Josef Nikolaus Geis
Josef Nikolaus Geis (born June 10, 1892 in Munich ; † September 1, 1952 there ) was an artist , illustrator and graphic artist working in Munich .
life and career
Josef Geis painted for the humorous weekly Fliegende Blätter , and later for the Munich art and literary magazine Jugend , for which he often designed the front page. For the SPD he designed very impressive posters against National Socialism. In 1929 he designed a poster with the stereotype of the "vertebrate Bolshevik".
He was a grandson of the popular singer Jakob Geis , his father was the actor and singer Josef Geis (1867–1940) and his brother the dramaturge and screenwriter Jacob Geis .
Posters
- Absolvia Luitpoldiana, 1912
- Festival of arts and crafts students
- Collect nettles - if you want clothes and thread!
- Red is your death. Home Ownership Choose List 12 , 1929
- Carnival pageant Munich, 1929
- The people die from this system - Social Democrats elect List 1, 1932
Illustrated books
- Walter Leipziger: The seven Swabians. Vier Tannen Verlag, Berlin 1950.
- Christian Westergaard is different: Little Ingrid: Happy experiences of a little girl in a big city. Schneider, Augsburg 1953.
- Hans Bachwitz: Bibimatz, life pile of a Schlehmil. New series, Braun & Schneider, Munich 1928.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rainer Schoch : Political posters of the Weimar Republic: 1918 - 1933 . Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 1980, p. 99 f.
- ↑ Hanns Vogel: Geis, Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 153 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geis, Josef Nikolaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1952 |
| Place of death | Munich |