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Blase, Karl Oskar
born 1925 in Köln, died 2016 in D - Kassel
poster of the exhibition Neue Kirchen in Frankreich
Haus der städtischen Kunstsammlung Bonn
1958 ( july 18 - august 16 )
original design
colour offset
41 cm x 59 cm
printer: Hans Roeder, Bonn
slight traces of age, generally in good condition
order no. 17567
Examples for modern art churches in France are Assy (Bazaine, Rouault, Richier), Audincourt (Léger), Ronchamp (Corbusier), Vence (Matisse) etc. About the relationship between modern art and church - in Germany and in France - compare Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert: "Westkunst" gegen "Ostkunst". Geltungskünste und die Flucht aus der geschichtlichen Kontinuität im geteilten Deutschland, p.35. In: Beziehungsanalysen. Bildende Künste in Westdeutschland nach 1945, hg. von Gerhard Panzer, Franziska Völz, Karl-Siegbert Rehberg, Wiesbaden 2015, p.15-41.
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.
