Paul Lorenz (graphic designer)

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Paul Lorenz (born March 2, 1911 in Schönberg (Cunewalde) , † 2011 in Munich ) was a German painter , graphic artist and illustrator .

Live and act

His talent for drawing was already evident in his childhood. He completed an apprenticeship in lithography in Bautzen . After the apprenticeship, study trips to France and Italy followed . He was a participant in the Second World War . The artist became a three-year American prisoner of war combined with a three-year forced residency in Missouri . There he founded and ran a painting school in the camp. After returning home, Lorenz worked briefly in Saalfeld as a painter and graphic artist. In 1948 he opened a graphics office in Heidenheim an der Brenz , which designed advertising posters and illustrations for various companies, associations, organizations, etc. Lorenz also illustrated books for young people, most of which were published by Schneider-Verlag. The artist came to Munich in 1954 through commissions for the Osram company , where he ran a graphics office. Lorenz died very old at the age of 100 in Munich. The artist refused to exhibit his works throughout his life.

Lorenz was married and had a daughter.

Works (selection)

  • Forest with hut, oil on canvas, 33 × 24.5
  • Coastal view with people, watercolor on paper, 46.5 × 65
  • Winter landscape, mixed media, deck and watercolor on paper, 60 × 80
  • Bergdorf, watercolor on paper, 49 × 69
  • Coast with fishing trawler, mixed media, deck on watercolor, 44.5, x64.5
  • Still life flowers, watercolor on paper, 46 × 34.5
  • Music serenade at the campfire, oil on canvas, 40 × 50
  • Pipe smoker with sombrero, oil on linen cardboard, 40 × 30
  • Scene model Gougin, watercolor on paper, 36 × 50
  • At Heidenheim, oil on canvas, 43 × 52

Illustrations from books for children and young people (selection)

  • Kurt Burger: The smuggler's son (Franz Schneider Verlag Munich no year)
  • Hans-Otto Meissner : In the ghost valley of Sumatra (Franz Schneider Verlag Munich no year)

source

  • Charlotte Fergg-Frowein: Kürschner's graphic artist manual. Germany Austria Switzerland, Berlin 1959, p. 109
personal data
SURNAME Lorenz, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Schoenberg (Cunewalde)
DATE OF DEATH 2011
Place of death Munich