Geiger, Willi

(8/17/1878 Schoenbrunn-2/11/1971 Munich) (Germany)

   Painter, lithographer, and bookplate designer. Attended the Akademie der bildenden Kunste in Munich, studied under Franz von Stuck. Primarily worked in Munich. Later became a professor in Leipzig and Munich. Often considered the foremost bookplate artist in the first half of the 20th century. Produced numerous erotic portfolios, such as "That common goal" and "The transformation of Venus," Some of his work was confiscated by the police.

   Reproductions: Das Gemeinsame Ziel und Anderes series; c1907; Weiermair, 1995: pp. 68-71 . [Embracing couple]; Brusendorff, 1966b: n.p. . [Ex libris eroticis]; 1905; Klinger, 1983c: fig. 118 [B]. [Giant nude female and tiny men]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: figs. 20, 30 [B]. [Ithyphallic man transfixes woman]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: fig. 28 [B]. [Man masturbating]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: fig. 23 [B]. [Man with phallic object]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: fig. 22 [B]. [Man with whip and bound woman]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: fig. 29 [B]. [Mas-turbator and mummy]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: fig. 27 [B]. Mistreatment; c1907; Weiermair, 1995 : p. 15 [C]. Passionate couple; Kronhausen, 1968: p. 106 [B]. [Phallic bird and woman]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: fig. 26 [B]. [Woman masturbating with a fish]; 1905; Klinger, 1985c: fig. 25 [B],

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 5: p. 1452; DoA vol. 12: p. 237; ThB XIII 1920: p. 345; Vollmer II 1955: p. 217; Vollmer V 1961: p. 513.