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Blase, Karl Oskar
born 1925 in Köln, died 2016 in D - Kassel
poster of the exhibition at Schloß Charlottenburg Berlin
title: Mississippi Panorama - Das Leben und die Landschaft im Flußtal Mississippi
organised by the Amerikahaus and the Senator für Volksbildung
1953
original design (together with Felix Müller)
colour offset
84 cm x 60 cm
slight creases at the upper right, needle holes, but in good condition
order no. 14232
Lit.:
Blase, Karl Oskar, Grafik Design von 49 bis 95, Ausstellungskatalog Deutsches Plakatmuseum Essen 1995, S. 30, dort Veranstaltungsort Amerikahaus München.
Karl Oskar Blase, 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.
