Many years ago, I first noticed Jianping He’s posters. The tripartite poster for Antalis (2005) is the first of his works that I remember vividly….

“Any artist who wishes to work in the world of advertisements must be an experienced, versatile expert in the practicalities of real life who is…

Three English friends go on a bicycle tour across Germany in the 1890s and have a number of experiences together, all of which are amusing….

Over the years, many names have become inseparably associated with the Berliner Ensemble. Bertolt Brecht. Helene Weigel, and Heiner Müller are just a few of…

The extent to which Vienna’s School of Arts and Crafts (Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule) was ahead of the aesthetic perceptions of its time in the early 20th…

”Charming and gracious, coupled with a fine feeling for decorative style: such are the works of this artist, whose gentle, female hand lends her pictures…

In Austria, political posters were in existence before the First World War, but they were essentially just filled with text. It was a different story…

Henry Steiner is one of the most influential graphic designers of our time. Brigitte Willinger has written a vivid and interesting portrait of the renowned…

These two conceptions would seem to hang together like Siamese twins. Every expert would say so and every reader would find it paradoxical to attempt…

“The arrangement of the first exhibition by the Vereinigung bildender Künstler Oesterreichs (Secession) [Association of Visual Artists in Austria] has now nearly reached its completion”,…

“Binder was a city lover whose thinking was entirely modern.” These were the words of Joseph Binder’s wife and long-standing companion Carla Binder, as she…

Ottokar Mascha was the first in Austria to deal with the subject of “Posters”, not only as a skilled collector, but also as a well-informed…

The Vienna Court Opera was destined for change once Gustav Mahler became its new director in 1897. Keen on reforming this institution and getting it…

“Multi-talented” and “versatile” are probably the best words to describe the Viennese-born artist, Robert Haas. His interests ranged from photography, his first love, to calligraphy…

The Vienna-born poster and commercial graphic artist Hermann Kosel (1896–1983) had, since 1921, business ties with the Rikola publishing company, which was founded in December…