10 September 2008 – 25 January 2009

HANS NEUMANN - Pioneer of Commercial Art

Like almost no other, Hans Neumann (1888–1960) left his mark on the city of Vienna in the 1920s and 1930s with his posters. After early professional experience in Berlin, he opened his own studio on Stephansplatz after the First World War which grew to become one of the largest studios in the German-speaking region, and can be regarded as the forerunner of today’s advertising agencies. Anyone who wished to make a name for themselves as a graphic artist had to have worked for Hans Neumann. The studio produced posters, adverts, brochures, as well as a series of music score cover pages which bear witness to the diversity of the studio’s work. The MAK, owning more than 100 posters, thereby has one of the largest collections of this studio, the history of which is traced in the exhibition to mark the 120th birthday of Hans Neumann.

Curator Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head of the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection

Address

MAK - Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst
Stubenring 5
1010 Wien
phone +43 1 71 13 60
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Opening Hours

Tuesday 10 a.m. - Midnight, Wednesday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

several branches: Gefechtsturm Arenbergpark: MAK- Gegenwartskunstdepot

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