Willy Petzold

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Willy Petzold (born September 6, 1885 in Mainz , † March 16, 1978 in Dresden ) was a German poster designer , graphic artist and trained glass painter.

Education and early years

Willy Petzold (1975), in the background his poster for the 1924 German Labor Show , textile exhibition in Dresden
Dresden, TU building on Weberplatz, staircase window

Willy Petzold was born in Mainz and completed an apprenticeship as a glass painter in Frankfurt am Main . From 1904 he stayed in Dresden, where he worked for the Liebert Glasmalanstalt until 1913. At the same time, he had been running his own portrait photography studio since 1910. After quitting his work for the glass painting institute, he began studying at the Dresden Art Academy in 1913, which later awarded him the bronze and silver state medal.

1920s and National Socialism

Soon after graduating, Petzold went into business for himself. From then on he made a name for himself as a poster designer and sought-after graphic artist. One of his most important clients was the Dresden cigarette industry with the Eckstein, Halpaus and Salem brands, for which he designed several advertising posters in the 1920s and 1930s. In addition, he produced works for the "Annual Show of German Work" and the "II. International Hygiene Exhibition", which took place in 1930. He also designed election posters for conservative parties such as the DVP.

Petzold was a member of the Dresden local group of the " Association of German Commercial Graphics ".

During the Nazi era, he posted propaganda and perseverance slogans on behalf of the NSDAP. Early on, as early as 1933, he designed a poster on the subject of German work that had a Nazi tinge. A hammer with a swastika and an eagle's head in the background was shown here in connection with the slogan "German advertising for German work".

His studio was completely destroyed in the bombing raids on Dresden.

Works in museums

  • The paper / annual report 1927 . Dresden, 1927: Museum Folkwang
  • The new / Halpaus . 1935: Folkwang Museum
  • Plaque for the 1st Reichstheaterfestwoche in Dresden, 1934, as well as posters and drawings from the estate: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Petzold - Stadtwiki Dresden. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b c Uwe Fiedler: On the city history of Dresden: Willy Petzold. In: www.uwe-fiedler.eu. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ The detector receiver as a Christmas present Berlin 1926. In: images.google.de. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Museum Folkwang: Collection online , accessed on April 8, 2016
  5. ^ Jürgen Döring: The Dresden poster artist Willy Petzold [1885-1978] . In: Museum for Art and Industry Hamburg (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the Museum for Art and Industry Hamburg . tape 9/10 . Hamburg 1991, p. 167-182 .
personal data
SURNAME Petzold, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poster designer, graphic artist and trained glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1978
Place of death Dresden