Hohenstein, Adolf, 1854-1928
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Name (Latin)
Hohenstein, Adolf, 1854-1928
Date of birth
1854-03-18
Date of death
1928-04-12
Place of birth
Russia
Associated country
Germany
Italy
Place of residence/headquarters
Turin (Italy)
Field of activity
Advertising
Posters
Occupation
Costume designers
Illustrators
Painters
Set designers
Designers
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Un pioniere del manifesto Adolf Hohenstein, 1854-1928, c2003:t.p. (Adolf Hohenstein, 1854-1928) ( (Record enhanced with data from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
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Wikipedia description:
Adolfo Hohenstein (18 March 1854 – 12 April 1928) was a German painter, advertiser, illustrator, set designer and costume designer. Hohenstein is considered the father of Italian poster art and an exponent of the Stile Liberty, the Italian Art Nouveau. Together with Leonetto Cappiello, Giovanni Mario Mataloni, Leopoldo Metlicovitz and Marcello Dudovich, he is considered one of the most important Italian poster designers .
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