Bob mass

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Bob Masse has been famous since the 1960s for the artistic design of concert posters for the great bands and performers of the decades and is thus himself one of the greatest artists of his profession. His works from the 1960s, which are considered the distillate of this decade and are interpreted as psychedelic Art Nouveau, are of particular importance.

Career

During his studies at the Art School in Vancouver , British Columbia , he began making posters in exchange for drinks and tickets for folk groups. His first color posters were created for concert events in the afterthought - for essential bands of the Summer of Love : Grateful Dead , Steve Miller Band , Jefferson Airplane , The Doors , Yardbirds , Cream etc. Since the mid-1960s, he spent time in Haight-Ashbury , where he was strongly influenced by the alternative hippie movement.

His works are also influenced by Art Nouveau , in particular by the works of Alphonse Mucha . The Art Nouveau elements are joined by bright colors and a special font in capital letters , which he - like all elements of his posters - designs freely.

In the 1980s, Bob Masse turned away from making concert posters and dedicated himself to film posters. For example, he was responsible for posters for Total Recall and Back to the Future III .

In the 1990s concert posters became more popular again and so Bob Masse returned to his origins.

In 2006 Bob Masse made a television appearance in the documentary "Shakin 'All Over," which covered Canada's 1960s music scene.

Bob Masse may be the only one of the poster artists of the 1960s still in business. It is often fully booked months in advance and takes around four weeks to produce a poster.

Works

1960s (selection)

1960s afterthought posters (selection)

  • Grateful Dead, 1966
  • Steve Miller Blues Band, 1967

1960s Los Angeles posters (selection)

1970s (selection)

1990s (selection)

After the turn of the century (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Mass, bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian poster artist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century