Louis Oppenheim
Graphic Designer, Visual Artist
1879 – 1936
Who was Louis Oppenheim?
Louis Oppenheim was a German graphic artist, painter and type designer.
Born in Coburg, Oppenheim studied in London from 1899 to 1906. He moved to Berlin and started his work as a graphic artist in 1910, signing his work with his initials, "LO" and working for clients such as AES, the Reichsbahn, Persil and Adrema. His posters are considered a significant product of the 'Berlin poster style'. Oppenheim worked for the type foundry Berthold and created a handful of significant and widespread typefaces, all of which share modernist characteristics, such as Lo-Type and Fanfare which are still in wide use today.
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- Born
- 1879
Coburg - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- 1936
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on July 23, 2013
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