Herbert Müller-Fried

Herbert Müller-Fried (born July 23, 1912 in Lübeck , † September 5, 2007 in Bad Schwartau ) was a German graphic artist and painter .

Herbert Müller-Fried

Life

After attending Marquard Middle School and training as a poster artist , he began studying at the Hanseatic College of Fine Arts in Hamburg (1934–37). In 1938 he retrained to become a technical draftsman and worked for the Germania shipyard in Kiel and the German weapons and ammunition factory in Lübeck-Schlutup . From 1945 he worked as a freelance graphic artist for commercial graphics and as a freelance artist in Lübeck. For 50 years he has been part of the history of the Hanseatic city and designed memorial plaques, certificates, medals and much more for Lübeck. The graphic artist was married to Lotte Müller-Fried, b. Freelandt, and father of three daughters and one son.

Artistic memberships

• Membership in the community of Lübeck painters and sculptors e. V.
• Membership in the Lübeck Overbeck Society from 1939 to 1995

Works

Schabbelhaus nose shield

Mosaic logo lion pharmacy

"Reunification requirement" memorial plaque on the office building in Lübeck, added in 1993

• From 1945 commissioned work and technical drawings for the Drägerwerk Lübeck
• 1946–1988 works for the city of Lübeck
• 1947–1970 poster drafts for the Overbeck Society
• 1949–1995 master craftsman's certificates and certificates of honor for the Lübeck Chamber of Handicrafts
• 1953/1956 drafts, invitations, posters and program for the Nordic Days

Posters / graphic works

• 1946 poster for the Lübeck Bruckner Days
• 1947 Poster for the Emil Nolde exhibition in the Behnhaus on the occasion of Nolde's 80th birthday
• 1964 poster for the "Annual Show Lübeck Artists"
• 1968 Design of the city brochure "Lübeck Industrial Site"
• 1975 Lübeck badge / sticker "National example city"
• 1977 Lübeck badge / sticker "500 years of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck"

Art in public space

• 1956 mural "Reconstruction of the city" (fresco technique) with the destroyed churches in the town hall on the market
• 1956 Sgraffito signs at the class entrances in the Wendish School
• 1956 Seahorse arm of the Schabbelhaus and signpost (painted metal) to the Schabbelhaus
• 1957 "Jugendfreizeit" mosaic mural in the Roter Hahn elementary school
• 1958/59 mural painting (combined order Walter Jahn / Herbert Müller-Fried) in the Otto-Anthes-Schule
• 1958/1959 Mosaic logo of the Löwen Pharmacy in Königstrasse
• 1963/1964 templates for the bronze door handles on the Friedrich-von-Bodelschwingh-Kirche, Beethovenstraße
• 1974 memorial plaque "Reunification requirement" on the office building in Lübeck, added in 1993

• 1985 Design of the memorial plaque in the Lübeck town hall for members of the citizenship who were victims of National Socialism (commissioned by Prime Minister Engholm)

Exhibitions

• 1955 Exhibition of the posters for the Overbeck Society in the Stadthallen-Studio

Fonts

• Thomas Mann : Tonio Kröger . Facsimile edition of the text handwritten in 1950 by Herbert Müller-Fried, who also designed the cover title. Drawings: Hans Peters , ed. from Buddenbrookhaus . Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1993.

literature

• The Lübeck graphic artist Herbert Müller-Fried turns 90 - a piece of history. In: Lübecker Nachrichten . July 23, 2002

Web links

Commons : Herbert Müller-Fried  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chamber of Crafts Lübeck (ed.): Journal. March 1996: Thanks to the graphic designer Herbert Müller-Fried. (Thanks for 40 years of design and handwritten creation of the certificates of honor of the Chamber of Crafts)
2. ↑ Senate of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (ed.): Industry location Lübeck ". Moll-Winter GmbH Lübeck, Lübeck 1968.
3. ↑ Memorial: Swedish granite or a simple natural stone slab. In: Lübecker Nachrichten. January 21, 1974
   Do we still need this memorial? In: Lübecker Nachrichten. March 27, 1993.
4. ^ Lübecker Nachrichten of May 2, 1955.
5. ↑ Tonio Kröger a thousand times. In: Lübecker Nachrichten. December 22, 1993.