Bernd Steiner

Biography

Posters, illustrations. Born 10 April 1884 in Vienna. Designed many of the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping posters. At the time of his death he was also artistic manager of the Bremen Municipal Theatre (Stadttheater). Died 10 December 1933 in Vienna.

Writings about

  • Kurt Kauffmann, ‘Means of propaganda [advertising] employed by the North German Lloyd’ (shipping line), Gg, v. 4, 1928, pp. 3-15
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Der Norddeutsche Lloyd und seine neuen Plakate’, Gg, 1929, v. 3, pp. 14-16
  • Gg, April 1931, in ad inset at end (Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen poster)
  • ‘Prof. Bernd Steiner’ (obituary), Gg, Jan. 1934, pp. 64-5
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Advertising means of the North German Lloyd’, Gg, May 1935, pp. 2-15
  • DPM, 1965 (illust.).