Louis Oppenheim
Louis Oppenheim (born May 4, 1879 in Coburg , † 1936 in Berlin ) was a German commercial artist and artist . Born in Coburg, Oppenheim studied in London from 1899 to 1906 .
Act
He then moved to Berlin and began his career as a commercial artist in 1910. In 1917 he received an award for his work on the war loan campaigns. He signed his works with "LO". His employers were: AES , Reichsbahn , Persil and Adrema . He shaped the “Berlin poster style”. Oppenheim also designed numerous logos such as the 'Lo-Schrift' (1914) for the Berthold type foundry and the 'Fanfare' (1927). He designed the first coin for the Weimar Republic in 1919.
Weimar Republic . Obverse of the 50 pfennig coin designed by Louis Oppenheim.
Weimar Republic. Reverse side of the coin
Web links
- resume
- Poster example
- Klingspor Museum (PDF; 821 kB)
- Linotype
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Arnold, Harald Küthmann and Dirk Steinhilber: Grosser Deutscher Münzkatalog from 1800 to today . German Empire (1919–1945). 16th edition. Battenberg Verlag, Munich 2000, p. 498 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oppenheim, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German commercial artist and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1936 |
| Place of death | Berlin |