Biography
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Born
15 September 1932
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Born In
Witten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Died
2 January 2005 (aged 72)
Charles Paul Wilp (15 September 1932 in Witten – 2 January 2005 in Düsseldorf) was a German advertising-designer, artist, photographer and short-movie-editor. In 1960 Yves Klein declared Wilp as Prince of Space. Wilp's interest in aerospace influenced also his most famous campaign in 1968 for the soft drink Afri-Cola, Slogan: „Super-sexy-mini-flower-pop-op-cola – alles ist in Afri-Cola“ Famous models of 1960s like Marianne Faithfull, Amanda Lear, Donna Summer, Marsha Hunt were photographed behind windows with ice-crystals.
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