Erich Fornoff

Biography

Publicity, posters, set designs. Born 17 April 1914 in Frankfurt a.M. Studied at Frankfurt Kunstschule, then assistant to Ludwig Sievert at the Neuen Staatsoper. 1934-45: worked at Städt. Bühnen, Frankfurt: from 1936: graphic designer; from 1940: stage photographer. 1946-8: head of commercial graphics at the Offenbach Werkkunstschule. Died 20 March 1953 in Giessen.

Writings about

  • Gg, March 1941, pp. 50-54
  • Vollmer V, 1961.

Exhibitions

  • Schaezler-Palais, Augsburg, 1947.