Henry Ostfeld

Henry Ostfeld ( pseudonym Willem Eickboom ; * before 1931, † after 1945) was a German vocational school teacher , painter , textbook author, especially for advertising graphics, as well as a draftsman , illustrator and photographer .

Life

Since the early 1930s, Henry Ostfeld published various school books , some of which were published in several editions, particularly by the Müller publishing house in Eberswalde . He wrote writings on spray technology for shop windows and advertising, writing and poster painting, decoration and instructions for the commercial artist and advertiser.

In addition, Ostfeld provided the drawings, initials and photographs for the commemorative publication written by Karl Rabe in 1937 as a "contribution to cultural history " and published by Schmidt in Hanover for the 100th anniversary of the Hanover City Commercial Teaching Centers, today's vocational school 11 of the Hanover region .

During the Second World War, Ostfeld acted as a kind of mentor for the young comic artist Hansrudi Wäscher , who would later be trained as a " commercial advertiser" . Ostfeld gave private drawing lessons to the launderer , who was integrated into the Hitler Youth (HJ), and took him on bicycle tours in the country, where they then did watercolors together . During the air raids on Hanover , Ostfeld often did not go to the ( air raid ) basement, but mostly stayed in his apartment on the fourth floor of the apartment building. Several times he saved the building and its residents "from destruction by throwing incendiary bombs down on the street in the attic ".

Works (selection)

• Spray technology for shop windows and advertising. A guide to using this procedure for the businessman and in the classroom ,
  • 1st and 2nd edition: Eberswalde: Verlagsgesellschaft Müller, 1931
  • 3. u. 4th improved edition, Eberswalde; Berlin; Leipzig: Publishing Company Müller, 1937; Digitized by the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)
• Decoration made clear. A book for school and work , Eberswalde: Verlagsgesellschaft Müller, [1932]
• We write German script. An introduction and development for school and work , Eberswalde: Verlagsgesellschaft Müller, [1933]
• This is how you learn to paint letters and posters. Easy to understand instructions for school and work , Eberswalde-Berlin: R. Müller, [around 1933]
• Karl Rabe: Hundred years of municipal trade schools in the capital Hanover. A contribution to the cultural history of Hanover , with drawings, initials and photos by H. Ostfeld, [Hanover]: Schmidt, 1937
• Willem Eikboom (pseud.): On the way. Of people and animals, forests and paths , Hildesheim; Leipzig: Lax, [1938]
• Hermann Maria Lorz (ed.), H. Ostfeld: The utility advertiser. Advertising-related teaching letters for self-teaching , ed. on behalf of the professional group of commercial applicants in the Reichsfachschaft of German advertising specialists. NSRDW , loose-leaf edition, delivered in a half- linen folder for each letter, Berlin W 62, Kleiststrasse 22: F. Holzmann, [1940]
  • Level A. / 1st apprenticeship / apprenticeship letter 1, 2
  • Level B. / 2nd year of apprenticeship / lesson 1, 2
  • Level C. / 3rd year of apprenticeship / Lesson 1–4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information in the catalog of the German National Library (DNB)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Information and cross-references in the DNB catalog
3. ↑ ^{a b} Andreas C. Knigge : Hansrudi Wäscher or: The Art of Eternal Return , in which. (Ed.): Almighty! Hansrudi Washer. Pioneer of German Comics , Edition Comics etc., Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-941694-11-8 , pp. 54-167; Teiltranskript on the side acknigge.de [no date], as last accessed on December 12, 2019
4. ↑ ^{a b} Proof of the joint union catalog
5. ↑ n.v . :History / Vocational School 11 - Commercial College I - / Commercial vocational training in Hanoveron the website bbs11.de '[undated], last accessed on December 12, 2019