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Auction History Result 3j0142 LUDWIG HOHLWEIN 25x36 German special poster 1926 cool art for Boccaccio Kunstlerspiele, rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Chartex-Backed German Special Poster (measures 24 1/2" x 35 1/2" [62 x 90 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 this poster was created in 1922 to promote the Boccaccio Kunstlerspiele, an artist competition, which was held at the elegant cabaret, theater and wine restaurant Boccaccio. The restaurant was named after Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works, including The Decameron and On Famous Women. Note that this poster has been mounted onto a "Chartex"-like material (we are not 100% certain it is Chartex, but if not, it is something very similar. Chartex is a backing paper that is a linen-like paper, similar to the material you line drawers with. It serves its function well in that the poster is preserved, which is why many restorers other than movie poster restorers use it, but it is very difficult to impossible to remove from the back of the poster. SO DO NOT BID ON THIS POSTER UNLESS YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT IT LIKELY CAN'T BE REMOVED FROM ITS BACKING, AND WILL NEED TO BE KEPT AS IT IS (although it is not harming the poster, and it enables it to be displayed). Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this German poster, and that poster has been reconsigned to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned! Condition: good to very good. The poster had some fine surface paper loss on parts of the folds, and a scuff mark below the right of the middle fold. It had a few faint creases and scuffs scattered throughout the image. It was mounted onto "Chartex" (see above) with no restoration. It has excess Chartex at the top and bottom. It almost surely can't be removed from the backing, but fortunately, it is in nice condition and can certainly be displayed as it is. Learn More about condition grades 
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