Paul, Bruno

(1/19/1874 Seifhennersdorf- 8/17/1968) (Germany); aka pseudonym Kellermann

   Caricaturist, author, architect, painter, poster designer, draughtsman, interior and furniture designer. Studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden and at the Akademie der bildenden Kunste in Munich under Paul Hoecker and Wilhelm von Diez. He was one of the founders of the Vereinigte Werkstatte fur Kunst im Handwerk in Munich, later he became director of the Vereinigte Staats-chulen fur Freie und Angewandte Kunst in Berlin. Popularity in his time resulted from his satiric-erotic illustrations for the magazine Simplizissimus.

   Source: Benezit, vol. 10: p. 1009; DoA vol. 24: p. 279; ThB xxvi 1932: p. 307.