Walther Bergmann

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Walther Bergmann (born May 28, 1914 in Düsseldorf , † February 18, 1979 in La Laguna , Tenerife ) was a German painter, book designer and graphic designer specializing in commercial graphics and internationally known for his poster art .

Life

Bergmann studied at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf from 1934 to 1936 and opened his own studio there in 1937. Six years of military service followed. After 1947 he joined the workshop community and training institute for all arts " Der Baukreis ", founded in Hamburg in 1946, and took up a teaching position as head of the advertising graphics department at their Hilden branch . After two years he left the building group and started his own business. He designed numerous posters for trade fairs, the Düsseldorf Opera House and Düsseldorf Theater, and thus also took part in competitions. He also designed postage stamps for the Deutsche Bundespost , company logos and did the illustration of books for several publishers. In 1964 he was appointed head of the graphic design course at the Werkkunstschule Aachen ( FH Aachen since 1971 ). In parallel to his teaching activities, he continued to work as a freelancer. Caused by the regional reform carried out in North Rhine-Westphalia from 1966 , he created more than two dozen new coats of arms for cities, communities and districts in the Rhineland .

Bergmann was also involved in the design of trade fair stands, for example in 1949 at the German Industry Show, New York City, in 1953 at the core show Mensch und Technik, Düsseldorf, and at the 40th and 41st IAA , both in Frankfurt am Main .

Bergmann was a member of the Presidium of the Federation of German Graphic Designers (BDG) and a member of the German Werkbund . He was also a member of the Düsseldorfer Künstlerverein Malkasten (KVM) .

Works (selection)

Posters

  • Bernhard Sopher Memorial Exhibition, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (1951)
  • Albert Herring, Düsseldorf Opera House (1955)
  • Lady Macbeth in the Country, Düsseldorf Opera House (1960)
  • The Auditor, Düsseldorf Opera House (1961)
  • First performance LULU, Düsseldorf Opera House (1967)

Bergmann's posters were honored in the “Best German Poster of the Year” competition in 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1969.

coat of arms

  • Federal city of Bonn

  • City of Erkelenz

  • District of Heinsberg

  • City of Mönchengladbach

  • Rheurdt community

Other towns and communities with the coat of arms of Walther Bergmann: Aldenhoven , Bedburg-Hau , Budberg , Geldern , Issum , Kaarst , Kevelaer , Kranenburg , Niederkrüchten , Ratingen , Reichshof , Roetgen , Schaephuysen , Schermbeck , Schleiden , Troisdorf , Velbert , Wassenberg , Wiehl .

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1947: The building district, Hilden
  • 1948: International commercial graphics, Düsseldorf
  • 1954: The company's face - exhibition of international advertising graphics, Berlin
  • 1960: International Advertising Congress, Berlin
  • 1968: First Unified German Graphic Design Show, New York , Massachusetts , Toronto
  • 1970: IIIe Biennale Internationale de l 'Affiche, Warsaw

Posters in museums and collections

literature

  • Eberhard Hölscher : Walther Bergmann. In: Usage graphics. Monthly magazine to promote artistic advertising. 11.1951, issue 8, pages 54-57.
  • Kreissparkasse Aachen (Ed.): Walther Bergmann. In: Artists from the Aachen area. Brimberg, Aachen 1989, p. 8.
  • Bergmann, Walther. In: Jürgen Krause (Ed.): The useful modern. Graphic and product design in Germany 1935–1955. Exhibition of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History Münster from March 19 to June 4, 2000. Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-88789-135-X , p. 216.
  • Hamburgische Landesbank (ed.): Walther Bergmann. In: The building group, workshop community and school for all arts (1943–1953). Exhibition from March 7, 2003 to July 4, 2003, Hamburg 2003, p. 30.
  • Walther Bergmann. In: Victor Malsy (Ed.): City of ideas Düsseldorf. Design and advertising from Düsseldorf 1900–2013. Droste, Düsseldorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-7700-1511-5 , pp. 188-191.

Web links

Commons : Walther Bergmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburgische Landesbank (Ed.): Walther Bergmann , in: Der Baukreis, Werkstättengemeinschaft und Lehranstalt für alle Künste (1943–1953) Exhibition from March 7, 2003 to July 4, 2003, Hamburg 2003, p. 30.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Kreissparkasse Aachen (ed.): Walther Bergmann , in: Künstler aus dem Aachener Raum , M. Brimberg, Aachen 1989, p. 8.
  3. ↑ a b Rolf Nagel: Rheinisches Wappenbuch . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7927-0816-7 .
  4. ↑ Inventory list , website in the portal malkasten.org , accessed on February 28, 2016
  5. ↑ Eberhard Hölscher (Ed.): Utility graphics. Monthly magazine for the promotion of artistic advertising 11.1951, issue 8, page 57.
  6. ^ Poster Bernhard Sopher Memorial Exhibition , Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (1951)
  7. ↑ Eberhard Hölscher (Ed.): Utility graphics. Monthly magazine for the promotion of artistic advertising 26.1955, issue 8, page 5.
  8. ↑ Albert Herring poster , Düsseldorf Opera House (1955)
  9. ↑ Eberhard Hölscher (Ed.): Utility graphics. Monthly magazine for the promotion of artistic advertising 31.1960, issue 8, page 12.
  10. ^ Poster Lady Macbeth in the Country , Düsseldorf Opera House (1960)
  11. ↑ Eberhard Hölscher (Ed.): Utility graphics. Monthly magazine for the promotion of artistic advertising 32.1961, issue 9, page 12.
  12. ^ Poster The Auditor , Düsseldorf Opera House (1961)
  13. ↑ Eberhard Hölscher (Ed.): Utility graphics. International Advertising Art 38.1967, issue 10, page 35.
  14. ↑ Poster Premiere LULU , Opera House Dusseldorf (1967)
personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, book designer and graphic designer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH 18th February 1979
Place of death San Cristóbal de La Laguna , Tenerife , Spain