Biography
Book covers, jackets, typography, type designs. Born 10 May 1905 in Ammertsweiler, Württemburg. 1924-7: studied in Stuttgart: one of his teachers was F.H. Ernst Schneidler. 1934-9: designed books and publicity for the Berlin publisher Ullstein. From 1953: taught at the Werkkunstschule, Offenbach a.M. Husband of Asta Ruth.
Writings about
- , ‘G. Ruth’, Gg, Aug. 1934, pp. 8-15
- ‘Poster competition. 5. Internationale Bodensee-Messe, Friedrichshafen’, Graphik, 1954, 2, p. 96
- , ‘Gottlieb Ruth’, Gg, March 1960, pp. 42-7
- , 1962.