Hans Christiansen

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Hans Christiansen German artist, b. 1866, Flensburg, d. 1945, Wiesbaden. One of the Jugendstil leaders. From 1881 until 1885, he taught in Flensburg, and took up teaching in Hamberg after that. From 1896 until 1899, he studied in Paris at the Academie Julian Malerei. He worked at the Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie until 1902. After that, he was mainly a painter and type designer. His typefaces include Christiansenschrift (1909, D. Stempel AG). Margret Zimmermann-Degen published Hans Christiansen Leben und Werk eines Jugendstilk&7uml;nstlers, Königstein, 1985.	EXTERNAL LINKS Hans Christiansen Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