Karel Vik

[Czechoslovakia] (b 1883/d 1964)

"Karel Vik was a Czech graphic artist , illustrator and painter . Between 1,902 - 1908 he studied landscape painting with Rudolf von Ottenfeld at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague . Following the success of the graphic exhibition in Leipzig, he began creating graphics, a large part of his work consisted of woodcuts . In Prague, he co-founded Hollar . Soon he moved to Turnova , where he participated in the founding of Turnovské work (especially in conjunction with Karl Kinsky ). (..)  Since 1941 he was a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts" [ Wikipedia ]

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Some of  Karel Vik Work

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Czechoslovakia 1936 "Various Monuments and Landscapes" (9,9,9) [ Engr (K. Seizinger)][Recess (Czechoslovak Graphic Union, Prague)] Sc(218,...,226)

Czechoslovakia 1937 "Bratislava Philatelic Exhibition" (SS)(2) Sc(239)

Czechoslovakia 1938 "Kosice Cultural Exhibition" (1) [Engr (K. Seizinger)][Recess (CGU,Prague)] Sc(250)

Tavík František Šimon

[Czechoslovakia] (b 1877/d 1942)

" Tavík František Šimon was a painter, etcher, and woodcut artist (..) As a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, he received a stipend that allowed him to travel to Italy, Belgium, England and France. He had his first solo exhibition in Prague in 1905, and a Paris exhibition in 1906. His extensive travels would eventually also bring him to New York City, London, the Netherlands, Spain, Morocco, Ceylon , India, and Japan, images of all of which appear in his work. After spending 1905–1913 based in Paris, Simon returned to Prague and became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. In 1917, he became a founding member of the Hollar Association of Czech Graphic Artists, which he later chaired. Many of his most notable images are of Prague, New York, and Paris, but also include portraiture and self-portraiture and images of the Czech and Slovak countryside. Šimon's style was strongly influenced by the French Impressionists and, perhaps through them, by Japanese printmaking techniques, in particular color aquatints with soft ground etching " [ Wikipedia ]

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Czechoslovakia 1926/1927 "Landscapes" (12,6,3) [Engr (K. Seizinger)][Recess] Sc(115,119,120,123)

Chile

Stamp Designers from Chile

[CHL] Hermino Ernesto Arias

[CHL] Alejandro Inostroza Fabres

[ Waving Flags are a Courtesy of 3DFlagsPlus ] 

Hermino Ernesto Arias

[Chile] (b?/d?)

Worked at the Public Service Office...

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Philatelic Magazine "The Chile Specialist Nº 57" [ Beautiful Article about the Chile emission of 1901/1902 ][ In English ]

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The Philatelic Record ( Jan / Dec 1901 ) [ Great source of Philatelic Information (In general...) and a Very nice Reading... ]

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Chile 1901/1902 "Christopher Columbus" (6,1) [Recess (ABNC, New York)] Sc(51,...,56)

Erich Gruner [ 1st Part (1947/1955) ]

[Germany] (b 1881/1966)

from 1900 to 1905 Erich Gruner studied at the Leipzic Academy of Visual Arts, and then travelled to Paris where he remained one year , having lessons with Jean Paul Laurens...the period from 1909 to 1912 was for sure more relaxed , with travels to Portugal, Spain and Italy...after returning, he began to have some Artistic recognition, but this short period was interrupted by WWI, where he was wounded twice...in 1919 he made some designs , posters and the Logotype for the Leipzig Fair ... He was the Director of the Leipzig School of Applied Arts from 1930 to 1946..His Art work covers a wide range of specialties : Book covers, illustration, Posters, Postage stamps, Typography, Logotypes,  Stage and set designs, etc..

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Germany 1947 "Leipzig Spring Fair" (2,2,2) [Engr (K. Wolf)][Recess (Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig)] Sc(B296,B297) [ image Credit of StampWorld ][ Joint Allied Zone ]

Germany 1947 "Leipzig Autumn Fair" (2,2,2) [Litho (SPW,Berlin)] Sc(580,581) [ image Credit of StampWorld ][ Joint Allied Zone ]

Germany 1948 "Leipzig Spring Fair" (2,2,2) [Engr (L. Schnell)][Recess (SPW,Berlin)] Sc(582,583) [ image Credit of StampWorld ][ Joint Allied Zone ]

Germany 1949 "Leipzig Spring Fair" (2,2,2) [Engr (K. Wolf)][Litho] Sc(??) [ image Credit of StampWorld ][Russian Zone]

