- 1961 Klingspor Museum , Offenbach am Main
- 1962 Berlin Art Library
- 1962 German Cultural Institute in Cairo
- 1967 Solo exhibition at Lugert Karlsruhe
- 1968 Exhibition of free and applied works in the Gurlitt Gallery in Munich
- 1970 represented with election posters in the exhibition "Political Posters of the Present" in the Munich City Museum
Family ties
Great-grandfathers of GM Hotop were Johann Robert von Capitain and Johann Georg von Steidle , his uncle was Luitpold Steidle , his nephew is Rainald Goetz ; his brother-in-law was Hans-Reinhard Müller . A great uncle was the church architect Richard Steidle (architect) .
Web links
Historical lexicon of Bavaria: Agency "Team 70" [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hotop, Gerhard M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2014 |
| Place of death | Munich |