Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke (1878 - 1965)
1878-10-16Inowrocław, Poland1965-02-03Widdersberg, GermanyGermany, Poland
Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke
Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke was a German graphical designer, typographer and illustrator. Ehmcke was educated as a lithographer in Berlin during 1893–1897. In 1900, he was a co-founder of Steglitzer Werkstatt. From 1903, he taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Düsseldorf, from 1913 to 1938 in Munich, during 1920-1921 also in Zürich. During 1946 to 1948, he was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He designed a number of typesets, notably Ehmcke-Antiqua and Ehmcke-Kursiv in 1909/10 (adopted for English-language typesetting by Stephenson Blake under the name Carlton).
Date and place of birt: | 16 october 1878, Inowrocław, Poland |
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Date and place of death: | 3 february 1965, Widdersberg, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany, Poland |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Designer, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Painter, Posterist |
Art style: | Realism |
Technique: | Hand graphic, Lithography |