Joseph Sattler on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Joseph Kaspar Sattler (20 July 1867,
@ the Klingspor Museum website.
/ref> In 1894, the magazine ''MyFonts: Sample of "Sattler AS"
/ref> He returned to Strasbourg in 1904 and was appointed a Professor at the École in 1917. After the war, he moved to Munich where he lived with his sister and studied lithography. In addition to '' Pan'' (one of his posters was published in ''
Digitalized version
by the University and State Library Düsseldorf)
"The Book-Plate Art of Joseph Sattler", by W. G. Bowdoin
From "The Collector", Vol.12 #4, @ Google Books. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sattler, Joseph 1867 births 1931 deaths German illustrators Art Nouveau illustrators
Joseph Kaspar Sattler (20 July 1867, Schrobenhausen
Schrobenhausen (; Central Bavarian: ''Schrobenhausn'') is a town in the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the River Paar approx. south-west of Ingolstadt and north-east of Augsburg.
The town hosts notable ...
- 12 May 1931, Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
) was a German painter, bookplate artist and Art Nouveau illustrator. He is best remembered for his work that appeared in the magazine '' Pan''.Brief biography of Joseph Sattler@ the Klingspor Museum website.
Biography
After an apprenticeship as a painter and gilder in Landshut, he studied at theAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...
and became a free-lance artist. He produced a wide variety of illustrative material and briefly worked for the " Reichsdruckerei" (Imperial Printing Office). An old friendship with Léon Hornecker led him to the École des Arts Décoratifs
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
in Strasbourg in 1891, where he was briefly retained as a drawing instructor. After that, he was able to publish his works under the aegis of Charles Spindler and, with the support of Gustave Stoskopf, participated in the Paris Salon.Amis de Cercle Saint Léonard: Biography and appreciation of Sattler/ref> In 1894, the magazine ''
La Plume
''La Plume'' was a French bi-monthly literary and artistic review. The magazine was set up in 1889 by Léon Deschamps, who edited it for ten years and was succeeded as editor by Karl Boès from 1899 to 1914. Its offices were at number 31 rue Bo ...
'' arranged an invitation for him to exhibit at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
__NOTOC__
The Kunstgewerbemuseum, or Museum of Decorative Arts, is an internationally important museum of the decorative arts in Berlin, Germany, part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). The collection is split between t ...
.
Three years later, he designed the "Nibelungenschrift" (a type font
In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a " sort") for each glyph. A typeface consists of a range of such fonts that shared an overall design.
In mo ...
)., which was used for his monumental work "Die Nibelungen", displayed at the Exposition Universelle (1900). Only 200 copies were ever printed. He also devised a familiar Art Nouveau font that is named after him./ref> He returned to Strasbourg in 1904 and was appointed a Professor at the École in 1917. After the war, he moved to Munich where he lived with his sister and studied lithography. In addition to '' Pan'' (one of his posters was published in ''
Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
''Maîtres de l'Affiche'' (Masters of the Poster) refers to 256 color lithographic plates used to create an art publication during the Belle Époque in Paris, France. The collection, reproduced from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a ...
''), many of his illustrations appeared in ''Simplicissimus
:''Simplicissimus is also a name for the 1668 novel Simplicius Simplicissimus and its protagonist.''
''Simplicissimus'' () was a satirical German weekly magazine, headquartered in Munich, and founded by Albert Langen in April 1896. It continue ...
''.
References
Further reading
*Ludwig Hollweck, Hanns Schultes, ''Joseph Kaspar Sattler. Ein Wegbereiter des Jugendstils'', W. Ludwig Verlag, Pfaffenhofen 1988 (Schrobenhausen Art Series, Vol. 2). *François Joseph Fuchs, ''Nouveau Dictionnaire de Biographie Alsacienne'', p. 3373 and 3374Work online
* ''Ein moderner Totentanz : in 16 Bildern'', one of only 100 numbered copies. Stargardt, Berlin 1912Digitalized version
by the University and State Library Düsseldorf)
External links
"The Book-Plate Art of Joseph Sattler", by W. G. Bowdoin
From "The Collector", Vol.12 #4, @ Google Books. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sattler, Joseph 1867 births 1931 deaths German illustrators Art Nouveau illustrators