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Hartmuth Pfeil (born February 13, 1893 in Höchst am Main , † June 4, 1962 in Darmstadt ) was a German graphic artist and draftsman .

Live and act

Pfeil was born in Höchst am Main in 1893. The Pfeil family moved to Darmstadt in 1907. Since the young arrow showed artistic talent as a child, he was sent to Adolph Beyer's art school at the age of 15. The School of Applied Arts in Munich followed from 1914 to 1918 . After his return from the First World War , Pfeil went freelance as a commercial artist. In 1927 he was a teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Frankfurt am Main . From 1944 to 1949 the bombed-out man, who had lost a large part of his works in the war, found work and accommodation in Groß-Umstadt .

The active citizen and chronicler Pfeil caricatured life like no other Darmstadt artist, especially in the post-war period in Darmstadt. Lulatsch Pimm , in a much too big, patched suit, who roamed the rubble city of Darmstadt with his dog Butzje and did not lose his optimism despite a growling stomach, is still one of the artist's best-known figures.

However, Pfeil also gained great popularity through his illustrations of the "Sunndags-Noochmiddags-Considerations" (Sunday afternoon observations) by Robert Schneider's Bienche Bimbernell in the Darmstädter Tagblatt .

As honorary president and member of the Darmstadt carnival society Narrhalla , he designed the entire advertising for the carnival society for many years.

Pfeil was the first Heinerfest illustrator and designed festival posters and programs until his death.

In addition, Pfeil has belonged to another Darmstadt institution since it was founded: the "Hessian Spielgemeinschaft", for which he designed a number of stage decorations.

Hartmuth Pfeil had many renowned clients.

Hartmuth Pfeil was buried in the Darmstadt forest cemetery (grave site: R 2a 106).

Honors

  • In 1958, Pfeil was awarded the “Bronze Merit Plaque” from the city of Darmstadt.
  • In 1963 a path in Darmstadt-Eberstadt was named after him.

literature

  • Heinrich Keil: Hartmuth Pfeil, works from five decades. , Darmstadt 1987

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 707
personal data
SURNAME Arrow, Hartmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH High on the Main
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1962
Place of death Darmstadt