Gerta Haller

Biography

Publicity, exhibitions. Pupil of F.H.E. Schneidler at the Stuttgart Akademie. Studied one year at the Berlin Akademie, then at the Fachschule under Johannes Boehland. Married to Alfred Haller. 1951: living in Lörrach, Baden. By 1959: designing publicity for pharmaceutical firms.

Writings about

  • Prisma 1, 1947, H12/13, pp. 5-8
  • Anton Sailer, ‘Gerta und Alfred Haller’, Gg, May 1951, pp. 47-53
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Advertising art in post-war Germany’, Graphis 34, 1951, pp. 58-79
  • S. Lämmle, ‘Gerta + Alfred Haller’, Graphik 5, 1952, pp. 254-8
  • E. Hölscher, ‘The best German posters of 1954’, Gg, Aug. 1955, pp. 2-7
  • ‘Roche’ (publicity), Graphik, 1955, pp. 412-15
  • E. Hölscher, ‘The best German posters of 1956, Gg, Aug. 1957, pp. 2-7
  • Anton Sailer, ‘Ein Plakat-Wettbewerb’ (poster competition), Graphik, June 1958, pp. 32-3
  • Klaus Gallwitz, ‘Gerta Haller’, Gg, Dec. 1959, pp. 8-17
  • Vollmer, 1962
  • Hans Kuh, ‘Film prospectuses’, Gg, May 1963, pp. 16-29
  • E. Hölscher, ‘The best German posters of 1962/3’, Gg, Aug. 1963, pp. 2-13
  • G.K. Schauer, ‘The advertising book-jacket 1962’, Gg, Oct. 1963, pp. 8-19
  • Erich Pfeiffer-Belli, ‘A world of calendars’, Gg, May 1964, pp. 30-45
  • E. Hölscher, ‘A masterful calendar designed by Gerta Haller’, Gg, Aug. 1967, pp. 12-17.

Exhibitions

  • Galerie Gallwitz, Karlsruhe, 1957
  • Villa Aichele, Lörrach, 2001.