'Plakatstil (German for "poster style"), also known as sachplakat, was an early style of poster art that originated in Germany in the 1900s. It was started by Lucian Bernhard of Berlin in 1906. The common characteristics of this style are bold eye-catching lettering with flat colors. Shapes and objects are simplified, and the composition focuses on a central object. Plakatstil turned away from the complexity of Art Nouveau and propagated a more modern outlook on poster art. Famous Plakatstil artists include Ludwig Hohlwein, Edmund Edel , Ernst Deutsch-Dryden , Hans Lindenstadt, Julius Klinger, Julius Gipkens, Paul Scheurich, Karl Schulpig and Hans Rudi Erdt.'
"Plant Oils! Plant Sunflowers and Poppies, and You Then Create German Oils and Serve the Fatherland!" by Julius Gipkens, 1916
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Lucian Bernhard: "Stiller", 1908
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Reichs-Bücherwoche, ca. 1915.
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