Hans Tisdall

Hans Tisdall (nee Aufseeser, 14 August 1910 – 31 January 1997), was a German-born artist, who worked in the UK as a designer and teacher. He is largely remembered for his bookjacket and textile designs.

Hans Tisdall
Born
Hans John Knox Aufseeser[1]

(1910-08-14)14 August 1910
Munich, Germany
Died31 January 1997(1997-01-31) (aged 86)[2]
London, England
Occupation(s)Illustrator, painter, textile designer, teacher

After training in Munich and Berlin, Aufseeser moved to Paris and then London. He changed his name to Tisdall in around 1940, marrying the journalist and Tamesa Fabrics founder Isabel Tisdall in 1941.[1][3]

Career

Hans Tisdall made his name in the 1930s as a textile designer with Edinburgh Weavers. In the 1960s, he created many designs for Tamesa Fabrics – working alongside designers such as Marianne Straub. Fabrics woven at Warner & Sons were used for a number of prestigious commercial projects.[4]

Tisdall was among the designers who contributed to the Festival of Britain in 1951, winning the competition to design the entrance to the funfair at Battersea Park's pleasure gardens.[5][6]

From the 1950s on, Tisdall also became known for creating bookjackets, notably for Jonathan Cape. A typeface based on his brushstroke style, known as Tisdall Script, was created by Michael Harvey in 2001.[7][8] Another typeface called Blesk, loosely based on his lettering for books by Ivor Brown, was created in 2015.[9][10]

Tisdall taught at Central School (now University of the Arts) from 1947 to 1962, initially in the textile department and later in the school of painting.[6]

Works
The Alchemist's Elements on Schuster Laboratory

Of Tisdall's paintings, Moorings at Kew and two still lifes are in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery[11] and Hastings is part of the collection of Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.[12] Some of his textile designs are held at the Warner Textile Archive in Braintree.[13] A small selection of his designs is held by University of the Arts.[6]

Exhibitions

A retrospective of Tisdall's work was held at The Pride Gallery in London in 1988 and at the Galerie Vömel in Düsseldorf shortly before his wife's death in 2007.[3]

Books
  • Hans Tisdall: A Retrospective, The Pride Gallery, 1988, ISBN 6000012756.

References
  1. Cinamon, Gerald. "Hans Tisdall". germandesigners.net. German Designers.
  2. Powers, Alan (7 February 1997). "Obituary: Hans Tisdall". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. Schoeser, Mary. "Isabel Tisdall". The Guardian. No. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. Jackson, Lesley (2007). Twentieth Century Pattern Design. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 151. ISBN 9781568983332. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. "Funfair Piazza". ribapix.com. Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  6. "Tisdall; Hans; (1910-1997)". arts.ac.uk. University of the Arts. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  7. "Tisdall Script". identifont.com. Identifont. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  8. James, Callum. "Dustjacket design: Hans Tisdall". Font Free Endpaper. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  9. Coles, Stephen. "scans of Jonathan Cape jackets". Flickr. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  10. "Blesk typeface". Blesk: Official Site. Samarskaya & Partners. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  11. Collection. "Tisdall, Hans". manchestergalleries.org. Manchester Art Gallery. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  12. Listing. "All art we've helped buy". artfund.org. Artfund. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  13. "The Warner Archive by various, c1790-c1990". artfund.org. Artfund. Retrieved 23 July 2014.


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