Jaeckel, Willi

(2/10/1888 Breslau-1/29/1944 Berlin) (Germany)

   Painter, graphic artist, decorative painter, bookplate designer, and publisher. Studied painting at academies in Breslau and Dresden. Berlin based artist achieved acclaim for illustrating Dante's Inferno and the Bible. He also illustrated erotica, such as Lautensack's "Erotic votive feast." One of his prints was confiscated by the authorities because of its explicitness. His ex-libris eroticis are well-known and frequently reproduced.

   Reproductions: In a high position; early 1920s; Neret, 1994: p. 613 . Orgy; c1930; Neret, 1994: p. 615 .

   [b]Source: DoA vol. 16: p. 862; ThB XVIII 1925: p. 324; Vollmer II 1955: p. 521.