Plakatstil (German for "poster style"), also known as ''Sachplakat'', was an early style of poster art that originated in Germany in the 1900s. It was started by
Lucian Bernhard
Lucian Bernhard (March 15, 1883 – May 29, 1972) was a German graphic designer, type designer, professor, interior designer, and artist during the first half of the twentieth century.
Career
He was influential in helping create the design ...
of Berlin in 1906. The common characteristics of this style are bold eye-catching lettering with flat colors. Shapes and objects are simplified, and the composition focuses on a central object. ''Plakatstil'' turned away from the complexity of Art Nouveau and propagated a more modern outlook on poster art. Famous ''Plakatstil'' artists include
Ludwig Hohlwein, , ,
Hans Lindenstadt,
Julius Klinger,
Julius Gipkens, , and
Hans Rudi Erdt.
A later master of the Sachplakat was
Otto Baumberger.
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Das Plakat'' was a German art magazine that was published from 1910 to 1921 by the Verein der Plakatfreunde ("association of friends of the poster"), founded in 1905 and later edited by the Berlin dentist
Hans Sachs
Hans Sachs (5 November 1494 – 19 January 1576) was a German ''Meistersinger'' ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker.
Biography
Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg (). As a child he attended a singing school that was held in the churc ...
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Lucian Bernhard
Lucian Bernhard (March 15, 1883 – May 29, 1972) was a German graphic designer, type designer, professor, interior designer, and artist during the first half of the twentieth century.
Career
He was influential in helping create the design ...
was a director of the association.
Gallery
File:Edel Secessionsbühne 1900.jpg, , theatre poster for ''Komödie der Liebe'' by Henrik Ibsen
File:Julius Klinger Möhring Kronleuchter 1908.jpg, Julius Klinger: Möhring candelabra factory, 1908
File:Hans Rudi Erdt - Manoli - 1911.jpg, Hans Rudi Erdt, ''Manoli'', 1911
File:Das Plakat Sonderheft Der Film 1920 Titel.jpg, ''Das Plakat'' special issue on The Movie, October 1920; cover by Paul Leni
Paul Leni (born Paul Josef Levi; 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929) was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionism, making '' Hintertreppe'' (1921) and '' Waxworks'' (1924) in Germany, and '' The Cat and the Canary'' (1927), '' ...
References
External links
Images from Das PlakatDas Plakat Magazine can be viewed online at the website of the IADDB.ORG
Modern art
German art
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