Ludwig Enders

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Ludwig Enders (born March 14, 1889 in Offenbach am Main ; † 1956 ibid) was a German commercial artist and illustrator.

life and work

Ludwig Enders received his first training from a draftsman for weaving products. He then studied at the Darmstadt School of Applied Arts with Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens and from 1910 at the Munich Art Academy with Peter Hahn . From around 1920 to 1945 he was first a lecturer and then a professor at the technical colleges in Offenbach am Main. His studio was also located in Offenbach, from where he carried out industrial design (including for the Karl Seeger leather factory ) and graphic design (wine labels for the Wilhelm Gerstung graphic institute ).

On behalf of the Hamelin magistrate, Enders created the emergency money notes with the pied piper motif in the face value of 25 and 50 pfennigs in 1918, which were printed in five editions from August 1918 to November 1921.

Ludwig Enders' pupils included Heinrich Pauser , Ernst Unger , Willem Grimm and Adolf Bernd .

Illustrations (selection)

  • Unlucky and lucky guy . Munich 1918.
  • Robert Corwegh : Movement brings blessings. A picture book of house building . Dietrich, Munich 1920.

literature

  • Enders, Ludwig . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 2 : E-J . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1955, p. 36-37 .
  • Sven-Wieland Staps: Enders, Ludwig . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 33, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22773-6 , p. 541.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich EG Schrock: History of the Hamelin emergency money 1916 to 1948. Bremen 1987, No. 1 A – G and no. 2 A-F.
personal data
SURNAME Enders, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German commercial artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1956
Place of death Offenbach am Main