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Blase, Karl Oskar
born 1925 in Cologne, died 2016 in D - Kassel
poster of the exhibition 'aus einer intimen welt - Fotos von Paul Child', Köln
1956 ( october 12 - november 10 )
original design (together with Felix Müller)
colour offset
60 cm x 42 cm
some slight creases, two minimal tears
exhibition organized by the deutsche Gesellschaft für Photografie and the American embassy.
order no. 13872
Paul Child was an artist and staff member of the United States Information Service (USIS). His job was "to inform the French people by graphic means about the aspects of American life that the government deems important." (Child, p. 22) "His title was exhibits officer for all of Germany, which meant he was America's top visual program man for the entire Country." (Child p. 210) The importance of his activities for art and culture of the post war Germany is invaluable and you have to attend to his artistic qualities too. Six of his photos have been bought by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (Child p.215 f.) His wife was Julia Child, famous for her books on French cuisine.
Karl Oskar Blase, born 1925 in Cologne, pathbreaking german graphic artist, studies in graphic and painting in Wuppertal (Germany), art dicector (together with Felix Müller) of the 'Amerikahäuser' in Germany (1952-1958), professor at the Kunsthochschule Kassel (1966-1992), corporate design (poster, catalogue and partly logo) for the documenta 4,5,6,8, design of more than 50 stamps for the German Post (1955-1988), managing board Kasseler Kunstverein (Germany), he designed numerous posters for exhibitions (please have a look in our stock) and institutions (e.g. Atlas Film-Verleih, Staatstheater Kassel, 'form' - Zeitschrift für Gestaltung) and also functional design patterns (e.g. 'Falke Strümpfe', cutlery 'mono'), lives and works in Kassel, Germany.
Felix Müller, born 1923 in D - Solingen, died 1996, studied in graphic in Wuppertal, student of Jupp Ernst, founded together with Karl Oskar Blase the graphic office müller-blase, teacher and director at the art school in Bremen.
Lit.:
Blase, Karl Oskar, Grafik Design von 49 bis 95, Ausstellungskatalog Deutsches Plakatmuseum Essen 1995,
p.188
Child, Julia: My Life in France, London 2012, especially p.12 f. and p.210
See also our catalogue 'From Arp to Pollock': Art and exhibition posters in France and Germany 1945-1960, Köln 2016, p. 70 f.
