Egon Pruggmayer

Biography

Book jackets, covers, illustrations, publicity. Born 11 February 1905 in Dresden. Studied at the academies in Dresden, Vienna, Weimar and Leipzig. Designed many jackets, covers, book illustrations and publicity material for the Leipzig publisher L. Staackmann especially, and also designed for the Leipzig publishers Insel, F. Meiner, Dietrich, Reclam. From 1946: taught at the Leipzig Hochschule für Grafik und Buchgewerbe. Died 24 November 1983 in Leipzig.

Writings by

  • ‘Wiederkehr des Ornaments’, Druck und Papier, April 1953, pp. 50-55
  • ‘Schrift und Ornament in Merseburger Dom’, Druck und Papier, May 1953, pp. 81-4
  • ‘Zur Frage der Reliefprägung’, Druck und Papier, July 1953, pp. 109-11.

Writings about

  • Walter Hofmann, ‘Buchprospekt’, AfB, June 1934, pp. 358-9 (publisher’s publicity)
  • ‘Junge deutsche Büchkunstler’, AfB, Nov. 1934, p. 707
  • numerous drawings in AfB, June 1936
  • Georg Belwe, ‘Written and printed script’, AfB, 1937, pp. 21-7, esp. after p. 24 (book cover)
  • Jan Thorbecke, ‘Egon Pruggmayer’, Gg, Oct. 1938, pp. 45-52
  • AfB, 1939, pp. 581-2 (book ills.)
  • Das Buchgewerbe, Nov. 1948, p. 279 (Soviet book art poster)
  • Vollmer, 1956
  • Fritz Genzmer, ‘Firm symbols’ (logos, based on G. Finsterer-Stuber, Marken und Signete), AfDuP, 1957, v. 3, pp. 312-15 (esp. p. 315)
  • Erich Schwanecke, ‘Der Buchkünstler Egon Pruggmayer’, Marginalien, 1970, v. 39, pp. 1-7.

Exhibitions

  • Internationale Ausstellungspavillon, Berlin, 1969 (group).