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Karl Oskar Blase

Form, Internationale Revue 16, 1961

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Content includes:
W. Sandberg, Künstler und Gesellschaft
Fotografie und Gegenstand
Günter Fuchs, Ein Meisterwerkchen
mi liebenswerten Unvollkommenheiten
Entwicklung von Personenwagenkarosserien be Daimler-Benz
Ernst Ulrich, Der deutsche Salon
Aus der Werkstatt Kersting
Notizen
Aus unserer form-Korrespondenz

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Karl Oskar Blase
  • Year: 1961
  • Size: 230mm x 290mm
Karl Oskar Blase was born in 1925 in Cologne, Germany. He was a prolific painter, designer, sculptor and exhibition curator. His work included magazine covers, for publications such as Form and Gebrauchsgraphik, stamp designs for the German Postal Service and film posters for companies such as Atlas Films.

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Form, Internationale Revue 16, 1961. Designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Form, Internationale Revue 16, 1961. Designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Karl Oskar Blase was born in 1925 in Cologne, Germany. He was a prolific painter, designer, sculptor and exhibition curator. His work included magazine covers, for publications such as Form and Gebrauchsgraphik, stamp designs for the German Postal Service and film posters for companies such as Atlas Films.
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