Julius Diez

Biography

Lettering, posters, stamps, set designs, murals, wall-hangings. Born 8 September 1870 in Nuremberg. From 1895/6: illustrated for the art journal Pan. From 1896: illustrated for the journals Jugend (Youth) and Simplicissimus. From 1907: taught at the Munich Kunstgewerbeschule and the Akademie der bildenden Künste. Early 1900s: illustrated children’s books, designed book covers and posters. Co-founder and president of Munich ‘Sezession’. 1923-38: taught poster art at the Munich Kunstgewerbeschule and the Akademie. Designed float, with Richard Klein, for the ‘Day of German Art’, October 1933. After 1945: Awarded Grosse Verdienstkreuze of the Federal German Republic. Honorary member of the Akademie der bildenden Künste, Munich and Vienna. Honorary President of the Munich Secession. Honorary member of the Bund Deutscher Gebrauchsgraphiker. Designed for porcelain and ceramic manufacturers. Died 13 March 1957 in Munich.

Writings by

  • Chronik 1933-45.

Writings about

  • Erich Willrich, ‘Der Besuchskartenwettbe’ (visiting cards), AfB, June 1908, pp. 225-30
  • Richard Braungart, Julius Diez, Munich: Bischoff, 1920
  • Heinrich Jost, review of Braungart’s Julius Diez, in Das Plakat, Jan. 1921, pp. 56-7
  • R. Braungart, ‘Julius Diez’, Gg, Jan. 1931, pp. 36-43
  • ‘Nachklang zum Fest der Deutschen Kunst’, Die Kunst, 1933, pp. 79-85
  • Anton Sailer, ‘IVL Diez’, Gg, Feb. 1939, pp. 41-8
  • Hubert Wilm, ‘Julius-Diez-Ausstellung in der Städtischen Galerie’ (Munich exh.), Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich, Dec. 1940, p. VIII
  • A. Sailer, ‘Julius Diez zum 80. Geburtstag’, Gg, Aug. 1950, p.17
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Pioneers of German commercial art’, Gg, Jan. 1954, pp. 4-19
  • E. Hölscher, ‘The eternally young Pelican firm’ (logos, advertisements), Gg, May 1956, pp. 16-25
  • Die Weltkunst, 1 April 1957, p. 14 (obituary)
  • E. Hölscher, ‘Julius Diez’ (obituary), Gg, May 1957, p. 54
  • Bildende Kunst, 1957, 8, p. 576 (short obituary)
  • Arthur Bräuer, ‘Julius Diez’ (obituary), EuG, 1958, pp. 4-7
  • ‘Von Inhalt und Machart und von den Künstlern’ (book labels), Sigill, H. 3, 1973, pp. 21-46
  • Jürgen W. Einhorn, ‘Das Einhorn in der Graphik’, Graphische Kunst, 17/2, 1981, pp. 42-7, esp. p. 46
  • Lothar Lang, ‘Alternatives Sammeln: Wirtshausgraphik’, Marginalien, 1993, no. 130, pp. 88-91 (1909 poster)
  • DMK, 1997 (see ‘Buchgewerbe’ index).

Exhibitions

  • Städtische Galerie, Munich, 1940
  • Galerie Bernd Dürr, Munich, Nov. 2000/Feb. 2001
  • group exh.)