Joost Schmidt — Bauhaus Vintage Poster | Bauhaus Exhibition Print

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Joost Schmidt — Bauhaus Vintage Poster | Bauhaus Exhibition PrintJoost Schmidt (18931948) was a German graphic designer and master at the Bauhaus, where he ran the printing and advertising workshop. His 1923 Bauhaus exhibition poster with its bold geometric forms, primary colours, and radical typographic layout is one of the most celebrated design artefacts of the 20th century. Schmidt's work synthesised the Bauhaus's core belief that art and design were inseparable. Printed as a museum grade gicle on Hahnemhle

and his work had significant influence on the next generation of Meiji artists

His Absinthe Robette poster (1896) — a luminous woman cradling a glass of absinthe in ethereal morning light — is widely considered one of the most beautiful advertising posters ever created

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a technique that produced some of the most joyful and formally radical images of the modern era

A collector's piece for lovers of classic cinema and the golden age of Hollywood

Josep Tapiró Baró (1836–1913) was a Spanish Orientalist painter who spent much of his career in Tangier

and his influence on 20th-century design was immense

and paintings of extraordinary vivacity

and rhythm as the fundamental language of visual art

William Morris (1834–1896) was the founding genius of the Arts & Crafts movement and the most influential designer of the 19th century — the artist

almost abstract studies of trees — compositions reduced to pure shape

his work had a significant influence on European artists who encountered his prints — particularly the Glasgow School and the Art Nouveau designers who admired his botanical precision

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