Paul G. Winkler-Leers

Biography

Publicity, book jackets and bindings, illustrations. Born 29 October 1887 in Berlin. 1913-15: student of Emil Doepler. 1919-24: student of Emil Orlik. By 1922: Head of the BDG (Bund Deutscher Gebrauchsgraphiker: Association of German Commercial Artists), Berlin-Brandenburg group. Living in Berlin in 1934. In 1935 he produced a series of etchings for the industrial felt-maker Asten’schen Filztuchwerken. By 1961: artistic director of the publisher Dürer.

Writings by

  • ‘Bundestag 1925’, Gg, 2 Jhrg. (1926?), v. 1, pp. 99-100 (as BDG President, PW-L wrote reports to members)
  • review of Klimschs Jahrbuch, 1928, Gg, 1928, v. 4, p. 70
  • ‘Zum Thema “Wettbewerb”’, Gg, Sept. 1930, pp. 68-71
  • ‘An Walter von Zur Westen’, Exlibris, 1939, p. 3.

Writings about

  • Walter von Zur Westen, ‘Allerlei Exlibris’, Exlibris, 1923, pp. 46-52
  • Richard Braungart, ‘Paul Winkler-Leers’, Exlibris, May 1925, pp. 19-27
  • Max Osborn, ‘Paul Winkler-Leers’, Gg, 1926? (v. 9), pp. 51-62
  • Ernst Collin, ‘Der Verleger-Einband’, Gg, 1925, v. 11, pp. 40-81 (esp. pp. 61-2)
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Paul Winkler-Leers/Otto Franz Kutscher’, Gg, v. 1, 1928, pp. 60-64
  • Eberhard Hölscher, ‘Paul Winkler-Leers’, Gg, March 1934, pp. 24-9
  • H.K. Frenzel, ‘Calendars 1937’, Gg, Jan. 1937, pp. 36-41
  • Richard Braungart, ‘Paul Winkler-Leers als Landschafter’, Exlibris, 1938, pp. 37-42
  • Gg, Feb. 1940
  • Vollmer, 1961.