Joseph Sattler

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Josef Kaspar Sattler
Advertising poster for Pan

Joseph Kaspar Sattler (born July 20, 1867 in Schrobenhausen ; † May 12, 1931 in Munich ) was a painter, bookplate artist and illustrator in the Art Nouveau style.

Life

He was mainly known as an Art Nouveau artist for his ex-libris and illustrations a. a. known for Pan magazine . After an apprenticeship as a painter and gilder with his father in Landshut, he studied at the Munich Art Academy and settled in Munich as a freelance artist. Various illustrations, ex-libris, posters and works for the Reichsdruckerei led him a. a. to Strasbourg (école des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg) and Berlin. Among other things, he also designed the font “Nibelung Script” in 1897, which was used for his monumental work “The Nibelungs”, which Germany showed at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris . Only 200 copies of this were printed. In 1917 Sattler was appointed professor in Strasbourg. He is considered to be one of the leading pioneers of Art Nouveau.

Works

  • A modern dance of death in 16 pictures . Verlag JA Stargardt, Berlin, 2nd, increased edition 1912, only produced in 100 numbered copies ( digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf ).
  • History of the Rhenish urban culture from the beginnings to the present with special consideration of Worms , edited by Heinrich Boos, illustrated by Joseph Sattler, Verlag JA Stargardt, Berlin 1897 (4 volumes).

literature

  • Ludwig Hollweck , Hanns Schultes: Joseph Kaspar Sattler. A pioneer of Art Nouveau . W. Ludwig Verlag, Pfaffenhofen 1988 (= Schrobenhausen Art Series , Vol. 2). ISBN 3-7787-2090-2 .
  • Franck Knoery, La Guerre des artistes - un récit en image par Joseph Sattler , Strasbourg, Éditions des Musées, 2017, ISBN 978-2-35125-156-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sattler, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sattler, Joseph Kaspar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Schrobenhausen
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1931
Place of death Munich