Victor Theodor Slama
Victor Theodor Slama (born October 26, 1890 in Vienna ; † December 1, 1973 there ) was an Austrian graphic artist, exhibition designer and set designer. Above all, he emerged as a creator of political posters.
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Live and act
Slama became known as a commercial artist in Vienna in the 1920s and 1930s. He specialized in political posters and created impressive and pathetic-heroic picture compositions. Slama worked mainly for the Austrian Social Democracy ( SDAPÖ ), but also for other parties. He designed 18 posters for the KPD under the pseudonym A. Malsov for the 1928 Reichstag election .
According to his own statements, Slama was initially banned from working under the Nazi regime , but with a letter of January 29, 1941, he was admitted to the Reichskunstkammer with retroactive effect from July 1, 1938 . Especially in the area of facade posters for Vienna premiere cinemas, Slama's order book was apparently quite good.
In 1951 he was awarded the City of Vienna Prize for fine arts in the field of painting and graphics. Slama worked as a commercial artist until after 1970, after 1945 again on political issues. Victor Theodor Slama's honorary grave is located in the urn arcades of the Simmering fire hall . In 1982, Slamastraße in the Inzersdorf district of Vienna was named after him.
Exhibitions
- 1946 Never forget! Viennese artist house
literature
- Felix Czeike: Historisches Lexikon Wien : Volume Le-R, Vienna 1995, p. 125.
- Anita Kern: “L'art pour l'autre” - commercial graphics between conviction, adaptation and professional bans using the example of Victor Theodor Slamas ; Syposium contribution 2005
- Bernhard Hachleitner and Julia König (eds.): Victor Th. Slama posters exhibitions mass productions ; Vienna Library in the City Hall , Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99300-330-2 (large format, 320 pages; exhibition in the City Hall from April 26 to October 25, 2019)
Web links
- Graphic Design in Vienna - Victor Theodor Slama
- Viktor Slama died . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 4th 1973, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- Slama's partial estate in the manuscript collection of the Vienna Library (PDF file; 50 kB)
- René Grohnert: Victor Th. Slama - attempt at classification
- Gerda Barth: Victor Th. Slama and the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog 2019 (see literature), p. 23
- ↑ September 14, 1946: "Never forget" - Ceremonial opening of the anti-fascist exhibition Rathauskorrespondenz , September 14, 1946
- ↑ https://www.wienbibliothek.at/veranstaltungen-ausstellungen/ausstellungen/victor-th-slama
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slama, Victor Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Malsov, A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st December 1973 |
| Place of death | Vienna |