First look: Heinz Edelmann Collection
Direct from Stuttgart, we’ve received 151 posters and 9 books from the truly delightful Heinz Edelmann. Edelmann is best known as the influential art director of The Beatles’ film, Yellow Submarine. He’s worked in Germany, England and the Netherlands since the late 1950s, doing design, illustration, advertising and animation. He’s always worked on his own, without assistants, and has had the freedom to create a new technique or style for each project, depending upon its needs. “I was always a one-man band,” Edelmann has said. “I was my own art director, illustrator, designer and paster-uper and I also swept the floor and made the coffee.”
He produced many posters for the German radio station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), as well as significant book covers for Klett-Cotta, and illustrations for magazines including the Frankfurter Allgemein Zeitung and Willy Fleckhaus’ 1960s magazine icon, Twen. Here are some samples from the collection:
Poster for Edelmann exhibition.
Poster for free summer concert series in small-town market squares sponsored by WDR.
Posters for a WDR give-away.
Poster for Edelmann exhibition.
Comments
fabulous and inspiring work, especially Yellow Submarine!
andrea daquino
What an amazing artist! I made it a point to see Yellow Submarine in the theater serveral times, I own the DVD and CD and vinyl album and still enjoy them. Mr. Edelmann was an awe-inspiring genius. We are blessed to still have all his wonderful work. God bless he and his family.
Doug Williams
I feel a part of my childhood is now gone. The art from the 60’s was so important. I feel fortunate to have been raised in the San Francisco area during that time. The Yellow Submarine art was alongside the graphic art from the old Filmore days, and it defined what all of us kids were feeling—like thw world was suddenly positive and happy if only you chose it to be so.
canoe
Great genius who inspired many artist,
unforgettable Yellow Submarine!
maurizio zorat
Heinz Edelmann and Milton Glaser are my favorite designers. I first heard of Edelmann in issues of Graphis in 1972, not realizing his role in Yellow Submarine. He said he was just a layout man who liked to draw. I followed in his trail, many steps behind. He inspired me to push a little further in every layout, to do what needed doing. He will be missed.
Linda Oistad
I love the movie Yellow Submarine… love it to death… and I’m a teenager. The animation is amazing and has inspired me creatively multiple times. There is no way I can express my love of this movie.
Nick Domino
The Yellow Submarine artwork is very colorful with very good
details.
Jacob McAndrews
genius,loved the work before yellow submarine i hope there will be an exhibition of he’s work,thank you heinz edelmann
alan wickham