Karl Arnold
Karl Maximilian Arnold (1 April 1883 – 29 November 1953) was a German painter, caricaturist and comics maker. He was born in Neustadt near Coburg to Max Oscar Arnold and Emilie Dorn. Along with Olaf Gulbransson, Thomas Theodor Heine and Bruno Paul, Karl Arnold was one of the most important cartoonists of the first half of the 20th century in Germany.
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Karl Arnold
Karl Arnold · Simplicissimus · Public domain
- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1953
- Nationality
- Germany · Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Occupation
- caricaturist · painter · illustrator · graphic designer · photographer · exlibrist · draftsperson
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Karl Maximilian Arnold (1 April 1883 – 29 November 1953) was a German painter, caricaturist and comics maker. He was born in Neustadt near Coburg to Max Oscar Arnold and Emilie Dorn. Along with Olaf Gulbransson, Thomas Theodor Heine and Bruno Paul, Karl Arnold was one of the most important cartoonists of the first half of the 20th century in Germany.
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He died in 1953 at the age of 70.
"Tavern Scenery" by Karl Arnold (1912)
Karl Arnold
Karl Arnold: Gegen Diktatur von links und rechts. Für jede ehrliche Arbeit in Stadt und Land. Plakat der DDP. Reproduktion aus dem 1963 erschienenen Buch Anschläge. Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900–1960. 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale
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- 1.Paul Oskar Höcker. Drei Jahre Liller Kriegszeitung. Eine Denkschrift zum 2. Dez. 1917. Mit den Bildnissen der Mitarbeiter. 1917.
- 2.Harald Eggebrecht: Kraft und Schwäche Neuer Sachlichkeit · Bloßstellen und Befreien: Der Zeichner und Karikaturist Karl Arnold in zwei Ausstellungen, Süddeutsche Zeitung 28. Juni 2012.
- 3.Otto Thomae. Die Propaganda-Maschine. Bildende Kunst und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im Dritten Reich. 1978.
- 4.2020-07-01.
- 5.Karl Arnold. 2010-06-11.
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