Wilhelm August Fleckhaus (21 December 1925 – 12 September 1983) was a German designer and art director, perhaps best known as art director of '' Twen'' magazine throughout its 1959 to 1970 existence. He was a prolific designer of book covers. Fleckhaus was born in 1925 in

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, Germany. He died of a heart attack at his home in

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, Italy on 12 September 1983.

Exhibitions

2016: Willy Fleckhaus Design, Revolte, Regenbogen; Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln (in Cooperation with Museum Villa Stuck, Munich). 2017: Willy Fleckhaus Design, Revolte, Regenbogen im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. 2017: Willy Fleckhaus Design, Revolte, Regenbogen; Museum Villa Stuck, Munich. further venues in preparation

Bibliography

Fleckhaus - Design, Revolt, Rainbow. Ed. Michael Buhrs, Petra Hesse, text (german/english) by Hans-Michael Koetzle, Carsten Wolff. Hartmann Books, Stuttgart 2017, . twen – Revision einer Legende. Ed. by Hans-Michael Koetzle (only german), Klinkhardt&Biermann, 1995, . Michael Koetzle, Carsten M. Wolff (Ed.): Fleckhaus. Deutschlands erster Art Director, (only german). Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1997, .

References

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