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Berthold Wolpe
Berthold Ludwig Wolpe
(29 October 1905 - 5 July 1989) was a German
calligrapher
,
typographer
,
type designer
, book designer and illustrator. He was born in
Offenbach
near
Frankfurt
, emigrated to England in 1935 and became a naturalized British citizen in 1947. He was made a
Royal Designer for Industry
in 1959, awarded an honorary doctorate by the
Royal College of Art
in 1968 and appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
in 1983. His wife was fellow artist Margaret Wolpe.
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