Horst Schuster

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Horst Schuster (born June 1, 1930 in Dresden ; † July 19, 2013 ) was a German typographer , book designer and university professor .

Teaching and studying

Schuster completed an eight-year apprenticeship and assistant in the technical and managerial areas of two large graphic companies. After initially self-taught book design, he studied externally from 1960 to 1965 at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig , among others with Albert Kapr and Walter Schiller .

Creative work

From 1952 to 1977 he was employed as a manufacturer at Verlag der Kunst Dresden, from 1959 as production manager and from 1965 as artistic and technical manager. His area of ​​responsibility here included the design and technical implementation of the entire book, portfolio and calendar production. Schuster was able to work with many well-known authors and artists on an object-related basis, such as FH Ehmcke, John Heartfield , Josef Hegenbarth , Albert Kapr , Werner Klemke , Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers , Jan Tschichold and others. a. During this time, the Verlag der Kunst achieved a top position among the GDR publishers with its editions in national and international book art competitions and received the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig in 1974 . At the same time, the company's publishing achievement under the editing of Erhard Frommhold was recognized, which was expressed in numerous thematic first publications and led to co-productions worldwide. From 1962 Schuster also took on design tasks for other publishers, such as the Reclam Verlag Leipzig, Edition Leipzig, Henschelverlag Berlin, Union Verlag Berlin , Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin, Sandstein Verlag Dresden, Verlag SchumacherGebler Dresden and Munich, the Dresden State Art Collections and other museums and galleries.

Horst Schuster has designed over 350 books, catalogs, portfolios and posters.

Awards

84 of the books designed by Horst Schuster ranked among the most beautiful of their kind in national and international book art competitions. In 1977 he received the Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig for his book art work , and in 2000 the Art Prize of the State Capital Dresden .

Teaching

From 1978 to 1996 Schuster held a teaching post at the Dresden University of Fine Arts and headed the writing / typography / graphic workshops department, and from 1991 the newly established visual communication department . In 1979 Schuster was appointed lecturer with artistic teaching activities, in 1983 professor, 1991 professor of the New Law and 1992 professor of typography and book design. From 1991 to 1993, in addition to his teaching duties, he held the office of Vice Rector and during the university renewal 1992–1993 he was the acting rector of the university.

Juror activity

Horst Schuster was a member of the jury of many national and international book art competitions, secretary of the main jury at the International Book Art Exhibition in Leipzig in 1977 and 1982. In 1989 he headed the IBA's typography competition.

Book design (selection)

  • Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers (ed.): El Lissitzky - painter / architect / typographer / photographer. Verlag der Kunst , Dresden 1967.
  • Fritz Löffler : Ernst Hassebrauk - Dresden picture book. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1968.
  • Erhard Frommhold : Art in Resistance. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1968.
  • Werner Schade: The Cranach family of painters. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1974.
  • Wilhelm Fraenger : Hieronymus Bosch. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1975.
  • Larissa A. Shadowa: Search and Experiment. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1978.
  • Wilhelm Fraenger : Matthias Grünewald. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1983.
  • Hans Joachim Neidhardt : Dresden - as painters saw it. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 1983.
  • Chup Friemert : The Glass Ark - Crystal Palace London 1851/54. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1984.
  • Horst Jähner : artist group Brücke. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984.
  • Rudolf Mayer: Anatoli Kaplan. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1990, ISBN 3-364-00142-1 .
  • Lothar Lang: Constructivism and Book Art. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-361-00304-0 .
  • Günter Grass : The tin drum. Etchings by Hubertus Giebe. Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-353-00706-7 .
  • Claude Schaefer : Jean Fouquet. On the threshold of the renaissance . Verlag der Kunst Dresden 1994, ISBN 3-364-00306-8 .
  • The graphic books, volumes 11 to 19. Bibliophile editions in collaboration with the illustrators. Publishing house Faber & Faber, Leipzig 1997 to 2001.

Fonts (selection)

  • Giambattista Bodoni. In: The small art book . Volume 24. Dresden 1956.
  • The type and book artist Albert Kapr 1918-1995. In: Marginalia , issue 2/1995. ISSN  0025-2948 .
  • Similarities between an architect and his book designer. In: Festschrift for the 65th birthday of the architect Manfred Zumpe . Dresden 1995.
  • The book designer Gert Wunderlich, shown at his work for Verlag der Kunst, Dresden. In: Gert Wunderlich (Ed.): From tender to extra fat. Typography by Gert Wunderlich 1957-1998. Leipzig 1998, ISBN 3-932865-16-2 .

literature

  • Walter Amstutz (Ed.): Who's Who in Graphic Art. A World History of Graphic Art. Volume II. Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-85634-779-8 .
  • Erhard Frommhold: Areas, spaces, letters. About the work of the book artist Horst Schuster. In: Catalog for the personal exhibition 1987 . Dresden 1987.
  • Lisa Werner: Obsessed with the art of book making: Horst Schuster, teacher at the Dresden Art Academy. In: Dresdner Latest News. Publishing house Dresdner Nachrichten GmbH & Co. KG. Dresden June 14, 1995.
  • Friedl / Ott / Stein / Luidl: Typography - when, who, how. Publishing house Könemann. Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-89508-473-5 .
  • Horst Schuster (Ed.): Book and Akzidenz. Typographic work by Horst Schuster. Exhibition catalog with articles by Erhard Frommhold, Werner Schmidt, Gert Wunderlich, Matthias Gubig, Hans Andree, Helmut Trauschein and Manfred Zumpe. Dresden 2000.
  • Hans Peter Lühr: Making books as pleasure work. Encounters with the book designer Horst Schuster. In: Marginalien 161. Heft (1/2001), Wiesbaden, ISSN  0025-2638 .
  • Hans Peter Lühr: Artistic Cosmos and Expertise. The Dresden book designer Horst Schuster for the 75th In: Dresdner Latest News. Publishing house Dresdner Nachrichten GmbH & Co. KG. Dresden June 1, 2005.
  • Astrid Volpert:  Schuster, Horst . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Leipziger Volkszeitung from August 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ Hans-Peter Lühr: Making books as pleasure work. Encounters with the book designer Horst Schuster. In: Marginalien 161. Heft (1/2001), Wiesbaden, ISSN  0025-2638 .
  3. ^ Werner Schmidt: Horst Schuster and the Dresden State Art Collections. In: Horst Schuster (Ed.): Book and Akzidenz. Typographic work by Horst Schuster . Exhibition catalog. Dresden 2000.
personal data
SURNAME Schuster, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German typographer and book designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 19th July 2013