Berthold Wolpe | |
|---|---|
 Wolpe receiving the Goudy Award for achievement in printing in 1982[1] | |
| Born | Berthold Ludwig Wolpe 29 October 1905 |
| Died | 5 July 1989 (aged 83) London, England |
| Citizenship |
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| Occupations | Typographer, type designer |
| Notable work | Albertus typeface |
| Spouse |
Margaret Leslie Smith
(m. 1941) |
| Children | 4 |
Berthold Ludwig Wolpe OBE (29 October 1905 – 5 July 1989) was a German calligrapher, typographer, type designer, book designer and illustrator.[2] He was born into a Jewish family at Offenbach near Frankfurt, emigrated to England soon after the Nazis came to power in 1935 and became a naturalized British citizen in 1947.[3] He was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 1959,[4] awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Art in 1968[5] and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983.[6] He died in London in 1989.
- ^ "Frederic W. Goudy Award". Rochester Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Drew, Nicholas (1940). "The Work of Berthold Wolpe". Art and Industry: 128–133. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Dawood, Sarah (21 March 2018). "Delving into the life of Berthold Wolpe: the German Jewish designer who fled the Nazis". Design Week. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ List of Past Royal Designers for Industry Archived 21 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine on the RSA website.
- ^ List of Honorary Doctorates Archived 11 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine on the RCA website.
- ^ Supplement to The London Gazette, 11 June 1983.