HA Rothholz

H.A. Rothholz was born in Dresden in 1919 and arrived in Britain in 1933.

He studied commercial art and design display at Reimann School, and even though his career was interrupted by the World War 2, by his internments as an enemy, he designed posters for the Royal Society of the prevention of accidents, the General Post Office, BEA and BOAC .

Some of his Achievements include:

Promotional material for Wembley Stadium in the late 1940’s
He was commissioned to work on the festival of Britain

He designed for Bacon & Egg Restaurants and the Grill & Cheese Chain

He re-branded Winsor & Newton art packaging in the 1960’s

Below are just some examples of his work:

These were many of the posters used to remind the public during the second world war to use the Post Office's services more efficiently. The idea was that by putting money into the Post Office savings Bank, they wouldn't only be saving up for themselves but giving a helping hand to fund the war effort.

The poster above for example was more detailed giving information on deposits, interest rates and the benefits for income tax.

some poster even informed the public of such things as current postal rates, telephone services and even reminded people to buy their wireless licence, as well as TV and radio licenses

This posters would also intend to encourage people to Post early or during their lunch breaks to make sorting of mail efficient in wartime.

These posters are all a collection of HA Rothholz successful work during the second world war, the posters consisted of giving out information to the public, and I particularly like the use of text and image together. I think his work is successful and therefore it helped through out world was 2, to keep control and to emphasize the need of using the post office for various reasons.