Carl Moos, otherwise Karl Franz Moos (29 October 1878 – 9 July 1959), was a
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artist and illustrator, notable for his
Art Deco
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travel and sporting posters, particularly of skiing.
Life
Moos was born in
Munich
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in Bavaria, Germany, the son of Franz Moos, a portrait painter. He trained in commercial art in Munich and worked as an illustrator for, among others, the ''Münchener Tagespresse''. He also established himself as a creator of postcards and posters.
[Weber, Alexander:]
Moos, Karl Franz
, in: ''Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS)'', version of 17 September 2007 (accessed 13 March 2022)
He was a member of the Munich commercial artists' group ''
Die Sechs'', together with Friedrich Heubner, Valentin Zietara,
Emil Preetorius
Emil Preetorius (15 March 1827 – 19 November 1905) was a 19th-century journalist from St. Louis. He was a leader of the German American community as part owner and editor of the ''Westliche Post'', one of the most notable and well-circulated ...
, Max Schwarzer and Franz Paul Glass, which aimed to improve the standing of advertising and poster graphics.
In World War I he left Munich and in 1915 settled in
Zurich in Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life. He continued his career as a successful freelance artist, also developing his poster work in the vanguard of the Swiss poster movement begun by
Johannes Handschin. From 1928 to 1933 he worked as artistic director of the Art Institut
Orell Füssli.
In 1928 he won a silver medal for Switzerland in the
art competitions of the Amsterdam Olympic Games for his poster "Leichtathletisches Plakat".
His many travel and sporting posters, particularly of skiing and ski resorts, are highly sought after in the art market.
Swann Galleries - Carl Moos, ''P. Rückmar & Co., Zürich 1924''
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References
Further reading
*W. Rotzler et al., ''Das Plakat in der Schweiz'', 1990
External links
Oxford Art Online: Bénézit Dictionary of Art: Carl Moos
(access by subscription only)
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1878 births
1959 deaths
Swiss artists
20th-century German artists
Swiss poster artists
Olympic silver medalists in art competitions
Olympic competitors in art competitions
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
German emigrants to Switzerland