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ID: 500126171
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500126171

 

Record Type: Person
Renner, Paul (German typographer, painter, and teacher, 1878-1956)

Note: Known for his typeface 'Futura' (1928): a sans-serif used extensively from the mid-20th century. 1925-1926 Renner was the head of the commercial art and typography department at the Frankfurter Kunstschule. He was an early member of the Deutscher Werkbund, and acted as artistic director of the George Müller publishing house in Munich. German graphic designer.

Names:
Renner, Paul (preferred,V,index)
Paul Renner (V,display)
Renner, Paul Friedrich August (V,Dutch-P,NA)

Nationalities:
German (preferred)

Roles:
artist (preferred)
typographer
painter
landscapist
engraver (printmaker)
illustrator
designer
author
teacher
graphic artist
lithographer
commercial artist
graphic designer

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Wernigerode (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) (inhabited place)

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Renner, Paul (I)

Biographies:
(German typographer, painter, and teacher, 1878-1956) ..... [VP Preferred]
(German graphic designer, born 1878) ..... [AVERY]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(German painter, 1878-1956) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Paul Renner ........ [GRISC, VP]
........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
Renner, Paul ........ [AVERY Preferred, GRISC Preferred, VP Preferred]
..........................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006) accessed 26 April 2007
..........................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..........................  Burke, Paul Renner (1998) title
..........................  Friedl, Typography (1998) 446
..........................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
..........................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) NAFL97024731: accessed 26 April 2007
Renner, Paul Friedrich August ........ [RKD Preferred, VP]
..........................................................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006) accessed 26 April 2007
..........................................................  Bénézit Dictionary of Artists: English Edition (2006) 11:888
..........................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 229437

Subject: ........ [AVERY, Gallery Systems, GRISC, RKD, VP]
....................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006) accessed 26 April 2007
....................  Bénézit Dictionary of Artists: English Edition (2006) 11:888
....................  Burke, Paul Renner (1998) title
....................  Friedl, Typography (1998) 446
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: no97024731
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: no97024731
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) NAFL97024731: accessed 26 April 2007
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 229437
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q552409
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, VP]
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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