Louis Oppenheim
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Louis Oppenheim | |
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Born | 1879 |
Died | 1936 | (aged 56–57)
Occupation(s) | German graphic artist, painter and type designer |
Louis Oppenheim (1879–1936) was a German graphic artist, painter and type designer.
Born in Coburg, Oppenheim studied in London from 1899 to 1906. He moved to Berlin and started his work as a graphic artist in 1910, signing his work with his initials, "LO" and working for clients such as AES, the Reichsbahn, Persil and Adrema. His posters are considered a significant product of the 'Berlin poster style'. Oppenheim worked for the type foundry Berthold and created a handful of significant and widespread typefaces, all of which share modernist characteristics, such as Lo-Type and Fanfare which are still in wide use today.[1] Also, he designed the first coin of the Weimar Republic in 1919.[2]
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References
- ^ Friedl, Ott Stein, ed. (1998). Typography – when who how. Könemann. ISBN 3-89508-473-5.
- ^ Paul Arnold, Harald Küthmann und Dirk Steinhilber (2000). Grosser Deutscher Münzkatalog von 1800 bis heute. München: Battenberg Verlag. p. 498. ISBN 3-89441-469-3.
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