Gustav Petzold
Gustav Petzold (also: Gustav Petzoldt ; born January 9, 1880 in Pilsen in Böhmen ; † after 1918) was a German graphic artist , draftsman and bookplate artist and illustrator .
life and work
One of Gustav Petzold's best-known works is his ex-libris, created in Dresden in 1902 for the writer Herman Anders Krüger .
With the artist's signatures Petzold and G. Petzoldt , Gustav Petzold was one of the visual artists of the magazine Jugend - Münchner Illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben at the beginning of the 20th century . For the “youth”, Petzold, who is now counted among the magazine's “Illustrator / Caricaturist / Draftsman” group, created decorative strips and in particular floral Art Nouveau motifs at irregular intervals between 1904 and the end of 1918 .
Around 1906 Petzold worked in Düsseldorf . At a 1909 award ceremony at the Royal Academy in Dresden, where artists from German Bohemia were honored, Petzold received a certificate of honor, according to a report in the Prager Tagblatt, and was also presented with monetary prizes and foundations.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Michael Weisser : In the style of "youth" / The Munich illustrated weekly magazine for art and life and its influence on the style of the turn of the century (= Aesthetics of the everyday world , vol. 1), Frankfurt am Main: Fricke, 1979, ISBN 3881840257 , p. 211; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ a b c d e website for the weekly "Jugend"
- ↑ a b Ex Libris: Book Art and Applied Graphics , Volume 12, p. 180; Preview over google books
- ↑ Compare the information on the page jugend-wochenschrift.de
- ↑ n.v . : awarding of prizes at the Kgl. Academy in Dresden , in: Prager Tagblatt number 88 of March 29, 1909, p. 6; Digitized version of the Austrian National Library
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SURNAME | Petzold, Gustav |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petzoldt, Gustav |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman, graphic artist and illustrator, as well as bookplate artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1880 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pilsen , Bohemia |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1918 |