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Auction History Result 1h0035 LUDWIG HOHLWEIN linen 36x44 German advertising poster 1933 hair tonic art, no tagline, rare! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Linenbacked German Advertising Poster (measures 35 3/4" x 44" [91 x 112 cm]) (Learn More) Ludwig Hohlwein was a German artist from the 1890s to the 1940s. He is one of the best known German poster artists (though his reputation suffered because of his work with the Nazis)! Initially an architect student who illustrated for newspapers, he went on to design book decorations, booklets, and advertising posters. He joined the Nazi Regime in 1933 after refusing an offer to emigrate to the United States, and created government program posters as well as advertisements for the 1936 Munich Olympics. Poster historian Alain Weill says "Hohlwein was the most prolific and brilliant German posterist of the 20th century. Beginning with his first efforts, Hohlwein found his style with disconcerting facility. It would vary little for the next forty years. The drawing was perfect from the start, nothing seemed alien to him, and in any case, nothing posed a problem for him. His figures are full of touches of color and a play of light and shade that brings them out of their background and gives them substance". He passed away in 1949 at the age of 75. Artist: Ludwig Hohlwein Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this German poster! Also note that this poster was created around 1933 to promote Trilysin hair tonic ("scientific hair care with Trilysin oil" as mentioned on the poster with taglines), and it features artwork of a blonde couple using the product. There is a version of this poster that has taglines and product information, and a version which features only Hohlwein artwork and the name of the product, and we are currently auctioning one of each type (in separate auctions), and both are extremely rare. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had a few small stains and tears scattered throughout, with some darkening in parts of the light background areas. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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