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Hugo Steiner-Prag

Illustrator and book designer (b. 1880, Prague, d. 1945, New York). He became German in 1907. From 1907 until 1933, he was professor of graphics at the Staatlichen Akademie fü Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig. He fled Germany in 1933 and after a long voyage, ended up in the USA, where he died. Blackletter typefaces designed by him include Steiner-Prag-Schrift (1912, Genzsch&Heyse), Batarde (Bauersche Giesserei, 1916). Designer of Akzidenz und Kalender Schmuck (1912, C.F. Rühl, Leipzig). Some of his work is archived at the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the Princeton University Library.

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file name: Hugo Steiner Prag Akzidenz Kalender Schmuck 1912


file name: Hugo Steiner Prag Akzidenz Kalender Schmuck 1912


file name: Hugo Steiner Prag Akzidenz Kalender Schmuck 1912


file name: Hugo Steiner Prag Akzidenz Schmuck 1912







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