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»Our age has a new sense of form« – Posters in the 1920ies
- I. Expressionist Posters
Expressionism was already widespread in painting before the First World War, but there were very few Expressionist posters before 1914. Only after the end of the First World War did this style find its way into the mass media, especially in posters and in film. It dominated here until around 1921/22, disappearing completely only a little later. At first it was political posters, appearing for the first time since the end of the Empire, which used this Expressionist style. This was especially true of posters for the national assembly elections (1919). Up to this point, the most brutal images ever shown in public had appeared. Posters for cultural events (film presentation, expressive dance performances, exhibitions etc.) were also designed in this highly emotional formal language. Here the film posters by Joseph Fenneker (1895–1956) deserves special mention. However, Expressionist posters found little application in product advertising.
II. Decorative Posters
To be exact, decorative posters are not specific to the 1920s – they naturally also existed in Art Nouveau. The particularity lies in their specific interpretation of the decorative. On the one hand, Art Nouveau was swept away, and on the other Art Déco had not (yet) appeared. A good example is in the art of Walter Schnackenberg (1880–1961). Especially in this area there was a significant international development, for example in France, where a sort of decorative Objectivity arose, which in turn influenced design in Germany and also in part Objective posters. With the growth of film posters a pictorial-decorative line generally appeared.
III. Objective Posters
Collected here are works which are part of New Typography, New Objectivity, Bauhaus and other currents, which developed from similar approaches. Noteworthy is the use of photography in its various forms up to and including photomontage. From this range there arose a series of works which defined styles in the long term, whose impact is still felt today. The sober (Objective) view of form and function fitted exactly with demands for good design as part of industrial mass production and the resulting changes in living conditions and rhythms. New means of expression using photography and typography determined the process of transformation and permanently altered the design of posters. The film posters by Jan Tschichold (1902–1974) – though initially not followed up – can show the potential in the concrete application of this new sense of form. - Exh_Title_S: »Our age has a new sense of form« – Posters in the 1920ies
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- Exh_Comment_S (Verantw): German Poster Museum
- Exh_SpareNField01_N (Verantw ID): 242
- Works
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Julius Ussy Engelhard
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Bolschewismus / bringt Krieg Arbeitslosigkeit / und Hungersnot, 1919
- Bolshevism Brings War, Unemployment and Hunger
- Inv. DPM 5422
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Julius Ussy Engelhard
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Victor Arnaud
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Die Heimat ist in Gefahr!, 1919
- The Homeland is in Danger!
- Inv. DPM 4723
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Victor Arnaud
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Karl Jakob Hirsch
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Wählt Spartakus, 1919
- Vote Spartacus
- Inv. DPM 11393
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Karl Jakob Hirsch
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Josef Fenneker
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Der / Richter von / Zalamea, 1920
- The Judge from Zalamea
- Inv. DPM 11318
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Josef Fenneker
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Josef Fenneker
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Der / gelbe Tod / Marmorhaus, 1920
- The Yellow Death
- Inv. DPM 11319
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Josef Fenneker
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Josef Fenneker
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Der / unsichtbare / Dieb / Marmorhaus, 1924
- The Invisible Thief
- Inv. DPM 10265
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Josef Fenneker
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Laurent Friedrich Keller
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Mary / Wigman / Tanz, 1919
- Inv. DPM 6032
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Laurent Friedrich Keller
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Josef Fenneker
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Schönheits - Tänze / Celly / de Rheidt, 1920
- Beauty-Dance Celly de Rheidt
- Inv. DPM 7882
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Josef Fenneker
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Hermann Max Pechstein
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An die / Laterne, 1919
- At the Lantern
- Inv. DPM 4434
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Hermann Max Pechstein
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Walter Kampmann
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Dr. R. Morisse & Co. / Fabrik feinster Parfümerien, 1919
- Dr. R. Morisse & Co. Manufacturer of the Finest Perfumes
- Inv. DPM 4650
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Walter Kampmann
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B. Namir (Boris Steinmann)
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Quick, 1932
- Inv. DPM 10704
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B. Namir (Boris Steinmann)
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B. Namir (Boris Steinmann)
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Emil und / die Detektive, 1931
- Emil and the Detective
- Inv. DPM 10712
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B. Namir (Boris Steinmann)
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Walter Schnackenberg
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Deutsches Theater / ... / Schwanthaler-Passage / vornehmstes Variété Münchens, 1919
- German Theater The Best of Munich Variety
- Inv. DPM 11227
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Walter Schnackenberg
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Walter Schnackenberg
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Peter / Pathé / Maria / Hagen (weiße Frau), around 1919
- Peter Pathé Maria Hagen (white Woman)
- Inv. DPM 8113
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Walter Schnackenberg
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Walter Schnackenberg
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Lena / Amsel, 1918
- Inv. DPM 10356
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Walter Schnackenberg
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Anonym
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Sommer / Kleidung / Sommer / Stoffe / Grosser Verkauf, around 1932
- Summer Clothes Summer Material Major Sale
- Inv. DPM 4296
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Anonym
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Julius Ussy Engelhard
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Elektrische / Heiz,- u. Koch-Geräte / Therma, 1924
- Therma Electric Heaters and Cookers
- Inv. DPM 11173
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Julius Ussy Engelhard
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Jan Tschichold
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Der General / Phoebus / Palast, 1927
- The General
- Inv. DPM 23720
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Jan Tschichold
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Jan Tschichold
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Prinz Louis / Ferdinand / Phoebus-Palast, 1927
- Inv. DPM 23718
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Jan Tschichold
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Max Burchartz
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Emil-Nolde- / Ausstellung / zum 60. Geburtstag des Meisters, 1927
- Emil Nolde Exhibition to the 60th Birthday of the Master
- Inv. DPM 17503
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Max Burchartz
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Kurt Lewy
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Collegium Musicum / Deutsche Kammermusik der Gegenwart, 1927
- Collegium Musicum German Chamber Music at Present
- Inv. DPM 20087
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Kurt Lewy
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Willy Petzold
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Das Papier / Jahresschau 1927 / Dresden, 1927
- The Paper Exhibition of the Year 1927
- Inv. DPM 11691
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Willy Petzold
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Otto Arpke
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IPA / Internationale / Pelzfach- Ausstellung, 1930
- IPA International Fur Exhibition
- Inv. DPM 7926
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Otto Arpke
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Willy Petzold
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Die neue / Halpaus, 1935
- The New Halpaus (Cigarette)
- Inv. DPM 6714
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Willy Petzold
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Anonym
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Berliner / Illustrirte / Zeitung / Das größte / Turfereignis!, 1925
- Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung The Great Turf Event
- Inv. DPM 2723
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Anonym
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