{"id":525,"date":"2020-04-11T20:50:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T20:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/?p=525"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:43:37","slug":"johannes-boehland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/johannes-boehland\/","title":{"rendered":"About Johannes Boehland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-2\"><em>Johannes Boehland, 1903\u20131964, graphic designer, calligraphy teacher at St\u00e4dtische Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule Berlin-Charlottenburg.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandStudent.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-nuTqGZXQ\" data-rl_title=\"Johannes Boehland and a student.\" data-rl_caption=\"Johannes Boehland and a student.\" title=\"Johannes Boehland and a student.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandStudent-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Johannes Boehland\" class=\"wp-image-1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandStudent-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandStudent-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandStudent-768x1058.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandStudent.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Johannes Boehland and a student <span class=\"photocredit\">From <em>Johannes Boehland, Eine Monographie<\/em> by Fritz Hellweg, <br>Heintze &amp; Blanckertz, Berlin-Leipzig, 1938<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><span class=\"smallcaps\">Edward Johnston<\/span> begat Anna Simons who begat Rudolf Wei\u00df, who begat Johannes Boehland. Boehland, as a dedicated teacher at Hochschule f\u00fcr bildende K\u00fcnste Berlin, Meisterschule f\u00fcr Graphik und Buchgewerbe Berlin and the st\u00e4dtischen Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule Berlin-Charlottenburg begat countless calligraphers, among them Ismar David.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indentpara\">Johannes Boehland was the son of two painters Richard Boehland and Flora Gaillard. His education exposed him to many forms of fine and commercial art and he was adept at drawing and painting as well as calligraphy and graphics. However, Boehland felt a calling for teaching early on and it is as a teacher that he arguably made his greatest contribution. In the 1956, Ismar David wrote to him:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-2 mb-3\"><div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"1867\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery rl-hover-effect-1 rl-hover-icon-2\" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IDletterToJB1.jpg\" title=\"Draft of a letter to Johannes Boehland from Ismar David, c. 1956.\" data-rl_title=\"Draft of a letter to Johannes Boehland from Ismar David, c. 1956.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IDletterToJB1-768x1056.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1056\" alt=\"Letter to Johannes Boehland\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IDletterToJB2.jpg\" title=\"Draft of a letter to Johannes Boehland from Ismar David, c. 1956.\" data-rl_title=\"Draft of a letter to Johannes Boehland from Ismar David, c. 1956.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IDletterToJB2-768x1056.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1056\" alt=\"Letter to Johannes Boehland\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"><span class=\"photocredit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.rit.edu\/repositories\/3\/resources\/977\">Ismar David papers, Folder Letters in German, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, RIT.<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"ideaBlock\">\n<p class=\"mt-2\">Dear Mr. Boehland,<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3\">Many thanks for your friendly letter. I am very sorry not to have answered you sooner, particularly because the resumption of our relationship gave me such a good feeling. Unfortunately, I am one of those who easily forget a language and only learn new one with difficulty. So now I can\u2019t express myself in any language as I would like. That\u2019s the cause of my belated writing and I hope that you will have forbearance with me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3\">The following is an expression of what I care deeply about.<br>During my student years, it was you who brought the subject of writing close to me. Your influence let me see the harmony and rhythm in writing, woke in me an understanding of the culture, tradition and development of writing. You showed me how to apply expressive possibilities and the richness of form to writing. Your own enthusiasm and example were infectious and thrilling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3\">In my later life, I remember my student years with pleasure and have tried to further develop what I began under the guidance of my teacher. I would like to try to formulate my view (as far as it concerns the area of writing) which came to me gradually, and surely coincides with yours, as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3\">We should study and absorb the development of writing forms and try to understand the cultural epochs that these styles reflect. We should then re-make these writing forms that we use with our creative will and these forms should mirror our own feelings and our time. [We should let them] feel the pulse of our era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3\">Even if we don\u2019t reach the perfection of form of the best classical forms, we nevertheless have to keep writing alive and to fill the forms, as applied, with new life. Writing should not only be a technical necessity for communication, but also a living form of art, which is newly shaped in each generation.<br>The photographic and printed reproductions that I send to you are all from work created in the last four years, with the exception of the Hebrew Type, that took more than ten years to develop, the final contours of which were delivered in 1950\/51. I hardly have any material from the time I lived in Israel. I devoted a large portion of my time to interior architectural problems and exhibition projects. I only rarely had the opportunity to carry out graphic work. I hope that some of the material can be useful and of interest for the journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3\">I would be very happy to hear from you again. We plan a trip to Europe in the summer (end of July to the beginning of August) and if these plans become a reality, we would probably also come to Germany and then I would&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"text-center mt-4\">Invitation by Johannes Boehland, 1963<\/h5>\n<div class=\"mt-2 mb-3\"><div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-2\" data-gallery_id=\"876\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery rl-hover-effect-1 rl-hover-icon-2\" id=\"rl-gallery-2\" data-gallery_no=\"2\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation3-1.jpg\" title=\"Cover of an invitation to the opening of an exhibition of the work of Johannes Boehland, 1963.\" data-rl_title=\"Cover of an invitation to the opening of an exhibition of the work of Johannes Boehland, 1963.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation3-1-768x544.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" alt=\"Johannes Boehland invitation, 1963\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation4-1.jpg\" title=\"Invitation to the opening of an exhibition of the work of Johannes Boehland, 1963.\" data-rl_title=\"Invitation to the opening of an exhibition of the work of Johannes Boehland, 1963.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation4-1-768x544.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" alt=\"Johannes Boehland invitation, 1963\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation1-1.jpg\" title=\"Johannes Boehland envelope, front.\" data-rl_title=\"Johannes Boehland envelope, front.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation1-1-768x539.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"539\" alt=\"Johannes Boehland envelope\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation2-1.jpg\" title=\"Johannes Boehland envelope, back.\" data-rl_title=\"Johannes Boehland envelope, back.\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/boehlandInvitation2-1-768x539.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"539\" alt=\"Johannes Boehland envelope\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\" style=\"line-height:1.5em\">Gertrud von Kalkstein Galerie, Berlin Spandau, Bismarckstrasse 61<br>Invitiation to the opening of the exhibition Johannes Boehland. Drawings from a recent study trip to Italy; and from book graphics and lettering on Monday November 11, 1963 at 6:30.<br>Open Monday-Friday 12-6:30 pm, Sunday 10 am-4 pm<br>Duration of the exhibition November 11-30, 1963<p><\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardmediathek.de\/video\/swr-retro-abendschau\/boehland-ausstellung\/swrfernsehen-de\/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzExNzUzMDY\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/screenshot-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"Frame from an SWR television video about Johannes Boehland\" class=\"wp-image-2565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/screenshot-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/screenshot-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/screenshot-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/screenshot-1536x1156.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/screenshot.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Frame from a 1963 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardmediathek.de\/video\/swr-retro-abendschau\/boehland-ausstellung\/swrfernsehen-de\/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzExNzUzMDY\/\">video about a Boehland Exhibition<\/a> at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz from German television channel SWR.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannes Boehland, 1903\u20131964, graphic designer, calligraphy teacher at St\u00e4dtische Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule Berlin-Charlottenburg. Edward Johnston begat Anna Simons who begat Rudolf Wei\u00df, who begat Johannes Boehland. Boehland, as a dedicated teacher at Hochschule f\u00fcr bildende K\u00fcnste Berlin, Meisterschule f\u00fcr Graphik und Buchgewerbe Berlin and the st\u00e4dtischen Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerkerschule Berlin-Charlottenburg begat countless calligraphers, among them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismardavidarchive.org\/indexofnames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}