Showing posts with label germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label germany. Show all posts

October 30, 2018

Albin Grau


Wikipedia: "Albin Grau (December 22, 1884 - March 27, 1971) was a German artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu."

Some Albin Grau posters, drawings and sketches.

April 8, 2018

May 21, 2015

Kabaret!

Perpetua:Kabaret!
"In 1969 Searle published a book of sketches made on location in the strip-shows and cabarets of the St Pauli district of Hamburg. The French edition had a much more eye-catching cover." (see art above and with title here)

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September 18, 2013

Stasi Menner

From a Stasi Disguise Seminar  

Simon Menner: Top Secret: Images from the Stasi Archives 
The book will be released on November 30th. You can pre-order it here.

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October 26, 2011

Blast the Hub

Lockheed ad, Life, January 24, 1944 (see the whole ad at Vintage Ads)

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May 13, 2009

Blog: illuopa




"This is my private collection of German illustration and design before 1980" says Patrick Wirbeleit about his wonderful blog illuopa.

Via DRAWN!
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April 14, 2009

Poster Art: Ludwig Hohlwein



Over here I found a collection of posters by Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1939) and at 100 Years of Illustration and Design you'll find more plus information about the artist.
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March 2, 2009

Illustration: Sigrid and Hans Lammle

Hamburg (detail)

"...designed and illustrated by the German couple Sigrid and Hans Lammle. These illustrations were for a calendar published in 1957."

Grain edit: Sigrid + Hans Lammle
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February 18, 2009

Photo: August Sander

Pastry cook, 1928

August Sander, German photographer (1876-1964).
"...most well known for his portraits..." - Wikipedia on August Sander

- A portfolio of 29 photographs
- The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection

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Related article: "What makes a great portrait?" (via)
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August 17, 2008

Ephemera: Berlin Olympics 1936



As you all know Berlin hosted the Olympics in 1936. This image shows some of the programs, brochures, tickets etc which the Swedish couple Algot and Amanda Gunnarsson brought home with them after visiting Berlin during the games.

In the National Archives and the regional state archives of Sweden

July 1, 2008

Movie Posters: 90 Years of German Movie Posters





Filmposter-Archiv

"Here you'll find German movie posters, teaser (?) and sometimes international poster with widths from 250 to 500 pixels... / ...Our focus is on posters from the German-speaking countries. For international poster there are many other sites on the WWW... / ...Our database currently contains 11319 posters."


This is a German goldmine!

September 26, 2007

Vintage postcard: World exposition 1937

An interesting postcard from the world exposition - Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne - in Paris 1937. The Nazi-German pavilion on the left placed directly across the Stalin-Soviet pavilion on the right. Talk about premonition of things to come.




Uploaded to Vintage photographs by h rust

The German pavilion was designed by Albert Speer (and sculptor Josef Thorak) and the Soviet pavilion by Boris Mihailovich Iofan (and sculptor Vera Mukhina). Need I say they both were awarded the gold medal?

Please go here for more postcards and photos from the exposition!


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September 4, 2007

Poster Art: German Movie Posters

Sturm über Asien, 1961, Hillmann and Das verflixte 7. Jahr, 1966, Fischer-Nosbisch
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Brilliant German movie posters from the 60s. (that is three links)

There is also a link to downloading German Ingmar Bergman movie posters.

Via El Burlador and Canta Piriquito


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June 14, 2007

Animation: Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed



"Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, aka The Adventures of Prince Achmed, (1926): directed by Lotte Reiniger and Carl Koch, with the collaboration of Berthold Bartosch and Walter Ruttmann, based on the character Prince Ahmed, from the book 1001 Arabian Nights."

"It is the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, and it featured a silhouette animation technique Reiniger had invented..."

I would have had to post about ten images from this movie to give you an idea of how brilliant it is; it must be seen. Now it has been made possible by Videos with Bibi.

UPDATE:
This video is unfortunately no longer available. You have to be quick when things like this comes along!

UPDATE:
Stephen of ASIFA wrote to remind us of these articles:
Reiniger's Adventures of Prince Achmed Part One
Reiniger's Adventures of Prince Achmed Part Two

Thanks!


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