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Ludwig Hohlwein, artist
German, 1874 - 1949
Ludendorff-Spende f¸r Kriegsbesch‰digte, circa 1918
Color lithograph poster
59 x 84.2 cm (image); 59.8 x 87.6 cm (sheet)
Gift of Elizabeth S. Tower 1979.1.20

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publisher, Fritz Maiton

Artist Biography: Poster artist. Based in Munich. Famous, perhaps infamous, for propaganda posters. In addition to his trademark poster of leopard and panther for the Munich Zoo (1912), and the logos for two of Munich's most popular beers, Franziskaner and Hacker-Pschorr, his zealous contributions to the Nazi propaganda machine are unforgettable icons of fascist Germany.~ ~Knew great commercial success as Munich's "poster king," and developed a~distinctive haute bourgeois style borrowed from the London and Paris vogue of the day. ~~Just before the First World War, Hohlwein's work took on an increasingly nationalistic and militaristic character, ultimately finding an (anti-)climax in the austere stereotypes and hero cult of the Third Reich.

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Kriegsbeschädig für Spende Ludendorff Tower S Elizabeth Gift Europe Germany Print poster lithograph Color tools holding man Ludwig Hohlwein German Fritz Maiton 4359202410790039 A055437 1979.1.20 AFGA