Lucian
Bernhard was
born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1860. Mainly
a self-taught artist, in 1905 Bernhard won a competition sponsored
for the Berlin Chamber of Commerce. He began producing posters and
quickly established himself as one of the most important people working
in this field in Germany.
Bernhard was employed by the German government during the First
World War to produce propaganda posters. After the war he became
Professor of Poster Design at the Berlin Royal
Academy.
In 1923 Bernhard moved to the United States
where he joined with Rockwell Kent to establish
the New York design company, Contempora. Over the next few
years he was involved in several projects including the design of
36 different typefaces. Lucian Bernhard
died in 1972.
Lucian Bernhard,
German War Loan poster (1917)
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