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German type designer
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Birth:
12 August 1878(Berlin, Germany)
Death:
12 May 1954(Ronneburg, Greiz, Thuringia, Germany)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Georg Belwe (August 12, 1878 – 1954) was a German type designer, typographer, graphic artist and teacher.
Personal information
Belwe was born on 8 December 1878 in Berlin, Germany. He studied and later taught at the Königliches Kunstgewerbemuseum in his native Berlin.
Career
1900
In 1900, with Fritz Helmut Ehmcke and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens, he founded Steglitzer Werkstadt, a private press. This same year he joins the Kunstgewerbeschule as a teacher in Berlin.
1906
In 1906 he became head of typography department and the class for accurate drawing at the Leipzig Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe.
Productions
Belwe has produced numerous works for publishing houses which include:
- List
- Reclam
- Eugen Diederichs
- Westermann
Publications
His publications include:
- Albert Mundt "Georg Belwe und seine Klasse an der Königlichen Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe" in "Archiv für Buchgewerbe" In June 1910.
Death
Belwe died in Ronneburg, Germany in 1954.
Fonts Designed by Georg Belwe
- Belwe Roman (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1907)
- Belwe Gotisch (1912)
- Belwe Schrägschrift (1913)
- Belwe halbfett (1914)
- Wieland (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1926)
- Fleischman (L. Wagner Type Foundry, 1927), based on the eighteenth century designs of J.M. Fleischman.
- Schönschrift Mozart (1927)
- Shakespere Medaeval (Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry, 1927–1929)