Andreas Paul Weber was born in Arnstadt and attended the Kunstgewerbeschule there. He was a member of the “Jung Wandervogel” society which was inspired by ideals of romanticism. A commercial artist, print maker and book illustrator of distinction culminating in the opening of the A.P.Weber museum in Ratzeburg in 1973. A major exhibition of his work “A.P.Weber, critical graphics and book illustration” was held at the University and State Library of Dusseldorf between December 1993 and February 1994.