Ruth Albitz

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Ruth Albitz-Geiß born Geiss (* 2. June 1924 in Berlin , † unknown) was a German graphic - designer .

Professional background

From 1942 to 1946 Ruth Albitz-Geiß received a commercial graphic training in various Berlin studios , from 1946 to 1949 she studied at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin .

Together with her husband Hans Adolf Albitz, she worked as a freelance graphic designer in Berlin from 1949 - mainly in the field of culture. The couple regularly won competitions and received numerous awards. When her husband died in 1969, she lost a large part of her clients, so she had to reorient herself professionally. In the following years Albitz established herself as a teacher.

reception

An article in the magazine Nutzgraphik from 1952 not only describes the collaboration, but also reflects the gender stereotypes of the 1950s: “The success of the couple's collaboration is based on the law of polarity […]. Hans Adolf Albitz is the structural engineer, the cool and calculating formative, [...] Ruth Albitz-Geiß, on the other hand, prefers the painterly elements, the colorful, bloody and broadly depicted. "

Literature (selection)

  • Franz Hermann Wills: Graphics from Berlin / Graphics for Berlin. In: Graphics. 1953, pp. 638-649, 642, 646.
  • Art and Industry. Oct. 1953, p. 128.
  • Modern Publicity 1953–1954. 1953, pp. 52, 131.
  • Graphics. Oct. 1957, p. 20.
  • Franz Hermann Wills: Hans Adolf Albitz and Ruth Albitz-Geiss. In: Usage graphics. Vol. 21, Issue 11, Nov. 1952, pp. 2-7.
  • Stephan Reisner: Ruth Albitz. In: Tagesspiegel , March 11, 2005.
  • Scherpe Verlag (Hrsg.): Advertising form. Krefeld 1954.
  • Scherpe Verlag (Hrsg.): Advertising form. Krefeld 1958.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chalotte Fergg-Frowein: Kürschners Graphiker Handbuch, Berlin: de Gruyter 1959, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Tagesspiegel: Ruth Albitz. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Julia Meer: Albitz-Geiß, Ruth. Short biography. In: Gerda Breuer, Julia Meer (eds.): Women in Graphic Design 1890–2012 . Jovis, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8 , pp. 395-396 .
  4. ^ Franz Hermann Wills: Hans Adolf Albitz and Ruth Albitz-Geiss . In: Usage graphics . tape 21 , no. 11 , 1952, pp. 2 .
personal data
SURNAME Albitz, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albitz-Geiß, Ruth (full name); Geiß, Ruth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century