Heinz Kippnick
Heinz Kippnick | |
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 Family crest designed by Kippnick | |
| Born | March 7, 1928 |
| Died | December 23, 2019 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Graphic designer |
| Years active | 1947–2019 |
Heinz Kippnick (7 May 1928 – 23 December 2019) was a German graphic designer and heraldist.
Biography
[edit]Kippnick was born in Nikolaiken, Weimar Republic; on 7 May 1928.[1] During World War II, Kippnick was active in the military which left him wounded. After the war, he settled in Schwerin where he took up an apprenticeship as a poster designer in 1947, which he completed in 1949.[2] He then worked as a poster designer in East Germany until reunification.
Almost 30% of coats of arms in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were designed or redrawn by him.[3][4] During the territorial reform in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of 2011, Kippnick designed the arms of two out of the eight new districts, Ludwigslust-Parchim[5] and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.[6] He also designed the arms of Nordwestmecklenburg as it existed before the territorial reform, after which the inclusion of Wismar was necessitated and his original design was thus altered.
He was a member of the Federation of Visual Artists in the GDR, which merged into the Association of German Artists after reunification, since 1952.[7]
Kippnick was responsible for managing the state guest book of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from 1991 until his death in late 2019.[8]
The last coat of arms Kippnick designed was that of the municipality Priepert.[9] He died on 23 December 2019 in Schwerin at the age of 91.[1][10][11]
Selected works
[edit]Coats of arms
[edit]This is a selection of arms designed by Kippnick. For more, see: Coats of arms by Heinz Kippnick.
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Flags
[edit]This is a selection of flags designed by Kippnick. For more, see: Flags by Heinz Kippnick.
Posters
[edit]- Eltern achtet darauf (1950s)[1]
- Landwirtschafts- und Gartenbauausstellung Schwerin (1957)[12]
- Qualität geht jeden an! (1980)[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Stiftung Plakat OST: In memoriam". www.stiftung-plakat-ost.de. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Wunderlich, Sylke; Topfstedt, Thomas; Scholz-Hänsel, Michael; Kühnel, Anita (2003). Plakatkunst in der SBZ, DDR 1945/1949 - 1969: geschichtliche Entwicklung und Gestaltung eines künstlerischen Mediums (in German). Germany: VSBreitfeld. p. 198.
- ^ Strelitzius (2019-04-12). "Spannende Suche nach den Ursprüngen: Priepert gibt Gemeindewappen in Auftrag". Strelitzius Blog (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Siegfried`s Homepage mit Wappensammlung - Ludwigslust-Parchim". www.ortswappen.de. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Ludwigslust-Parchim, Landkreis. "Landkreis Portrait". Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Aktuell - Regierungsportal M-V". www.regierung-mv.de. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ "Heinz Kippnick: Künstlerbund Mecklenburg und Vorpommern e.V. im BBK". www.kuenstlerbund-mv.de. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
- ^ Landtags Nachrichten - Erinnerung in Schönschrift (PDF) (in German). Schwerin: Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2018-05-28. p. 27.
- ^ Krieger, Ulrich (2020-07-09). "▶ Priepert schmückt sich nun mit einem Wappen". www.nordkurier.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Landtags Nachrichten - Abschied (PDF) (in German). Schwerin: Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2020-03-12. p. 22.
- ^ "Heinz Kippnick - Person - Archivportal-D". www-p.archivportal-d.de. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ^ Unbekannter Fotograf; Kippnick, Heinz (1958), Landwirtschaftsausstellung, retrieved 2025-05-23
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kippnick Heinz - Qualität geht jeden an". poster-gallery.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
External links
[edit]- Profile on the Association of German Artists website
Media related to Heinz Kippnick at Wikimedia Commons