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Blase, Karl Oskar
born 1925 in Cologne, died 2016 in D - Kassel
poster of the exhibition Amerikanische Primitive
here poster without museum text
motif by Horace Pippin
1954 ( december 11 - january 12, 1955 )
original design
colour offset
84 cm x 60 cm
generally in good condition
order no. 18077
This poster was acclaimed as one of the best 20 posters of 1955.
Compare the poster with museum letters Dortmund order no.23080
The motif was by Horace Pippin (1888-1946), a detail of the work “John Brown Going to his Hanging". The exhibition was organised by the Smithsonian institute for the US Information Agency. In the preface of the catalogue it says: "Only a few years ago people in the United States started taking an interest in what is distinctively American about the art of their country and being aware of its significance." (Jean Lipman). Compare to this theme: Ruby, Sigrid: Have we an American Art?, Präsentation und Rezeption amerikanischer Malerei im Westdeutschland und Westeuropa der Nachriegzeit, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 1999, p.153 ff.
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
See also our catalogue 'From Arp to Pollock': Art and exhibition posters in France and Germany 1945-1960, Köln 2016
