Erich Büttner

Biography

Posters, illustrations. Born Erich Johann Büttner 7 October 1889 in Berlin. 1906-11: studied at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin: a teacher was Emil Orlik. Served as a cartographer during World War I. From 1924: chief editor of the journal Bimini. Died 7 September 1936 in Freiburg/Breisgau.

Writings by

  • autobiography in Velhagen und Klasings Monatsheften, v. 1, 1925.

Writings about

  • ‘Erich Büttners Gebrauchsgraphik’, Exlibris, 1923, pp. 32-41
  • Franz Koebner, ‘Exlibris und Eigenblatt’, Exlibris, 1923, pp. 42-5
  • Herbert Fritsche, ‘Weg, Werk und Wesen Erich Büttners’, Exlibris, 1936, pp. 3-8 plus supplement
  • Walter Hofmann, ‘Plakat-Wettbewerb für die Gutenberg-Reichsausstellung Leipzig 1940’ (results of poster competition), AfB, 1938, pp. 531-4, esp. p. 532
  • ‘Von Inhalt und Machart und von den Künstlern’ (book labels), Sigill, H. 3, 1973, pp. 21-46
  • Elke Schutt-Kehm, ‘Raritäten für Kenner…’ (exlibris), Imprimatur, 1989, pp. 205-24, esp. p. 220
  • DBE, 1995
  • AKL, 1997.

Collections

  • Kunstamt, Kreuzberg.

Exhibitions

  • Deutsche Akademie, Berlin, 1963.