Thursday, July 30, 2015

Francisco Gutierrez

[Mexico] (b 1906/d 1943)


"Francisco Gutierrez  was born in 1906 in the City of Oaxaca. At the age of 19 he moved to Mexico City to study in the San Carlos Academy. Later, he co-founded the Popular School of Arts of Jalapa, Veracruz. In 1942, he taught lithography at the Book’s Art School (Escuela de Artes del Libro) and at the San Carlos Academy. (..)"


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Mexico 1929 "AIR MAIL / 1st Anniversary of the Death of  Emilio Carranza" (6,1) [Recess (National Printing Works)] Sc(C5,...,C10)


Mexico 1929/1934 "AIR MAIL" (15,1) [Recess (NPW)] Sc(C11,...,C25)





Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Olga Tovisvari

[Hungary] (b?/d?)

This is one of those strange cases where I make a search for the Artist name and only get 1 result in the Internet...Well i think it is better than to have many inconclusive results..
The only result I got  allows me to say that Olga Tovisvari was an Artist active in the 50's and 60's (at least..) as Book Cover Designer and Illustrator of Children's and Crime books...even with a search in Hungarian , I cannot find the name of the Artist, but i found out  many other great Illustrators, specially of Children's books.. Some help is needed, unfortunately and again..!!

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Hungary 1951 "Postage due Stamps" (12) [Photo] Sc(J198,...,J209)










Franz Marten

[Germany] (b 1898/d 1970)


"Marten attended the Dusseldorf School of Applied Arts and the Dusseldorf Art Academy, where he was Assistant and Associate teacher. In 1926, he won a first prize at the Gesolei in Dusseldorf. In 1929 he received an appointment to the Academy Königsberg.  He was director of a master studio for graphic use and Applied Arts and won a Grand Prix of the International Exhibition in Liège. Franz Marten lived and worked from 1948 to 1965 in the artist's colony Halfmannshof.(..) Martens best-known work is the large stained-glass windows of the old Gelsenkirchen central station , which he created in 1949 after the old windows of the station had been destroyed in World War II."

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Germany 1935 "International Philatelic Exhibition,Konigsberg" (4,4,4) [Recess] Sc(B68) [ image credit of StampWorld ]





Johann Vincenz Cissarz

[Germany] (b 1873/d 1942)


"Johann Vincenz Cissarz studied painting at the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste in Dresden under Leon Pohle, Georg-Herman Freye and F. W. Pauwels. After producing monumental altarpieces and murals he took up book illustration and poster design. By 1899 he was actively involved in the Dresden craft workshops, with designs for furniture, commercial art and wallpaper, and was recognized widely for the quality of his posters and typography. He took part successfully in the Deutsche Kunstausstellung in 1899 and the Heim und Herd exhibition in 1900."

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Germany 1922 "Charity Fund" (2,1) [Litho] Sc(B3,B4)