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Karl Oskar Blase

Hessen Travel Guide

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  • Format: Folded Guide
  • Designer/s: Karl Oskar Blase
  • Year: 1960s?
  • Size: 100mm x 210mm (folded), 500mm x 210mm (flat)
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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Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure designed by Karl Oskar Blase
Hessen Travel Brochure 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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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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FIP München 1966. The client supplied several motifs. The solution shown was meant to be poster-like and also resemble an old engraving. Unpublished, 1965. Karl Oskar Blase scanned from Novum Gebrauchsgraphik 08, 1982
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