Gerd Aretz
German artist
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| Intro | German artist | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Artist Postage stamp designer Educator Draftsperson | |
| Work field | Arts Academia Creativity Engineering | |
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| Birth | 18 February 1930, Wuppertal | |
| Death | 5 July 2009 (aged 79 years) |
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Gerd Aretz (born 18 February 1930, died 5 July 2009) was a German artist. From 1960 until his death he designed postage stamp for the Deutsche Bundespost including the Women in German history series portraits.
Born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, he used to teach art in the local university.
His son, Oliver Aretz, is a designer in Berlin and has worked with him on some stamps.