Graphis 055, 1954

Hans Fischer

Magazine / Periodical / Journal

Content includes: Yoshio Hayakawa (Ryuichi Yamashiro)
Jacques Richez (Maria Netter)
Artists Announce the Stork’s Arrival (Maria Netter)
Hans Fischer. Murals (Manuel Gasser)
Atelier 17 (Stanley William Hayter/M. Clarac-Serou)
Two Boys visit a Motor Car Factory in Milan (Leonardo Sinisgalli)
Art in American Science Fiction (Ernst Lehner)
Harry O. Diamond on cooking (Philip & Helen Evans Brown)
Laboratori Crippa e Berger (Paul Arthur)
The University Centre of Caracas (F. Stahly)
Electronic Abstractions (Ben F. Laposky)

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Format Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designer/s Hans Fischer
Year 1954
Client/Publisher Graphis Press
Size 235mm x 300mm

Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer was born in 1909 in Bern and died in 1958 in Interlaken. Throughout his life, he illustrated 23 books, including Brentano's Gockel and Hinkel and Grimm's Fairytales. He created 26 wall paintings and produced several hundred papers and drawings as well as stage scenery. Explore related designers including Celestino Piatti and Donald Brun. See also Swiss graphic design history and 1940s graphic design history.

Graphis

Graphis is an international magazine founded in 1944 featuring graphic design, advertising, and illustration from around the world.

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Design Format: Magazine / Periodical / Journal
Designed in the: 1950s
Series: Graphis

Graphis 55, 1954. Cover design by Hans Fischer

Issue 55 of Graphis illustrated with a cover design by Hans Fischer, who also has murals featured in the issue.

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