Franz Paul Glass

Biography

Posters, packaging, postage stamps. Born 17 May 1886 in Munich. Apprenticed three years as a pastry-cook until in 1908 he took an evening course in design. Studied three years at the Munich Kunstgewerbeschule: a teacher was Julius Diez. Awarded grant for study in Italy. 1914: founder member of Die Sechs (The Six), a group of six Munich poster artists. Living in Munich in 1934. Died 15 February 1964. His typefaces, issued by Genzsch & Heyse, Hamburg: Glass-Antiqua (1912), Halbfette (Antiqua) (1913), Fette Schrift (1913), Kursiv (Freihand-Kursiv) (1913).

Writings by

  • brief autobiography,
  • ‘Das Plakat’, Gg, 1926, v. 1, pp. 6-18
  • ‘The International Poster Exhibition/Munich 1929’, Gg, 1929, v. 10, pp. 2-22.

Writings about

  • Work shown in Das Plakat, April 1912, pp. 56-60, 62
  • Georg Jakob Wolf, ‘Münchner Plakatkunst, Das Plakat, 1915, pp. 1-21
  • Heinrich Jost, ‘Kriegsgraphik’, Das Plakat, 1915, pp. 22-8
  • Walter Bloch, ‘Berlin und das übrige Deutschland’, Das Plakat, 1915
  • Das Plakat (Munich ed.), Jan. 1921 (numerous ills.)
  • F.H. Ehmcke, ‘Wahrzeichen – Warenzeichen’ (trademarks), Das Plakat, Feb. 1921, pp. 69-100
  • DdW, 1927, pp. 31-7 (work of The Six)
  • Wilhelm Eeckbaum, ‘Franz Paul Glass’, Gg, 1928, 11, pp. 17-29
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Munich carnival posters’, Gg, April 1930, pp. 57-64
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘The “Neue Vereinigung Münchner Plakat-Kunstler”’ (League of Munich Poster Artists), Gg, Aug. 1931, pp. 2-9
  • Werner Suhr, ‘Es ist an der Zeit…’ (posters, ads), Gg, Aug. 1931, pp. 10-25
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Back to twenty years ago’, Gg, Jan. 1934, pp. 17-32, esp. p. 30
  • Gg, March 1934, p. 30 (poster for the German Housing Estates exh., Munich)
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Posters from Munich’, Gg, July 1934, pp. 36-43, esp. p. 43 (Lufthansa)
  • Vollmer, 1955
  • DdP, 1965, pp. 227, 247
  • AKL, 2007.