Jan Tschiclold: Plakate Der Avantgarde - Softcover

Le Coultre, Martijn F.; Purvis, Alston W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3764376031 ISBN 13: 9783764376031

Publisher: Birkhauser, 2007

Synopsis

Jan Tschichold (1902–1974 ) was one of the most outstanding and influential graphic artists and typographers of the 20^th century. Throughout his life he stood in the service of print and writing, first as a talented young calligrapher and designer of some 70 posters and then, later on, as a self-critical typographer and typeface designer. In his posters, he expresses the avant-garde ideas of the Neue Typografie, or New Typography, which were strongly influenced by the Bauhaus. Tschichold received many prizes for his work. For example, the Société Typographique de France appointed him an honorary member in 1960, and he was named an honorary Royal Designer of Industry by the Royal Society of Arts in 1965.

This book is an analytical examination of Tschichold’s posters. It contains his own collection of posters, with works by Hans Arp, El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer, and others, as well as the approximately 70 posters he designed himself.

About this title

About the Authors

Martijn F. Le Coultre, international poster collector; Alston W. Purvis, professor at the Boston University College of Fine Arts.

Martijn F. Le Coultre, ein internationaler Plakate-Sammler, hat sich im Rahmen zahlreicher Buchpublikationen mit der Grafik und dem Plakat-Design des 20. Jahrhunderts auseinandergesetzt.

Alston W. Purvis ist Professor am College of Fine Arts der Boston University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3764376031
• ISBN 13: 9783764376031
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: German
• Number of pages: 240