Valentin Zietara
Valentin Zietara (Walenty, Valenty) (born January 31, 1883 in Friedrichsau near Strelno (today Strzelno , former province of Posen ); † February 24, 1935 in Munich ) was a German-Polish graphic artist who worked in Munich .
life and career
Zietara initially completed an apprenticeship as a chimney sweep and studied decorative painting at the arts and crafts school in Wroclaw . In 1908 he moved to Munich with his friend Max Schwarzer graphic artist from Breslau. He worked in Schwabing . In 1914, together with Franz Paul Glass , Friedrich Heubner , Carl Moos , Emil Preetorius and Max Schwarzer, he founded the artist cooperative Die Sechs , one of the first artist groups to market advertising orders, especially posters. In 1924 the group was reorganized, in addition to Max Eschle , Franz Paul Glass, Hans Ibe ( Johann Baptist Maier ), Otto Ottler and Tommi Parzinger , Zietara was again a member.
On June 2, 1931, a working group of Munich poster artists was established under the name Neue Vereinigung Münchener Posterkünstler , which included Ehlers, Ludwig Hohlwein, Lindner and Zietara, among others. The purpose of the community was to "bring the artistic design of the poster back to the fore."
Together with Ludwig Hohlwein , Valentin Zietara was one of the most influential commercial graphic artists in southern Germany at the beginning of the twentieth century. His posters for the Pschorr brewery , for the Königsbau café in Augsburg, for the Adler cigarette factory , for Nelson bicycles, Lodenfrey , Feurich Keks, Schwaben Bräu Bock , Honig Gautsch Munich, or political posters for the German People's Party became famous . Zietara designed the cover page of the monthly magazine for the promotion of artistic advertising commercial graphics , which is dedicated to the city of Munich and its artists (Issue 1, Volume III).
Ziatara's design for the competition cover for the magazine " The Poster ", January 1921, Volume 1, 12th year was awarded a prize.
Web links
- Short résumé
- CV Spanish
- 1931 New Association of Munich Poster Artists
- Poster example Palmefka
- Pay attention to the German barrel industry
- Poster example and résumé
- Poster example
- Elect the German People's Party
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zietara, Valentin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zietara, Walenty; Zietara, Valenty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Polish graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedrichsau near Strelno (today Strzelno ), Province of Posen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1935 |
| Place of death | Munich |