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    Artist

  • Arnold, Karl, 1883-1953, artist

    Deutsche Demokratische Partei, originator

    • Title

  • Gegen Diktatur von links und rechts

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 89.5 x 124 cm

  • Date

    1920

  • Place of Publication

    München :

  • 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 large blue arm holding a blue scale. On the left side of the scale are red figures and on the right side of the scale are white figures; the figures have angry expressions on their faces.

  • Subject

    Posters, Facsimiles

  • Genre

    Political posters; 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

The German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei) supported “honest labor, urban and rural” and stood against socialists – depicted as drunken riffraff in red, as well as against rightwing capitalists – depicted as pompous gentlemen in white. The pro-republican party was founded in November 1918 and participated in almost all national and state governments during the Weimar Republic, continually losing ground to right and left.

Karl Arnold (1883-1953) was one of the leading caricaturists and illustrators of the first half of the 20th century in Germany. He studied drawing in his native Neustadt before entering the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1901. Arnold worked for the satirical magazine, Simplicissimus, for much of his career. He also provided illustrations for the Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung newspaper and the art and literary magazine, Jugend.

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Citation

Arnold, Karl: Gegen Diktatur von links und rechts, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [II.16].