Walter Buhe

Biography

Posters, stamps, logos, bindings, illustrations, type. Born 26 May 1882 in Aschersleben. 1904-8: studied at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin: a teacher was Emil Orlik. 1908-12: freelanced. 1912-15: taught at the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin. Designed the typeface Buhe-Fraktur (1915, Stempel). 1920-46: taught applied art at the Leipzig Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe. In 1925 he designed stained-glass windows for the Stephaneum, Aschersleben. He had designed books for Cotta, S. Fischer, Ullstein and other publishers. Died 22 December 1958 in Leipzig.

Writings by

  • ‘Homogen’ (on colour reproduction), AfB, May 1932, pp. 216-17.

Writings about

  • frequent appearances in Das Plakat
  • Paul Westheim, ‘Walter Buhe’, Das Plakat, March 1915, pp. 49-64
  • ZfB, 1922, supplement
  • Max Osborn, ‘Die neuen deutschen Briefmarken’ (new stamps), Gg, 1925, v. 2, pp. 16-22
  • Hans Richter, ‘Walter Buhe als Graphiker’, AfB, May 1932, pp. 198-215
  • Hans Bockwitz, ‘Junge deutsche Büchkunstler’, AfB, Nov. 1934, pp. 699-784, esp. p. 701
  • Pfäfflin, 1986
  • DMK, 1997 (see ‘Akzidenzdruck’ index).

Collections

  • Aschersleben.