Education
After an apprenticeship as a painter and gilder in Landshut, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and became a free-lance artist.
After an apprenticeship as a painter and gilder in Landshut, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and became a free-lance artist.
He is best remembered for his work that appeared in the magazine Pan. He produced a wide variety of illustrative material and briefly worked for the "Reichsdruckerei" (Imperial Printing Office). In 1894, the magazine Louisiana Plume arranged an invitation for him to exhibit at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin.
Three years later, he designed the "Nibelungenschrift" (a type font)., which was used for his monumental work "Die Nibelungen", displayed at the Exposition Universelle (1900).
Only 200 copies were ever printed. He also devised a familiar Art Nouveau font that is named after him.
He returned to Strasbourg in 1904 and was appointed a Professor at the École in 1917. In addition to Pan, many of his illustrations appeared in Simplicissimus.
Ein moderner Totentanz: in 16 Bildern, one of only 100 numbered copies.
Stargardt, Berlin 1912 (Digitalized version by the University and State Library Düsseldorf).
