German graphical designer, typographer and illustrator
Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke (1878–1965) was a German graphical designer, typographer and illustrator.
Born in
Inowrocław,
Prussia (now Poland), 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).
Thomas Kraft: Fritz Ehmcke (1878–1965). In: Thomas Kraft (ed.): Herrsching zur Zeit Christian Morgensterns. Bilder des kulturellen Lebens zwischen 1870 und 1920. Herrsching am Ammersee 2006, p. 153.
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Band 32. K. G. Saur Verlag, München 2002, p. 432.
German graphical designer, typographer and illustrator
Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke (1878–1965) was a German graphical designer, typographer and illustrator.
Born in
Inowrocław,
Prussia (now Poland), 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).
Thomas Kraft: Fritz Ehmcke (1878–1965). In: Thomas Kraft (ed.): Herrsching zur Zeit Christian Morgensterns. Bilder des kulturellen Lebens zwischen 1870 und 1920. Herrsching am Ammersee 2006, p. 153.
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Band 32. K. G. Saur Verlag, München 2002, p. 432.