Theo Matejko
Theo Matejko (18 June 1893 – 9 September 1946) was an Austrian illustrator. He served in World War I and covered racing car events. In October 1928, with Ludwig Dettmann, he was invited on the first transatlantic flight of the airship Graf Zeppelin, where he made an artistic record of the voyage. • Illustration — Dr.
Theo Matejko
Der Fotograf war meinem Vater bekannt, habe seinen Namen jedoch nicht notiert, lt. früheren Informationen von Helmuth Ellgaard starb der Fotograf schon Mitte der 1930er Jahre bei einem Verkehrsunfall · Privatarchiv meines Vaters, dem Pressezeichner Helmuth Ellgaard, der mit Theo Matejko bekannt war. · Public domain
- Name
- Theo Matejko
- Born
- 18 June 1893
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Died
- 9 September 1946
- Place of death
- Thiersee, Austria
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Languages
- German.
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Theo Matejko (18 June 1893 – 9 September 1946) was an Austrian illustrator. He served in World War I and covered racing car events. In October 1928, with Ludwig Dettmann, he was invited on the first transatlantic flight of the airship Graf Zeppelin, where he made an artistic record of the voyage. • Illustration — Dr.
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Mabuse, der Spieler theatrical release poster, by Theo Matejko. In 1933, he became involved with the Nazis and created propaganda materials. He was involved in the design work for the posters for the 1936 Olympics. He worked on Die Wehrmacht magazine during World War II; at the beginning of the war, he published a series of drawings depicting the horrors of indiscriminate bombing on civilians. In 1961 the Museum of Modern Art in New York City had an exhibition of his film posters. His work is collected in museums like the Imperial War Museum the Victoria and Albert Museum. And the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Theo Matejko: Hugo Eckener
Theo Matejko · Das Matejko Buch
Невдала атака армії російської імперії під Кременцем, 1916 р.
Theo Matejko · Illustrirte Zeitung. — 1917. — №3812. — P. 82 (illustration). HAMPEL FINE ART AUCTIONS
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• Name — Theo Matejko • Born — 18 June 1893 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 9 September 1946 • Place of death — Thiersee, Austria
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- 1.Bentz, Oliver. Kraft, Tempo und Dynamik. Vermessungen - Wiener Zeitung Online.
- 2.Vaeth, J Gordon. Graf Zeppelin: The Adventures Of An Aerial Globetrotter. Harper & Brothers. 9. 1958.
- 3.Lehmann, Ernst. Zeppelin: The Story of Lighter-than-air Craft. Longmans, Green and Co. 243. 1937. 978-1-78155-012-0.
- 4.Time Inc. 'Bombs Over Us'; Prophetic drawings by a German artist. Life. 26–27. 11 September 1939.
- 5.Theo Matejko. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 6.Matejko, Theo, Hände Weg vom Ruhrgebiet! [Hands Off the Ruhr!] - IWMPC - VADS: the online resource for visual arts. vads.ac.uk.
- 7.You Help as well! Matejko, Theo V&A Search the Collections. V and A Collections. 11 November 2019.
- 8.Theo Matejko. www.stedelijk.nl.
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