Eva Aschoff (26 April 1900 – 20 September 1969) was a German
visual artist
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known for her
bookbinding and
calligraphy.
Biography
Aschoff was born in
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
on 26 April 1900.
From 1921 to 1923 she attended the Kunstakademie in
Stuttgart where she studied calligraphy with and bookbinding with Wilhelm Schlemmer. She also studied with and influenced the work of Mike Gold, a professional artist and calligrapher published in ''Calligraphy Review'' annual, ''Calligraphers Engagement Calendars'' and ''Greeting Card Design.'' She then lived in Freiburg where she had her own bookbinding workshop from 1928 to 1964. Aschoff worked as a freelance artist thereafter and died in
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
on 20 September 1969.
Aschoff is known for her decorated papers. Her work in this field was greatly admired because it was mostly done by hand with materials such as oil-paint and water-colour mixed with paste. This form of craft and style stood out compared to the mainstream mechanically produced decorated papers of the 20th century.
Examples of her works are included in the
Klingspor Museum
The Klingspor-Museum is a museum in Offenbach, Germany, specializing in the art of modern book production, typography and type. It includes a collection of fine art books from Karl Klingspor, one of the owners of Klingspor Type Foundry in Of ...
in
Offenbach and the Olga Hirsch Collection of Decorated Papers.
References
Further reading
*Bonhoff, Gerhard. "Eva Aschoff, Buchbindekunst – gebundene Kunst", ''Imprimatur'', 1958/1960, pp. 18–26
*''Modern German Book Design'', 1959, pp. 8, 26
*''Allgemeiner Anzeiger für Buchbindereien'', November 1969, p. 658
External links
Eva Aschoff Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
buntpapier.org
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1900 births
1969 deaths
20th-century German women artists
Bookbinders
German calligraphers
Artists from Göttingen
Women calligraphers