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Walter Allner

Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1954

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Content includes:
Eberhard Hölscher: Walter H. Allner, New York. American commercial art
Ludwig Ebenhöh: Winnie Gayler. Featuring of books and illustrations
Eberhard Hölscher: Jacques Nathan, Paris. A French commercial artist
Carl Heußner: Congratulatory cards
Gerhard Ulrich: Signets for Bertelsmann’s reading circle. Results of a competition
Anton Stankowski: Xth Triennial in Milan. The meeting place of good featuring
Anton Sailer: Sales promoting rebuses
Max Körner: New posters for the Nuremberg Christmas Fair
New types of the type foundry D. Stempel A.-G., Frankfort a. M.

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Walter Allner
  • Year: 1954
  • Client/Publisher: Bruckmann Verlag
  • Size: 210mm x 295mm
Walter Allner studied at the Bauhaus from 1927 to 1930 under renowned figures like Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky, and Klee. In 1933, he became Jean Carlu's assistant in Paris before founding his own advertising agency, Omnium Graphique, and serving as art director of Formes. He exhibited as a free artist in Paris and was active in the Salon des surindépendants and the Salon des réalités nouvelles. Allner was the Paris correspondent for Graphis magazine from 1945 to 1948 and co-directed Editions Parallèles. In 1948, he founded and edited the International Poster Annual until 1952. After moving to the U.S. in 1949, he freelanced before joining Fortune magazine in 1951, where he became assistant art director. He also consulted for major clients like Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and the Museum of Modern Art.

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1954. Cover design by Walter Allner
Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1954. Cover design by Walter Allner

Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1954
Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1954

 

Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1954
Gebrauchsgraphik, 12, 1954
Walter Allner studied at the Bauhaus from 1927 to 1930 under renowned figures like Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky, and Klee. In 1933, he became Jean Carlu's assistant in Paris before founding his own advertising agency, Omnium Graphique, and serving as art director of Formes. He exhibited as a free artist in Paris and was active in the Salon des surindépendants and the Salon des réalités nouvelles. Allner was the Paris correspondent for Graphis magazine from 1945 to 1948 and co-directed Editions Parallèles. In 1948, he founded and edited the International Poster Annual until 1952. After moving to the U.S. in 1949, he freelanced before joining Fortune magazine in 1951, where he became assistant art director. He also consulted for major clients like Johnson & Johnson, IBM, and the Museum of Modern Art.
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