Germany 1949 "Leipzig Autumn Fair" (2,2,2) [Litho] Sc(??) [ image Credit of StampWorld ][Russian Zone]

East Germany 1950 "Leipzig Spring Fair" (2,2,2) [Engr (K. Wolf)][Recess (German Bank note, Leipzig)] Sc(B15,B16) [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

East Germany 1951 "German Soviet Friendship" (2,2,2) [Engr (K. Wolf)][Litho (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(92,93) [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

East Germany 1952 "450th Anniversary of  Halle-Wittenberg University" (1) [Photo (Druckhaus Einhelt)] Sc(111)

East Germany 1953 "7th Centenary of Frankfurt-on-Oder" (4,4,4) [Litho (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(151,...,154) [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

East Germany 1953 "Five Year Plan" (18,18,18) [Litho (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(187,...,204) [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

East Germany 1953 "Leipzig Autumn Fair" (2,2,2) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(172,173) [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

East Germany 1953 "Stamp Day" (1) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(178)

East Germany 1953 "75th Anniversary of the Leipzig Zoo" (1) [Photo (Druckhaus Einhelt)] Sc(179)

East Germany 1954 "4th Power Conference, Berlin" (Photo (GBN, Leipzig)] Sc(206)

East Germany 1954 "Leipzig Autumn Fair" (2,1) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(214,215)

East Germany 1954 "5th Anniversary of German Democratic Republic" (2,1) [Photo (GBN,Leipzic)] Sc(224,225)

East Germany 1955 "Leipzig Spring Fair" (2,2,2) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(231,232)            [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

East Germany 1955 "45th Anniversary of the International Women's Day" (2,1) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(233,234)

East Germany 1955 "International Congress of Municipal Workers" (1) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(235)

East Germany 1955 "Leipzig Autumn Fair" (2,2,2) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(253,254)  [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

East Germany 1955 "Dresden Gallery Paintings (1st Series)" (6,6,6) [Photo (GBN,Leipzig)] Sc(272,...,277)  [ image Credit of StampWorld ]

Eduard Ege

[Germany] (b 1893/d 1978)

" Eduard Ege lived since 1898 in Munich. He was a pupil of Julius Diez at the School of Applied Arts and worked as an illustrator for Georg Müller Verlag and the 'Three Masks' publisher . From 1921 to 1926 he was a teacher of Commercial Art at the Munich training Workshops ...from 1926 to1935 he was director and owner of the training Workshops. (..) He taught at the Stuttgart School of Applied Arts.  As a commercial artist , Ege designed in 1945 the Bavarian Coat of Arms and the logo used until 1993 by the German Federal Railroad . In 1957 he made ​​the design for the new Munich City Coat of Arms." ( Wikipedia )

He has very diverse works in Wood engravings, Book covers, Posters, stamps, illustrations, Publicity, Ex-Libris, etc...  ( GermanDesigners.net )

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West Germany 1958 "800 Anniversary of Munich" (1) [Engr (E. Falz)][Recess] Sc(785)

West Germany 1960 "37th World Eucharistic Congress of Roman Catholics, Munich" (2,1) [Recess] Sc(811,812)

West Germany 1960 "1000th Anniversary of Birth of St. Bernward and St. Godehard" (1) [Engr (G. Braband)][Recess] Sc(817)

West Germany 1961 "Pathfinders / German Boy Scouts"" (1) [Engr (H. Braband)][Recess] Sc(823)

West Germany 1961 "900th Anniversary of the Speyer Cathedral"" (1) [Engr (H.J. Fuchs)][Recess] Sc(843)

West Germany 1962 "2nd Millenary of Mainz" (1) [Engr (H. Braband)][Recess] Sc(848)

West Germany 1962 "Catholic's Day" (1) [Engr (E. Falz)][Recess] Sc(850)

West Germany 1963 "CRALOG and CARE Relief Organizations" (1) [Engr (E. Falz)][Recess] Sc(855)

West Germany 1963 "Centenary of Paris Postal Conference" (1) [Engr (J.H. Fuchs)][Recess] Sc(863)

West Germany 1964 "1200th Anniversary of the Benedictine Abbey of Ottobeuren" (1) [Recess][Litho] Sc(880)

West Germany 1967 "13th German Evangelical Churches Day" (1) [Engr (J.H. Fuchs)][Recess][Litho] Sc(972)

West Germany 1967 "450th Anniversary of Lutter's Theses and Reformation" (1) [Engr (J.H. Fuchs)][Recess] Sc(976)

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( there is data missing from 1968 to 1978.. I will make an Update in a Few days...)