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Georg Belwe

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Nationality
  
German

Known for
  
Typography

Died
  
1954, Ronneburg, Germany

Role
  
Artist

Name
  
Georg Belwe


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Born
  
12 August 1878 (
1878-08-12
)
Berlin, Germany

Georg Belwe (August 12, 1878 – 1954) was a German type designer, typographer, graphic artist and teacher.

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Personal information

Belwe was born on 8 December 1878 in Berlin, Germany. He studied and later taught at the Königliches Kunstgewerbemuseum in his native Berlin.

1900

In 1900, with Fritz Helmut Ehmcke and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens, he founded Steglitzer Werkstadt, a private press. This same year he joins the Kunstgewerbeschule as a teacher in Berlin.

1906

In 1906 he became head of typography department and the class for accurate drawing at the Leipzig Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe.

Productions

Belwe has produced numerous works for publishing houses which include:

  • List
  • Reclam
  • Eugen Diederichs
  • Westermann

    • Publications

    His publications include:

  • Albert Mundt "Georg Belwe und seine Klasse an der Königlichen Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe" in "Archiv für Buchgewerbe" In June 1910.

    • Death

    Belwe died in Ronneburg, Germany in 1954.

    Fonts Designed by Georg Belwe

  • Belwe Roman (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1907)
  • Belwe Gotisch (1912)
  • Belwe Schrägschrift (1913)
  • Belwe halbfett (1914)
  • Wieland (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1926)
  • Fleischman (L. Wagner Type Foundry, 1927), based on the eighteenth century designs of J.M. Fleischman.
  • Schönschrift Mozart (1927)
  • Shakespere Medaeval (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1927–1929)

    • References

    Georg Belwe Wikipedia
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