Otto Stanzig

Biography

Publicity, posters, packaging. Born Otto Erich Paul Stanzig 17 February 1904 in Berlin. Studied at the Berlin Akademie. Designed publicity and was art adviser to governmental and industrial firms including the Reichspost Ministry (Berlin), Deutsche Bundesbahn (Bonn), Sparkassenverlag (Berlin), Osram (Munich). 1967: living in Berlin.

Writings about

  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Otto Stanzig’, Gg, Oct. 1936, pp. 2-9
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Otto Stanzig’, Gg, May 1939, pp. 2-16
  • Werner Suhr, ‘Otto Stanzig, designs for cosmetics [packaging]’, Gg, June 1950, pp. 2-11
  • E. Hölscher, ‘Advertising art in post-war Germany’, Graphis 34, 1951, pp. 58-79
  • Vollmer, 1962.