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    Artist

  • Schnackenberg, Walter, 1880-1961

    • Title

  • Anarchie ist Helfer der Reaktion und Hungersnot

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 95 x 124 cm

  • Date

    1918

  • Place of Publication

    München

  • Publisher

    Kunstanstalt O. Consée

  • Notes

    Poster is a reproduction from the book "Anschläge : deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900-1960 ; 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale," cataloged in the LBI Library under call number r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963.

  • Summary

    Poster shows a disheveled man (an anarchist) dressed in black and holding a bomb. He faces off against an allegorical figure, a tall blonde woman with the robes and wings of an angel. She holds a large feather in one hand and a document in the other hand. The figure shields a large crowd of people.

  • Subject

    World War, 1914-1918>, Aftermath, Germany; Posters, Facsimiles

  • Genre

    Posters; Political posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1910-1920

  • Part Of

    Anschläge: Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit 1900-1960, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963

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Biographical/Historical Information

Poster illustrates an anti-anarchist message, reflecting the politically unstable period in Germany following World War I.

Walter Schnackenberg was born in Bad Lauterberg in 1880. He went to Munich to study painting, and he soon found a talent in drawing and caricuature. Schnackenberg did illustrations for the popular magazines "Jugend" and "Simplicissimus." Traveling often to Paris, he was especially interested in the work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and he was inspired to do print making and poster design. Schnackenberg also was well-known as a set and costume designer for theater. Schnackenberg spent his last years in Rosenheim and died there in 1961.

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Citation

Schnackenberg, Walter: Anarchie ist Helfer der Reaktion und Hungersnot, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [II.2].