Hans Otto Orlowski

Biography

Born 1 March 1894 in Insterburg, East Prussia (now Russia: near Königsberg). 1911-15: studied at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Kunstgewerbeschule. 1918-19: studied at Berlin Staatliche Kunstschule under Philipp Franck. 1922-45: taught at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Kunstgewerbeschule. 1945-60: taught at the Hochschule für bildenden Künste, Berlin-Charlottenburg. 1954: awarded Art Prize, City of Berlin. 1964: Honorary Member of Academy of Art and Design, Florence. Died 3 May 1967 in Berlin.

Writings by

  • Illustrierte Bücher und Mappenwerke von 1923 bis 1961, Berlin, 1963/4
  • Hans Orlowski, Bruges: Uitgeverij Orion, 1973
  • ‘Über den Holzschnitt im Buch’, Illustration 63, Aug. 1983, pp. 48-51.

Writings about

  • Frank van den Wijngaert, Hans Orlowski/Graveur, Brussels: Nébé, 1937
  • Gert H. Theunissen, ‘Die Holzschnitte Hans Orlowskis’, Das Buchgewerbe, v. 1, 1947, cover, title page, pp. 3-8
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘The sufferings of the Berlin heraldic bear’, Gg, Feb. 1954, pp. 52-5
  • Remigius Netzer, ‘Hans Orlowski, woodcut artist’, Gg, Oct. 1954, pp. 30-37
  • Vollmer, 1956 (bibliography, exhibitions)
  • Josef Lenze, ‘Der Holzschneider Hans Orlowski’, EuG, 1960, pp. 21-3
  • Fritz Schwarzenberger, Werkverzeichnis Hans Orlowski, Berlin: Mans-Orlowski-Kreis (catalogue raisonné), 1965-7
  • Roger Avermaete, Hans Orlowski, Brussels, 1971
  • Lotti van Looveren, Hans Orlowski, estampes (exh. cat.), Brusells, Bibliothèque Royale Albert I, 1974
  • Fritz Schwarzenberger, ‘Hans Orlowski als Illustrator’, Illustration 63, April 1983, pp. 6-13 (includes bibliography)
  • F. Schwarzenberger, ‘Briefe von Hans Orlowski’, Illustration 63, April 1984, pp. 2-7
  • DBE, 1998
  • Benezit, 2006 (includes auction records 1987-2004).

Exhibitions

  • Bibliothèque Royale Albert I, Brussels, 1974.