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Jan Bons - Dutch Designer and Illustrator

Graphis 30, 1950

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Content includes:
Dutch Commercial Art (Hans Jaffe)
Genial Publicity (U.S.A.) (Ernst Lehner, New York)
Container Corporation of America. Good Design – an Important Function of Management (E. Jacobson)
Stig Lindberg (Arthur Hald)
El Taller de Grafica Popular. Workshop for Popular Art in Mexico (Hannes Meyer)
Ottonian Miniatures (Heinrich Thelen)
Toulouse-Lautrec. The Complete Oeuvre of his Posters (Jacques Lassaigne)
The Wood-Engraving (Karl Rossing)

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jan Bons
  • Year: 1950
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm
Jan Bons studied painting and advertising art at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague from 1936 to 1937, and then continued his studies for a year at the Nieuwe Kunstschool in Amsterdam. Throughout his profession, Bons stood out as a versatile designer, he illustrated books and designed posters and exhibitions. As well as working on large-scale murals and sculptures. Bons loved the profession and his work, it’s no surprise that his extensive portfolio boasts hundreds of posters and brochures, for many clients, in particular, the cultural sector. Amongst Bons’s long-term clients include theatre groups De Appel in The Hague and Studio in Amsterdam.

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Graphis 30, 1950. Cover design by Jan Bons
Graphis 30, 1950. Cover design by Jan Bons
Jan Bons studied painting and advertising art at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague from 1936 to 1937, and then continued his studies for a year at the Nieuwe Kunstschool in Amsterdam. Throughout his profession, Bons stood out as a versatile designer, he illustrated books and designed posters and exhibitions. As well as working on large-scale murals and sculptures. Bons loved the profession and his work, it’s no surprise that his extensive portfolio boasts hundreds of posters and brochures, for many clients, in particular, the cultural sector. Amongst Bons’s long-term clients include theatre groups De Appel in The Hague and Studio in Amsterdam.
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